Перевод на английский книги - Латухин А.Н. Современная артиллерия /file/1230317/ . Sovremennaya artilleriya (Modern Artillery) by A. N. Latukhin. Moscow: Military Publishing House of the Ministry of Defense. USSR, 1970, -320 pp.
The book considers problems in the development of modern artillery, shows the purpose, combat characteristics and construction principles of modern examples of artillery weapons and ammunition, gives a classification of them and their basic tactical-technical data, and gives an account of the questions involved in artillery instrumentation.
The book also acquaints the reader with the basic trends in further development of artillery weapons. Factual and numerical data included in the book are taken from the Soviet and foreign public press, and prospects for the development of artillery are set forth in accordance with the views of foreign specialists.
The book is intended for the wide circle of readers interested in artillery weapons.Contents:
Preface.
Introduction.
Chapter I. History of the development of soviet artillery.
Development of Artillery 1916-1941.
Artillery during the Great Patriotic War and Its Postwar Development.
Chapter II. Does artillery have a future?
Appearance of Rockets and Emergence of the "Shell or Rocket" Problem.
Scientific and Technical Progress and Artillery.
Chapter III. Purpose аnd combat characteristics of artillery pieces.
Classification of Artillery,
Combat Characteristics of Guns.
Operating Characteristics of Pieces.
Economic Characteristics of Guns.
Basic Characteristics of Artillery Pieces.
Chapter IV. Principles of the construction of artillery pieces.
Structural Diagrams of Guns.
Barrels and Muzzle Brakes.
Breechblocks.
Gun Carriage and Its Mechanisms.
Chapter V. Artillery ammunition.
The Artillery Round.
Explosives.
Propelling Charges, Metal and Combustible Cases, Primers.
Firing Devices and Fuzes.
Fragmentation, High-explosive, and High-explosive Fragmentation Shells.
Shells with Ready-made Damage Agents.
Armor-piercing Shells.
Shaped-charge Shells.
Concrete-piercing Shells.
Special-purpose Shells.
Mortar Shells.
Rocket Shells.
Rocket-assisted Projectiles and Mortar Shells.
Chapter VI. Field ground artillery.
Towed Guns.
Auxiliary Propelled Guns.
Self-propelled Artillery.
Chapter VII. Recoilless guns, mortars and rocket artillery.
Recoilless Guns.
Mortar Armament.
Combination Weapons.
Field Rocket Artillery.
Chapter VIII. Special types of artillery.
Field Antiaircraft Artillery.
Artillery Armament of Tanks.
Air Artillery Armament.
Naval Artillery Armament.
Chapter IX. Artillery instrumentation.
Ground Artillery Observation Instruments.
Laser Range Finders.
Sound-Ranging Equipment.
Topogeodetic Tying-in Equipment.
Meteorological Support of Artillery Fire.
Sighting Mechanism.
Night Vision Equipment in Combat.
Ground, Air and Sea Target-acquisition Radar.
Artillery Fire Control Equipment.
Conclusion.
