ARTICLES AND RESOURCES ON MILITARY TECHNOLOGY
CANNON, SMALL ARMS AND AMMUNITION
BOOKS BY ANTHONY G WILLIAMS Click on covers for details |
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IHS Jane's Weapons: Ammunition
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UPDATES JANUARY 2013 |
with Emmanuel Gustin |
with Maxim Popenker |
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UPDATES SEP 2004 |
UPDATES JAN 2005 |
UPDATES DEC 2006 |
UPDATES OCT 2006 |
July 2008 |
November 2011 |
A FORUM for discussing issues related to military technology
A GLOSSARY of military gun and ammunition terms UPDATED FEBRUARY 2008
LINKS
: some technical military history
websites
AMENDED MARCH 2014
BOOK REFERENCES : the ones I refer to most often UPDATED MAY 2011
AMMUNITION PHOTO GALLERY AMENDED DECEMBER 2016
AMMUNITION DATA TABLES
AMENDED JANUARY 2021
Articles (click on text to read):
Please note that, starting in May 2011, the most recent changes to the text of any articles will be highlighted by red font.
GENERAL
An introduction to collecting 30 mm cannon ammunition NEW APRIL 2008
An introduction to collecting 23-28mm cartridges AMENDED NOVEMBER 2012
An introduction to collecting 20 mm cannon cartridges NEW MARCH 2007
Fakes and Replicas AMENDED DECEMBER 2014
Military Cartridge Relationships AMENDED JULY 2010
Of Oerlikons and Other Things....the API Blowback family AMENDED JULY 2013
The Experimental US Cal. .90 Series Cannon AMENDED DECEMBER 2013
Bofors Automatic Cannon AMENDED DECEMBER 2013
The .5" Vickers Guns AMENDED NOVEMBER 2012
The 25.4mm Vickers guns AMENDED NOVEMBER 2012
37mm and 40mm Guns in British Service AMENDED JUNE 2013
47mm Ammunition for British Service NEW APRIL 2017
The 6 pdr 7 cwt and the Molins Guns AMENDED JANUARY 2017
Très Haute Vitesse AMENDED APRIL 2009
Split-Breech Guns: The Nutcracker and the 40mm Mk 18 AMENDED NOVEMBER 2005
Less-lethal Ammunition AMENDED JULY 2013
ARMY
There is more to short barrels than just velocity NEW SEPTEMBER 2017
Towards a "600 m" lightweight General Purpose Cartridge AMENDED AUGUST 2019
Why bullpups? AMENDED APRIL 2017
Mortar Ammunition: an international survey NEW APRIL 2017
The .256 inch British; a Lost Opportunity AMENDED SEPTEMBER 2010
SA80: Mistake or Maligned -
and What Next?
AMENDED APRIL 2013
On the Terminal Effectiveness of Small-Arms Ammunition NEW DECEMBER 2007
An Introduction to Anti-Tank Rifle Cartridges AMENDED JANUARY 2013
Grenade Launchers and their Ammunition: International Developments NEW APRIL 2017
Some
Thoughts on Metal Storm
AMENDED AUGUST 2014
The P.A.W. - a new 20 x 42 cartridge and gun AMENDED JANUARY 2009
Options for light/medium AFV gun armament NEW APRIL 2017
Light AFV guns and the WCSP and FRES Scout projects AMENDED AUGUST 2014
Bofors Automatic Cannon AMENDED DECEMBER 2013
An alternative 1930s British Tank Gun - and its Successor AMENDED DECEMBER 2016
Czechoslovakian 57mm AA Gun R-10 NEW OCTOBER 2007
The Red King, the Red Queen and the Vigilante AMENDED MAY 2011
Transitional Anti-Tank Rifle: The Recoilless Carl Gustav M42 AMENDED APRIL 2009
Lahti L35 and Husqvarna m/40 pistols AMENDED JANUARY 2014
NAVAL
French Interwar 37 mm AA guns and ammunition AMENDED DECEMBER 2016
Naval Armament - the MCG Problem AMENDED OCTOBER 2011
An Alternative Royal Navy for the 1970s AMENDED DECEMBER 2015
Short Range AA Gun Systems of the Royal Navy AMENDED DECEMBER 2014
Medium calibre guns of the Royal Navy in World War Two
Interwar British Battleship Design
AIRCRAFT
The Development of RAF Guns and Ammunition from WW1 to the Present Day AMENDED JANUARY 2017
Synchronisation Systems NEW MARCH 2018
Will the Fighter Gun Survive? UPDATED APRIL 2009
Modern Fighter Gun Effectiveness AMENDED JANUARY 2017
Development of Su-27 gun armament NEW JUNE 2006
The Soviet GSh-6-30 aircraft cannon NEW MAY 2006
Grabin aircraft guns NEW MAY 2006
Cannon or Machine Gun? The Second World War Aircraft Gun Controversy NEW MARCH 2006
WW2 Fighter Armament Effectiveness AMENDED AUGUST 2013
Ideal WW2 Fighter Armament AMENDED MARCH 2003
The Prewar Experimental aircraft MGs of Vasily Degtyarev NEW MARCH 2018
The Battle of Britain: Armament of the Competing Fighters AMENDED AUGUST 2005
Tankbusters: Airborne Anti-Tank Guns in World War 2 AMENDED JANUARY 2017
The Vickers 40mm S Gun with Littlejohn Adaptor
The RAF's 47mm Class P Gun
project AMENDED JANUARY 2017
The Hispano-Suiza HS.404 20 mm Aircraft Gun in US Service AMENDED APRIL 2009
British WW2 Multi-role Plane AMENDED MAY 2005
Another Missed Opportunity: the Oerlikon FFL AMENDED MARCH 2003
The 14 mm 14-Shi Machine Gun of the Imperial Japanese Navy NEW FEBRUARY 2018
The Cannon Pioneers: the Early Development and Use of Aircraft Cannon AMENDED AUGUST 2014
'Early Aircraft Armament' amendments AMENDED FEBRUARY 2003
Polish Air Force Armament 1918-39
Guns of the Fleet Air Arm AMENDED AUGUST 2014
MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLES
On Binoculars AMENDED MARCH 2006
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