BOOKS BY ANTHONY G WILLIAMS
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NON-FICTION
Jane's
Ammunition
Handbook
(co-editor,
with Leland Ness)
Now in colour
2013-2014 Edition out now
UPDATES JANUARY 2013
ARTICLES AND RESOURCES ON MILITARY TECHNOLOGY
CANNON, MACHINE GUNS AND AMMUNITION
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NON-FICTION |
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Jane's Ammunition Handbook
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Now in colour |
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2013-2014 Edition out now |
UPDATES JANUARY 2013 |
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with Emmanuel Gustin |
with Maxim Popenker |
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UPDATES SEP 2004 |
UPDATES JAN 2005 |
UPDATES DEC 2006 |
UPDATES OCT 2006 |
July 2008 |
November 2011 |
A FORUM for discussing issues related to military technology
A GLOSSARY of military gun and ammunition terms UPDATED FEBRUARY 2008
LINKS : some technical military history websites AMENDED FEBRUARY 2011
BOOK REFERENCES : the ones I refer to most often UPDATED MAY 2011
AMMUNITION PHOTO GALLERY AMENDED DECEMBER 2011
AMMUNITION DATA TABLES AMENDED MAY 2013
Articles (click on text to read):
Please note that, starting in May 2011, the most recent changes to the text of any articles will be highlighted by red font.
GENERAL
A 'Primer' on Cartridges AMENDED JULY 2012
Basic Ballistics AMENDED JANUARY 2013
An introduction to collecting 30 mm cannon ammunition NEW APRIL 2008
An introduction to collecting 23-28mm cartridges AMENDED NOVEMBER 2012
An introduction to collecting 20 mm cannon cartridges NEW MARCH 2007
Historic Machine Gun Cartridges NEW MARCH 2009
Eurosatory 2010 NEW AUGUST 2010
Eurosatory 2008 NEW AUGUST 2008
Eurosatory 2006 NEW JUNE 2006
DSEi 2005 NEW NOVEMBER 2005
DSEi 2003 NEW APRIL 2004
Fakes and Replicas NEW APRIL 2005
Military Cartridge Relationships AMENDED JULY 2010
Of Oerlikons and Other Things....the API Blowback family AMENDED JULY 2010
The Experimental US Cal. .90 Series Cannon NEW JUNE 2013
Bofors Automatic Cannon AMENDED DECEMBER 2011
The .5" Vickers Guns AMENDED NOVEMBER 2012
The 25.4mm Vickers guns AMENDED NOVEMBER 2012
37mm and 40mm Guns in British Service AMENDED JUNE 2013
The 6 pdr 7 cwt and the Molins Guns AMENDED JANUARY 2013
Très Haute Vitesse AMENDED APRIL 2009
Split-Breech Guns: The Nutcracker and the 40mm Mk 18 AMENDED NOVEMBER 2005
Less-lethal Ammunition NEW AUGUST 2009
ARMY
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The Assault Rifles group of articles: Assault Rifles and their Ammunition: History and Prospects AMENDED NOVEMBER 2012 The Case for a General Purpose Rifle and Machine Gun Cartridge AMENDED OCTOBER 2012 Why bullpups? AMENDED AUGUST 2012 Future Infantry Small Arms AMENDED SEPTEMBER 2012 |
The .256 inch British; a Lost Opportunity AMENDED SEPTEMBER 2010
SA80: Mistake or Maligned -
and What Next?
AMENDED APRIL 2013
Where Next For PDWs? AMENDED MAY 2011
On the Terminal Effectiveness of Small-Arms Ammunition NEW DECEMBER 2007
Cartridges for Long-Range Sniping Rifles AMENDED JANUARY 2013
Cartridges for silenced sniping rifles AMENDED JANUARY 2013
More Punch for the AR-15 AMENDED JANUARY 2013
The Teppo Jutsu Range of Cartridges NEW AUGUST 2005
Special Purpose Small Arms Ammunition of the USSR and Russia NEW APRIL 2005
An Introduction to Anti-Tank Rifle Cartridges AMENDED JANUARY 2013
New Developments in Grenade Ammunition AMENDED NOVEMBER 2010
Some Thoughts on Metal Storm AMENDED NOVEMBER 2012
The P.A.W. - a new 20 x 42 cartridge and gun AMENDED JANUARY 2009
Light AFV guns and the WCSP and FRES Scout projects AMENDED JUNE 2013
An alternative 1930s British Tank Gun - and its Successor AMENDED FEBRUARY 2012
Czechoslovakian 57mm AA Gun R-10 NEW OCTOBER 2007
The White Rifles NEW SEPTEMBER 2005
The Red King, the Red Queen and the Vigilante AMENDED MAY 2011
Transitional Anti-Tank Rifle: The Recoilless Carl Gustav M42 AMENDED APRIL 2009
Lahti L35 and Husqvarna M40 pistols AMENDED AUGUST 2006
NAVAL
Naval Armament - the MCG Problem AMENDED OCTOBER 2011
An Alternative Royal Navy for the 1970s NEW MAY 2004
Short Range AA Gun Systems of the Royal Navy
Medium calibre guns of the Royal Navy in World War Two
Interwar British Battleship Design
AIRCRAFT
The Development of RAF Guns and Ammunition from WW1 to the Present Day NEW NOVEMBER 2008
Will the Fighter Gun Survive? UPDATED APRIL 2009
Modern Fighter Gun Effectiveness UPDATED APRIL 2009
Development of Su-27 gun armament NEW JUNE 2006
The Soviet GSh-6-30 aircraft cannon NEW MAY 2006
Grabin aircraft guns NEW MAY 2006
Cannon or Machine Gun? The Second World War Aircraft Gun Controversy NEW MARCH 2006
WW2 Fighter Armament Effectiveness AMENDED JANUARY 2009
Ideal WW2 Fighter Armament AMENDED MARCH 2003
The Battle of Britain: Armament of the Competing Fighters AMENDED AUGUST 2005
Tankbusters: Airborne Anti-Tank Guns in World War 2 AMENDED JUNE 2004
The Vickers 40mm S Gun with Littlejohn Adaptor
The RAF's 47mm Class P Gun project AMENDED DECEMBER 2006
The Hispano-Suiza HS.404 20 mm Aircraft Gun in US Service AMENDED APRIL 2009
British WW2 Multi-role Plane AMENDED MAY 2005
Another Missed Opportunity: the Oerlikon FFL AMENDED MARCH 2003
The Cannon Pioneers: the Early Development and Use of Aircraft Cannon NEW APRIL 2005
'Early Aircraft Armament' amendments AMENDED FEBRUARY 2003
Polish Air Force Armament 1918-39
Guns of the Fleet Air Arm AMENDED APRIL 2006
MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLES
On Binoculars AMENDED MARCH 2006
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