{"product_id":"artillery","title":"Artillery","description":"\u003cp\u003eSince the invention of black powder and the development\nof large cannons, artillery has been considered a gamechanger of global\nmilitary history. It spelled the end for knights and castles, both of\nwhich were unable to resist its powerful impact, and it ushered in radically\nnew warship designs, whose firepower changed the face of sea warfare forever.\nArtillery was seen as a vital component in the military rise of Europe,\nwith whose armies and navies Asian, African and American native forces were\nunable to compete. While such ideas continue to exist, the present volumes aim\nis to approach the history of artillery on a broader scale by taking global\ndevelopments into account and putting them into perspective. It begins by\nexamining the mechanical artillery of antiquity with its catapults and\nstone-throwers. The development of the cannon from a cumbersome and unreliable\nbombard into a modern high-tech weapon was a long process that took centuries\nto complete. The efficiency of the new weapon was highly dependent not just on\nimproved production techniques but also on transport and logistics, and on\nincreasingly lethal and destructive ammunition. And although artillery has been\nconsidered an indispensable part of any army for five hundred years, it\nremained an auxiliary weapon for a long time until mass deployment of\nfast-firing, large-calibre, guns during the First World War made artillery the\ntrue queen of battlefields.\u003cbr\u003e\nAlexander Querengässers new book gives the interested reader an innovative\noverview of the history of artillery which appreciates developments both inside\nand outside Europe. It seeks to examine the many factors which proved decisive\nfor its consistently improving efficiency from ancient times right to the\nbattlefields of the present. More than 200 illustrations will provide the\nreader with a comprehensive visual impression of the history of this remarkable\nweapon.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Zeughausverlag GmbH","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57297009672536,"sku":"9783963600739","price":55.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9783963600739_00a072f8-e8e6-4481-a3e3-779dd5811d4a.jpg?v=1779870652","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/artillery","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}