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Official ammunition handbook 1877, including smooth bore and rifled gun projectiles, small arms ammunition and rockets. Details of all artillery ammunition of the period.
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littlehand
Posts : 7086 Join date : 2009-04-24 Age : 51 Location : Down South.
Subject: Official ammunition handbook 1877, including smooth bore and rifled gun projectiles, small arms ammunition and rockets. Details of all artillery ammunition of the period. Mon Jan 30, 2012 12:12 am
In 1877 the British Army was not engaged in any major campaigns, with only the Zulu Wars and the second Afghan War on the horizon. The Armt itself was in a state of change, with the Martini-Henry rifle replacing the Snider rilfed musket, and with the slow arrival of breech loading guns for artillery use. This official manual of the ammunition in service in December 1877 is one of a number to be reprinted by Naval and Military Press (others will include the ammunition maunual;s for 1915 and 1936, and enemy ammunition in the Second World War). It gives complete details on propellants and fuzes, and the construction and design of shells for artillery use, both for smooth bore and rifled guns. It also includes small arms ammunition and rockets. The importance of this edition of the manual cannot be overemphasised, coming as it does at the very point in time when the rifled waepon was coming in to use, slowly replacing the smooth-bored muzzle-loading weapons of the Napoleonic age. There is a number of colour plates included ogether with many black and white drawings and tables with complete detail.
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Subject: Re: Official ammunition handbook 1877, including smooth bore and rifled gun projectiles, small arms ammunition and rockets. Details of all artillery ammunition of the period. Sat Feb 25, 2012 7:43 am
Hi all
Yes Tasker ,I possed this very good book
Cheers
Pascal
barry
Posts : 921 Join date : 2011-10-21 Location : Algoa Bay
Subject: Ammunition handbook Tue Feb 28, 2012 6:02 am
Hi Liitlehand, Thanks for links to ammo handbook. Apologies for this belated response. I have been away on the Zululand coast , but am now back to civilisation.
Regards
barry
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Subject: Re: Official ammunition handbook 1877, including smooth bore and rifled gun projectiles, small arms ammunition and rockets. Details of all artillery ammunition of the period. Tue Feb 28, 2012 7:03 am
Hi all
Yes Barry
If you did not this book, he will be the.
Pascal
90th
Posts : 10089 Join date : 2009-04-07 Age : 64 Location : Melbourne, Australia
Subject: Zulu war publications & Reviews Tue Feb 28, 2012 8:43 am
Hi Barry. Good to see your back , did you get to the Battlefields at all this time around ? , or are you waiting till later in the year ? . cheers 90th.
barry
Posts : 921 Join date : 2011-10-21 Location : Algoa Bay
Subject: ammo handbook Tue Feb 28, 2012 4:44 pm
Hi 90th,
No, this trip was to the nearby coast. However I had a narrow squeak at sea with a cyclonic squall , an offshoot of "Giovanna" which wrecked Madagascar a week or two ago. The equipment was robust enough to carry us through fortunately. My plan for the battlefields is to wait for the onset of cooler autumn weather, ie April and May. This may coincide with a two day talk in April by Gillings and Locke on " The Olde wagon trail, at RD" I have found a very interesting piece on the many Zulu shields along with their Zulu names and uses. Another details their fighting sticks similarly, then another for their edged weapons. I think you and Pascal will enjoy this. I will start posting these in a day or two.
regards
barry
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Subject: Re: Official ammunition handbook 1877, including smooth bore and rifled gun projectiles, small arms ammunition and rockets. Details of all artillery ammunition of the period. Wed Feb 29, 2012 8:56 am
Hi Barry
Very good ,i wait that
Pascal
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Official ammunition handbook 1877, including smooth bore and rifled gun projectiles, small arms ammunition and rockets. Details of all artillery ammunition of the period.
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