Superguns 1854–1991: Extreme artillery from the Paris Gun and the V-3 to Iraq's Project Babylon

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Steven J. Zaloga Jim Laurier

Superguns 1854–1991

Extreme artillery from the Paris Gun and the V-3 to Iraq's Project Babylon

Steven J. Zaloga, Jim Laurier

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English

Osprey
07 January 2019

History; Military history; Weapons & equipment

Series: New Vanguard

Over the last 150

years, gun designers have sought to transform warfare with artillery of

superlative range and power, from William Armstrong’s 19th-century “monster

guns” to the latest research into hypersonic electro-magnetic railguns.

Taking a case

study approach, Superguns explains

the technology and role of the finest monster weapons of each era. It looks

at the 1918 “Wilhelm Gun,” designed to shell Paris from behind the German

trenches; the World War II “V-3” gun built to bombard London across the

Channel; the Cold War atomic cannons of the US and Soviet Union; and the

story of Dr Gerald Bull’s HARP program and the Iraqi “Supergun” he designed

for Saddam Hussein. Illustrated throughout, this is an authoritative history

of the greatest and most ambitious artillery pieces of all time.

By: Steven J. Zaloga
Illustrated by: Jim Laurier
Imprint: Osprey
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Volume: 265
Dimensions: Height: 248mm, Width: 184mm,
Weight: 164g
ISBN: 9781472826107
ISBN 10: 1472826108
Series: New Vanguard
Pages: 48
Publication Date: 07 January 2019
Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , ELT Advanced , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction /The 19th Century: William Armstrong's 'Monster Guns' /World War I: The Paris Gun /World War II German Superguns: Dora and the V-3 /Cold War Superguns: US Atomic Cannon and Soviet Oka and Kondensator /Gerard Bull's Superguns: HARP and Project Babylon /Current Developments /Bibliography /Index

Steven J. Zaloga received his BA in History from Union College and his MA from Columbia University. He has worked as an analyst in the aerospace industry for over three decades, covering missile systems and the international arms trade, and has served with the Institute for Defense Analyses, a federal think tank. He is the author of numerous books on military technology and military history, with an accent on the US Army in World War II as well as Russia and the former Soviet Union. He lives in Maryland, USA.