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 Free Download Amy Waters Yarsinske - Forward for Freedom: The Story of Battleship Wisconsin (BB-64) The Donning Company ✅Publishers | 2002 | ISBN: 1578641284 | English | 68 pages | PDF | 56.78 MB It is a fairly small book, but packs a considerable amount of detailed information about the ship.  Free Download Ronald Careless - Battleship Nelson: The Story of HMS Nelson Arms & Armour Press | 1985 | ISBN: 0853687269 | English | 176 pages | PDF | 62.87 MB  Free Download John C. Ferguson - Historic Battleship Texas: The Last Dreadnought State House Press | 2007 | ISBN: 1933337079 | English | 196 pages | PDF | 82.49 MB Military History of Texas Series  Free Download Norman Friedman - Naval Firepower: Battleship Guns and Gunnery in the Dreadnought Era Naval Institute Press | 2008 | ISBN: 1591145554 | English | 328 pages | PDF | 229.14 MB For more than a half a century the big gun was the arbiter of naval power, but it was useless if it could not hit the target fast and hard enough to prevent the enemy doing the same. Because the naval gun platform was itself in motion, finding a 'firing solution' was a significant problem made all the more difficult when gun sizes increased and fighting ranges lengthened and seemingly minor issues like wind velocity had to be factored in. This heavily illustrated book outlines for the first time in layman's terms the complex subject of fire-control equipment and electro-mechanical computing.  Free Download Battleship (Peter Padfield Naval History) by Peter Padfield English | March 4, 2021 | ISBN: 1839012773 | 376 pages | EPUB | 3.91 Mb The battleship reigned supreme at sea from the 1860s to the 1940s, the ultimate symbol of naval power and national pride, queen on the naval chessboard.
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