American Breechloading Mobile Artillery 1875-1953: An Illustrated Identification Guide

This is an outstanding survey history of almost 100 years of artillery history in the United States Army and as a bonus Naval landing guns. Although American artillery has been well covered through the American Civil War and then from the period prior to WW2 thru the current day there has been a gap from around 1870 to 1935. This volume covers those 65 years very well. Each gun is illustrated and has a small set of tabular data. The description and history section is extremely valuable, concisely providing a lot of information that was previously extremely hard to uncover without primary source research.I had my copy of this with me for pleasure reading while on a road trip. I came across a cannon at the Fayette Ohio Historical Museum. The folks there knew that the howitzer was German but nothing else about it. They were considering getting rid of it. The gun was a Model 1916 105mm howitzer used by the Germans in WW1 and confiscated after the war in such numbers that it was to be issued to US Army units if needed. I was able to immediately identify and document the gun due to this book. I spoke with the museum docents and they were absolutely overjoyed to know more about their cannon and that it did fit into the history of the USA. I can't imagine a more effective demonstration of scholarship and the importance of a book than this.I highly recommend this book to any student of Victorian era artillery, or American artillery in general. Well worth the price and long overdue.

Filling a long-needed niche in the knowledge of American post-Civil War mobile artillery and is almost exhaustive is coverage. Not only the story but information and pictures of current examples. Very highly recommended. Glen is also the author of another excellent book - "Racing the Sunrise" about the reinforcement of the Pacific outposts in 1940-41 - equally recommended!!

This book addresses not only the very well known guns, but also the lesser known and all but totally unknown ones. Very informative and a delight to read. One of its best features is its discussion of how many of the more rarer guns are still in existence, and identifying where some of these are (who would have thought that Disneyland's guns at Main Street Square were not only real, but rare treasures!).

Excellent book, fills a long needed gap in the market and answers the question what happened after the civil war?The focus, as thetitle says is field, mrdium and heavy artillery in the decades up to WWI

A great inventory and description of American artillery. This book goes into medium depth about the different pieces.

Extraordinary compilation by the authors.

Could have used more discussion of the trials and tribulations of getting the M1916 and 17 75 MMs into production.

This is overall an excellent book on the subject; however, the title is misleading; “towed” should be substituted for “mobile”. No self-propelled or railway mountings are included. Anti-tank guns are included; anti-aircraft guns are not. French and British weapons adopted by the United States are included. The book starts with the breech-loading conversion of the Civil War-era 3-inch Ordnance Rifle, and ends with the M65 Atomic Cannon. The period photos are of good quality, and in almost all cases there is a color photo of a surviving example. There is an appendix with a profile of each manufacturer of the weapons in the book, including non-US manufacturers. Pre-WWI US field artillery is a somewhat obscure subject, as the US Army virtually abandoned its own designs in that war, adopting French and British weapons. Later, the World War II 75mm through 8-inch howitzers went on to serve (with a few modifications, self-propelled mountings, and re-designations) through the early 1980s.