REPRINT NAVAL ORDNANCE AND GUNNERY NAVPERS 16166-B 1950 800p

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You are bidding on a high-quality reprint of the 1950 book "Naval Ordnance and Gunnery",  NAVPERS 16166-B, revised 1952, 800p. This book is the culmination of decades of Naval Ordnance development, epitomized by the giant battleships of WWII. These guns and gun systems represent the peak of big gun development and deployment. Not long after this book was published, these guns ceased to be made, replaced largely by airborne munitions.
Chapters include Explosives, Ammunition, Armor and Penetration, Guns and Interior Ballistics, Gun Assemblies, Turret Installations, Semi-Automatic Weapons, Automatic Weapons, Automatic Control Equipment, Small Arms, Rockets and Guided Missiles, Torpedoes, Mines, Antisubmarine Weapons, Aviation Ordnance, Introduction to Fire Control, Rangefinders, Radar, Exterior Ballistics, Spotting, Main-Battery Systems, Battery Alignment, and many, many more.
PLEASE NOTE THAT NO ATTEMPT HAS BEEN MADE TO USE THE SAME BINDING AND PRINTING TECHNOLOGY OF THE ORIGINAL. The reproduction is entirely modern. It is printed on 24 lb stock using a laser printer. The cover starts with card stock printed with a scan of the original front and back covers. The manual is bound using comb-binding so the manual lies flat when open. There is a 10-mil clear acetate cover on both front and rear card-stock covers.
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