"Nike," Antiaircraft Guided Missile p. 2 Preface p. 5 Note p. 13 Stone Weapons p. 15 Prehistoric Man Throwing a Tied Stone p. 15 Simple Sling p. 15 War Spear and Fishing Spear p. 16 Flint Knife p. 16 Polished Stone Ax p. 16 Chipped Flint Ax p. 16 Throwing Stick p. 17 American Indian Bow and Arrow p. 17 American Indian with Bow and Arrow p. 17 Types of Arrowheads p. 18 Filipino Blowgun p. 18 Australian Boomerang p. 18 Copper and Bronze (5000 B.C.-1000 B.C.) p. 18 Cooper Ax p. 18 Chaldean Warriors 2000 B.C. p. 19 Bronze Chaldean Dagger p. 19 Copper Spearhead p. 19 Asiatic Composite Bow p. 19 Egyptian Bow and Arrow p. 20 Egyptian Sword p. 20 Chaldean War Chariot p. 21 Egyptian War Chariot p. 21 Babylonian Battering Spear p. 22 The Greeks and Bronze (1000 B.C.) p. 22 Homeric Warrior with Tower Shield p. 23 Homeric Warrior with Figure-eight Shield p. 23 Bronze Spearhead p. 23 Long Stabbing Sword p. 23 Homeric Foot Soldier p. 24 The Trojan Horse p. 24 The Greeks and Iron (680 B.C.-150 B.C.) p. 25 Greek Hoplite 500 B.C. p. 25 Peltast p. 26 Greek Phalanx p. 26 Diagram of Phalanx Advance p. 26 Corinthian Helmet p. 27 Boetian Helmet p. 27
Greek Sword p. 27 The Roman Soldier (200 B.C.-A.D. 400) p. 28 Legionary Helmet p. 29 Roman Centurion and Legionary p. 29 Sword p. 29 Velite p. 30 Gladiator's Helmet p. 30 Roman Sieges and Siege Engines (200 B.C.-A.D. 400) p. 30 Battering Ram, Testudo and Tower p. 31 Onager in Action p. 32 Onager Loaded, Showing Slip-Hook p. 33 Ballista p. 33 Catapult for Javelins p. 34 Trigger Operation of Catapult p. 34 The Dark Ages p. 35 Frankish Warrior, Sixteenth Century p. 35 Frankish Throwing Ax p. 35 Early Frankish Shield p. 35 Anglo-Saxon Taper Ax p. 36 Anglo-Saxon Broadax p. 36 Frankish Soldier, Ninth Century p. 36 Morning Star p. 37 Frankish Sword p. 37 Anglo-Saxon Iron Arrowheads p. 37 Scramasax or Dirk p. 37 Anglo-Saxon Spearhead p. 37 Anglo-Saxon Bill p. 37 The Norman Conquest (1066) p. 38 Two Saxons and Norman Knight p. 38 Norman Sword and Scabbard p. 39 Mace p. 39 Knights' Spurs p. 40 Chain-Mail Pattern p. 40 Castles p. 41 Early Norman Castle p. 41 Stone Keep, Interior View p. 42 Tower Keep p. 43 Crossbowman p. 43 Archer Shooting through Crenel p. 43 Hoardings p. 44 Machicolations p. 44
Moated Castle, c. 1300 p. 45 Portcullis, Closed p. 45 War Games (1200-1300) p. 46 Knights Jousting p. 46 Tilting at the Quintain p. 47 Bout with Quarterstaves p. 48 The "Exercise of the Sword-and-Buckler" p. 48 Knights and Armor (1200-1300) p. 48 Iron Heaume p. 49 Helmets p. 49 Falchion and Misericord p. 50 Knight Arming for Tournament p. 51 Caltrops p. 51 Medieval Arms and "Gyns" (1300-1400) p. 52 Foot Soldier p. 52 The Royal Standard p. 53 Crested Heaume p. 53 The "Mouse" p. 54 Scaling Ladder p. 54 Springal p. 54 Ballista p. 55 Mangonel or "Nag" p. 55 Large Trebuchet p. 56 Longbows and Crossbows (1300-1400) p. 57 Archers, Fourteenth Century p. 58 Two-Fingered Draw p. 59 Longbow p. 59 Flight Arrow and Livery Arrow p. 59 Diagram: Aiming Arrow p. 60 Arrowheads p. 60 Shooting Tab and Bracer p. 61 Mantlet p. 62 Pavise p. 62 Lock Mechanism of Crossbow p. 63 Simple Crossbow p. 64 Archer Drawing Crossbow p. 64 Belt Claw for Drawing Crossbow p. 64 Quarrel for Crossbow p. 64 Operating Cord and Pulley of Crossbow p. 64 Composite Crossbow p. 65 Staff Sling p. 65
