Artillery.Artillery artillery, originally meant any large weaponry (including such ancient engines of war as catapults and battering rams) or war material, but later applied only to heavy firearms as opposed to small arms. Jeff Kinard ABC-CLIO Box 1911, Santa Barbara Santa Barbara (săn'tə bär`brə, –bərə), city (1990 pop. 85,571), seat of Santa Barbara co., S Calif., on the Pacific Ocean; inc. 1850. , CA 93116-1911 185109556X, $85.00 www.abc-clio.com ARTILLERY: AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF ITS IMPACT provides a wide-ranging wide-rang·ing adj. Covering a wide area; including much: a pianist's wide-ranging repertoire; a wide-ranging interview. survey of artillery's development and powers over the centuries, covering both its technical development and its use by leader and nations over time. Military collections, especially those strong in overviews of military encounters with focus on equipment and its evolution, will find ARTILLERY a fine survey that blends historical background with a narrowed focus on battle equipment development. |
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