Early Military Rifles (eBook)

Name: Early Military Rifles (eBook)
SKU: 978-1-4728-4232-9
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1740-1850

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The conduct of combat operations in open order during the 18th and 19th centuries required an improved firearm with more accuracy than the standard-issue smoothbore infantry musket.

Consequently, the appearance of a new type of regular light infantry soldier and an innovative military firearm, the rifle, marked a new age in the history of warfare. During the 18th century both Austria and Prussia fielded light troops armed with rifled firearms, while conflicts in North America involved the deadly long rifle and the innovative Ferguson breech-loader. Rifle-armed specialists also fought for several nations during the Napoleonic Wars.

However, it was the decades after 1815 that saw the appearance of successful rifled percussion firearms, paving the way for the widespread issue of rifled weapons. This development was accelerated by the Prussian adoption of the Dreyse 'needle gun' in 1848 and in 1849, the French Minié rifle was the first successful conical ball rifle concept to be issued to regular troops in large numbers.

Illustrated throughout with stunning full-colour artwork, this study charts the development, combat use, influence and legacy of rifled firearms in a host of conflicts, from the War of the Austrian Succession of 1740-48 to the Mexican-American War of 1846-48.

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Verlag	Bloomsbury eBooks UK
Einband	Adobe Digital Editions
Erscheinungsjahr	2020
Seitenangabe	80 S.
Ausgabekennzeichen	Englisch
Auflage	20001 A. 1. Auflage
Plattform	EPUB
Autor	Németh, Balázs / Shumate, Johnny (Illustr.) / Gilliland, Alan (Illustr.)

Über den Autor Balázs Németh

Balázs Németh has been a senior research fellow of the Systems and Control Laboratory (SCL) in the Institute for Computer Science and Control (SZTAKI) since 2007. He received his Ph.D. degree in Transportation Sciences from Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME) in 2013. He is an honorary associate professor of BME, and he lectures in B.Sc., M.Sc., and Ph.D. courses on control system theory and vehicle control. He has published 102 journal papers, 4 books, and 107 papers in conference proceedings. His main research areas are analysis and synthesis of autonomous vehicle control systems, energy-optimal control of road vehicles, integration of learning and control methods, and ethics of autonomous vehicle systems.Péter Gáspár received both M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees from the Faculty of Transportation Engineering and Vehicle Engineering, Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME) in 1985 and 1997, respectively, and his D.Sc. degree in Control from the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA) in 2007. Since 2022 he has been a full member of the MTA. He is head of the Systems and Control Laboratory (SCL) in the Institute for Computer Science and Control (SZTAKI) and is also a full professor at the Department of Control for Transportation and Vehicle Systems, BME. He is a member of IFAC Technical Committees on both Automotive Control and Transportation Systems. He is a co-author of 4 monographs on systems and control theory and vehicle control and the co-author of 7 university textbooks. He has published 226 journal papers, 5 book chapters, and 310 papers in conference proceedings with more than 2250 citations. His research interests include linear and nonlinear systems, robust control, system identification, and machine learning methods. His research and industrial works have involved mechanical systems, vehicle structures, and vehicle dynamics and control.