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Artillery -- machines that hurl projectiles by explosive means - have been a part of the armament of British and European armies since the fourteenth centUry. This book describes the development of artillery from the primitive 'pot-do-fer' of 1326 and other early cannon, which relied more on their noise to scare the enemy than anything else, up to the First World War. As well as field artillery it covers horse, mountain, coastal and naval artillery. It also includes chapters on manufacture and on projectiles and fuses. Discovering Artillery will be especially valuable to the stiargamer and provides the layman kith a fascinating survey of this important aspect of military history.

R. J. Wilkinson-Latham ryas educated at Beaumont College and then joined Wilkinson Sword Ltd, the fifth generation of his family to be connected \yith the firm. He worked in the advertising department before managing the compands sword business.