Armed bluejackets ashore: us navy landing guns 1850-1942
Auteur :
Lawry, Nelson
Éditeur :
Fonthill Media LLc
ISBN :
9781625450821
Date de publication :
28 mai 2024
Dimensions :
24,8 x 17,2 x 2,5 cm
Poids :
948 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
For over seven decades, the USN built or purchased a number of landing guns of varying calibers. They were shipboard field guns intended to provide heavier firepower for armed parties of bluejackets or marines landed on foreign shores to quell rebellion. Such guns saw action in Africa, Asia, and the Americas. Gun features and histories are covered