Naval Anti-Aircraft Guns And Gunnery / Norman Friedman.

9781612519579 (electronic bk.)
1612519571 (electronic bk.)
1591146046
1848321775
1473853087
1473852846

New York : Naval Institute Press, 2014.

English

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VF145

EB00649760 Recorded Books

(OCoLC)947057398

This book dus for naval anti-aircraft defense what Friedman's Naval Firepower did for surface gunnery - it makes a highly complex but historically crucial suB. J.ect accessible to the layman. It traces the growing aerial threat from its inception in WWI and the response of each of the major navies down to the end of WWII, highlighting in particular the underestimated danger from dive-bombing. The work considers what effective AA fire-control required, and how well each navy's systems actually worked, analyzing the weapons, how they were placed on ships, and how this reflected the tactical concepts of naval AA defense. All important guns, directors and electronics are represented in close-up photos and drawings, and lengthy appendices detail their technical data. It is, simply, another superb contribution to naval technical history by its leading exponent.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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