Mortars (Crowood Weapons)

Description: Mortars tells of the development and operational use of this most effective weapon from its early days as a siege weapon up the high-tech present. The author's lively text is illustrated with a wide variety of archive and modern photographs and covers the following: Siege mortars; Coastal mortars; The Trench mortar; Modern mortars and finally, mortar ammunition. The development and use of these fascinating weapons makes this a highly readable addition to the successful Crowood Weapons Series. Author Biography: Ian V Hogg served in the Royal Artillery in World War Two and Korea and became a gunnery instructor in 1953. He retired from the service in 1972. Since then he has become a freelance writer and written, edited or contributed to over 120 books and magazine articles. Previous books for Crowood include Allied Artillery of WW1 and Allied Artillery of WW2.