Название: Artillery an illustrated history of their impact Автор: Jeff Kinard Издательство: ABC Clio Серия: Weapons and warfare Год: 2007 Формат: PDF Страниц: 550 Размер: 33 Mb Язык: English
Anticipating hostilities, a dynamic military leader summons his finest engineers and craftsmen to develop new weapons. Two years later, those weapons lead to a decisive victory. The time is 24 centuries ago, the leader is Dionysus of Syracuse, and the weapons include tension-powered catapults—the earliest recorded artillery pieces deployed in battle.