Knights and Guns (1300-1400) p. 66 Basinet with Movable Visor p. 66 The Black Prince in Armor p. 66 Armored or Barded Horse p. 67 Pot de Fer--First Metal Cannon p. 67 Lance with Coronel Point p. 67 Cannon at Battle of Crecy p. 68 Early Bombard p. 68 Hooped Bombard p. 69 One-man Hand "Gonne" p. 69 Two-man Hand "Gonne" p. 69 Hand "Gonne," Fourteenth Century p. 69 Proof Armor, Arbalests and Breechloaders (1400-1500) p. 70 Joust with Barrier p. 70 Helm, Fifteenth Century p. 71 Billman wearing Brigandine Jacket p. 71 Pole Arms: Oxtongue, Poleax, Glave p. 72 Hunter Shooting an Arbalest p. 72 Setting Arbalest with Windlass and Tackle p. 73 Gaffle for Setting Arbalest p. 73 "Works" of a Gaffle p. 73 "Goat's Foot" p. 74 Prodd or Stonebow p. 74 Setting a Prodd p. 75 War Quarrels and Game Bolts p. 75 Two-man Culverin p. 75 One-man Culverin p. 75 Large Siege Bombard p. 76 Breechloader p. 77 Matchlocks and Wheel Locks (1500-1600) p. 78 Arquebusier and Helper p. 78 Matchlock Gun p. 79 Inside of Matchlock p. 79 Bullet Pouch and Touch-box p. 80 Musketeer Using Rest p. 80 Wooden Powder Chargers on Bandolier p. 80 The "Monk's Gun" p. 81 Inside of Wheel Lock p. 81 Spanner for Winding Wheel Lock p. 81 Ball-butted Wheel-lock Pistol p. 82 "Holy-water Sprinkle" p. 82
Soldiers (1500-1600) p. 83 Knight in Maximilian Armor p. 83 Reiter p. 84 Pikeman p. 84 Swiss Halberdier p. 85 Pole Arms: Guisarme, Partisan, Fauchard, Halberd p. 85 Flamberge p. 85 Claymore p. 86 Cinquedea p. 86 Duel with Swords and Daggers p. 86 Duel in the French Style p. 86 Rapier Hilts p. 87 Nobleman with Rapier in Baldric p. 87 Sixteenth-Century Headpieces p. 87 Cannons (1500-1600) p. 88 Ship Cannon, Sixteenth Century p. 88 The Six Cannon Sizes of Henry II p. 89 Moving a Culverin p. 90 "Double firing" from a Mortar p. 90 Cavaliers and Snaphances (1600-1700) p. 91 Dutch Pikeman of 1607 p. 91 Cavalier and Attendant p. 92 Puritan Roundhead p. 92 Inside a Snaphance Lock p. 93 Inside a Flintlock p. 93 Plug Bayonet p. 94 Soldier with Flintlock Musket p. 94 Brass-barreled Blunderbuss p. 95 Coachman with Blunderbuss p. 95 Spring-gun p. 95 Field Guns and Bastioned Forts (1600-1700) p. 96 Swedish Cast-iron Four-pounder p. 96 Canister p. 96 Small Coehorn Mortar p. 97 Howitzer p. 97 Gunner's Quadrant and Level p. 97 Two Bastions of a Vauban Fort p. 98 Profile of a Vauban Fort p. 99 Diagram of Vauban's Siege System p. 99 Powder Magazine p. 100 The Kentucky Flintlock Rifle (1727-1820) p. 101
German Rifle p. 101 Frontiersman with Rifle p. 101 Kentucky Rifle, Left Side p. 102 Kentucky Rifle, Right Side p. 102 Loading Patched Bullet p. 102 Rifling Bench p. 103 Pouch and Powder Horn p. 104 Bullet Mold p. 104 The Hall Rifle p. 105 Court or Dress Sword p. 105 Naval Cutlass p. 105 Cavalry Saber and Scabbard p. 105 Flintlock Pistol p. 106 Eighteenth-Century Artillery (1700-1800) p. 106 Horse Artillery p. 106 Grape Shot p. 107 Barbette Carriage p. 107 Naval Truck Gun p. 108 Ladle p. 108 Rammer p. 109 Handspike p. 109 Wormer p. 109 Sponge p. 109 Linstock p. 109 "Cat" p. 109 Scraper p. 109 Semi-fixed Ammunition p. 110 Percussion (1800-1850) p. 110 Forsyth "Scent-bottle" Percussion Lock p. 110 Inside of the Scent-bottle p. 111 Shaw Cap Lock p. 111 U.S. Army Model of 1841 Rifle p. 112 Belted Ball and Bore p. 112 Diagrams of Minie Ball p. 112 Maynard Tape Primer p. 113 Derringer p. 113 Pepperbox p. 113 "Texas Model" Colt's Patent Revolver p. 114 The Rockets' Red Glare and the "Soda Bottle" (1800-1850) p. 114 Eighteenth-century Bomb with Rings p. 114 Handling a Bomb with Tongs p. 115
