Naval anti-aircraft guns and gunnery / Norman Friedman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Friedman, Norman, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Antiaircraft guns.

Naval gunnery.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (400 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Annapolis, Maryland : Naval Institute Press, [2013]

Summary:

This book does for naval anti-aircraft defense what Friedman's Naval Firepower did for surface gunnery – it makes a highly complex but historically crucial subject 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.

Contents:

Contents; Abbreviations ; Acknowledgments ; Introduction ; 1. An Evolving Threat ; 2. Making Anti-Aircraft Fire Effective; 3. Beginnings; 4. The Inter-War Royalty Navy ; 5. The Inter-War US Navy ; 6. The Inter-War Imperial Japanese Navy ; 7. Other European Navies Between the Wars ; 8. The Royal Navy at War ; 9. The US Navy at War ; 10. Axis Navies at War; 11. Post-War Developments ; Notes ; Bibliography ; Gun Data ; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed June 15, 2016).

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-61251-957-1

OCLC:

947057398