| daler240D | 21 Nov 2016 8:35 a.m. PST |
Hey everyone. My nephew just graduated from college and is commissioning into the US Army Artillery branch. I wanted to get him a nice coffee table book about the history of artillery (ideally not just US centric) as a gift. Any recommendations? |
 ColCampbell  | 21 Nov 2016 8:50 a.m. PST |
Anything by Ian Hogg is probably what you want. I have the first book at this Amazon search result and would recommend it. Granted it doesn't cover more modern artillery but does give great coverage of the various developments in artillery, including tons of color and black & white illustrations. link Jim |
| daler240D | 21 Nov 2016 8:52 a.m. PST |
thanks. that makes sense. I have his book on fortresses!~ |
| Rich Bliss | 21 Nov 2016 9:10 a.m. PST |
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| Dave Jackson | 21 Nov 2016 9:19 a.m. PST |
Words right out of my mouth ColCampbell…. |
| uglyfatbloke | 21 Nov 2016 9:40 a.m. PST |
Yup; great place to start. |
| Blutarski | 21 Nov 2016 11:06 a.m. PST |
Not coffee table books, but useful reading -
"Field Artillery and Firepower" by Bailey
"On Artillery" by Gudmundsson B |
| Brechtel198 | 21 Nov 2016 11:57 a.m. PST |
Definitely Ian Hogg, especially his History of Artillery. Bailey's Field Artillery and Firepower is excellent and highly recommended. Gudmundsson's not so much-it should be entitled On German Artillery as that is the emphasis there. |
| bledin | 21 Nov 2016 12:24 p.m. PST |
You might try "Artillery Through the Ages". Available as a PDF free. Cheers, Ben |
| Brechtel198 | 21 Nov 2016 1:00 p.m. PST |
Excellent booklet. It was my first introduction to artillery when I was in the 5th-6th grade. |
| bledin | 21 Nov 2016 2:16 p.m. PST |
Sorry, I didn't catch it was a gift. Congrats to the new Lt. :) Ben |
| badger22 | 21 Nov 2016 5:19 p.m. PST |
Tell him to listen to his FDC chief and stay out of the path of recoil. Shoot move and communicate boom boom |
| daler240D | 22 Nov 2016 12:40 a.m. PST |
Thanks guys!!! Book is ordered and I told him to be sure to wear hearing protection. |
| Brechtel198 | 22 Nov 2016 4:32 a.m. PST |
We had that 'rule' in our artillery battalion per the direction of the battalion commander. The only problem with that is sometimes you cannot hear what is going on at the gunline. We returned from a 90-day deployment and I had some pictures of our firing put up in my office. One of them showed the battery artillery chief with his fingers in his ears when we were direct firing. The CO came over one day to visit and asked me where his hearing protection was. I looked at him and told him he was using it. When I then received the 'grand sachem' look, I told him most of us didn't use any because of safety concerns. That ended the discussion. Safety is a primary concern on the gunline. |
| firstvarty1979 | 20 Dec 2016 12:24 p.m. PST |
I never wore hearing protection, but then I was either in a FISTV with the M1A1s and wearing my CVC helmet (with ear covering) or inside the FDC M577 when the M109s were doing fire missions. If you are actually near the guns as an officer, you're probably the platoon leader. As for books, you're better off getting the older books, as the publication of them has, I feel, really decreased since the end of the Cold War. |
| daler240D | 20 Dec 2016 1:57 p.m. PST |
Hi Firstvarty, I was surprised by the lack of anything new on the topic. You are right. I ended up with the Ian Hogg. |
| Khaki08 | 26 Dec 2016 9:03 a.m. PST |
Bidwell and Graham's Firepower is a great (if UK centric) account of gunnery in the twentieth century, and explains the story behind many of the doctrines gunners now take for granted. Not a coffee table gift but a kitbag paperback and cheap to get. Recommended. |
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