Product Description

Following on from the first volume covering British Napoleonic Artillery, this volume concentrates on the heavy weapons of siege and coastal defences. This book covers the main equipments used; the 24 pounder siege gun and a variety of mortars. Mortars varied from 4 or 5 inch versions up to a 13 inch calibre and were considered to be extremely effective because they used an exploding shell to destroy fortifications or personnel. Also covered in detail is the specialist bomb vessel, which was used to attack fortifications in a similar fashion; siege techniques; and the tactical use of siege and coastal artillery.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #585284 in Books
• Published on: 2003-02-19
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 48 pages

About the Author
Chris Henry has been interested in military history since he was a small boy. His interest in artillery developed whilst a volunteer worker at the Tower of London and he became Senior Curator at the Royal Armouries Museum of Artillery At Fort Nelson. He is now the Head of Collections at the Museum of the Royal Artillery. Brian Delf began his career working in a London art studio producing artwork for advertising and commercial publications. Since 1972, he has worked as a freelance illustrator on a variety of subjects including natural history, architecture and technical cutaways. Some of his recently illustrated books have been published in over thirty countries. Brian lives and works in Oxfordshire.

Customer Reviews

Another useful study
Osprey New Vanguard (NV) 65 follows the format of Chris Henry's previous artillery study (NV60), with more colour plates from Brian Delf, all up to his usual standard.

Comprising tables and monochrome illustrations, it is a very useful overview to the heavy weapons of the British artillery - a neglected subject.

It also includes Chris Henry's bibliography for both volumes. This very short - three titles, two primary and one secondary - and not very useful, with a general reference to documents in the Library of Firepower in the Museum of the Royal Artillery which is provenance enough, I suppose.

In this volume almost everything, I think, will be new to most of us as the heavier weapons, including mortars, have received scant coverage elsewhere.

As such this is a more useful volume than that on the British field artillery though like René Chartrand's NV 66 and 76 on the French artillery, the two complement each other very well.