English Military Rocket about 1900 p. 115 Friction Primer p. 115 Congreve Military Rocket p. 115 Foredeck of a Bomb Ketch p. 116 Cavelli Shot p. 116 Whitworth Shot p. 116 Dahlgren "Soda Bottle" p. 117 Gastight Cartridges and Smokeless Powder (1850-1900) p. 117 Maynard Carbine and Pierced Cartridge p. 117 Pistol-carbine p. 118 Model One, Smith and Wesson Revolver p. 118 Navy Single-shot Pistol p. 118 Krag-Jorgenson Rifle p. 119 Henry Repeating Rifle p. 119.30 Caliber Cartridge for Krag Rifle p. 119 Borchardt Automatic Pistol p. 120 Rifled Cannon and Recoil Mechanisms (1850-1900) p. 120 Light Parrott Rifled Cannon p. 120 Shell for Parrott Rifle p. 121 Thirteen-inch Civil War Mortar p. 121 Breechblock for Big Gun p. 122 Fixed Ammunition p. 123 Gun on Disappearing Carriage p. 123 French "75" in Recoil after Firing p. 124 Quick-Firing and Machine Guns (1850-1900) p. 124 Montigny Mitrailleuse p. 125 Early Gatling Gun p. 125 Gardner Portable Quick-firing Gun p. 126 Maxim Automatic Machine Gun p. 126 Colt-Browning Machine Gun p. 126 Shoulder Arms and Hand Arms (1900-1925) p. 127 U.S. Air Force Survival Gun p. 127 Double-barreled Eight-Gauge Elephant Gun p. 127 First Colt Automatic Pistol p. 128 M1903 Springfield Rifle p. 129 Lewis Light Machine Gun p. 129 Great Guns and Little Guns (1900-1925) p. 130 37 mm. Gun on Tripod Mount p. 130 Truck-mounted Antiaircraft Gun 1918 p. 130 "Skysweeper" 75 mm. Radar-Controlled Antiaircraft Gun p. 131 155 mm. Howitzer Pulled by Five-ton Artillery Tractor p. 132
Fourteen-inch Railway Gun p. 133 The Paris Gun p. 133 Armor-piercing Shell p. 134 Canister, 1953 p. 135 Special Weapons (1900-1925) p. 135 Da Vinci's "Tank" p. 135 British Heavy Tank, World War I p. 135 Pineapple Hand Grenade p. 136 Rifle Grenade and Launcher p. 136 60 mm. Trench Mortar, Current Model p. 137 Diagram of Torpedo p. 138 Mine Detector p. 139 Navy Frogman Clearing a Mine Field p. 139 World War I Gas Mask p. 140 Self-Loading and Automatic Guns After 1925 p. 140 Garand Rifle p. 140 "T-47" Automatic Rifle p. 140 M1 Carbine p. 141 Carbine with "Sniperscope" p. 142 Tommy Gun p. 142 M3 Submachine Gun p. 143 Browning Air-cooled Machine Gun p. 143 Sizes of.30- and.50-caliber Rounds p. 144 1954 p. 144 155 mm. Gun on Pneumatic-tired Carriage p. 144 155 mm. Gun on Self-propelled Carriage p. 145 "General Pershing" 45-ton Tank p. 145 "Patton" 48-ton Medium Tank p. 146 Walker Bulldog 26-ton Light Tank p. 146 280 mm. Mobile Atomic Gun p. 147 3.5-inch Super-bazooka p. 147 57 mm. Recoilless Rifle p. 148 75 mm. Recoilless Rifle p. 148 V-1 Buzz Bomb p. 149 V-2 Rocket Bomb p. 149 Flame Thrower p. 150 2000-pound Demolition Bomb p. 151 Table of Contents provided by Blackwell's Book Services and R.R. Bowker. Used with permission.