The Guns: 1939-45 (Ballantine's Illustrated History of World War II: Weapons Book No. 11)

Artillery's Golden Age: World War II

With the arrival of the new weapons of mechanized war, artillery had to meet new challenges. The importance as the airplane, the tank, and rival artillery became more sophisticated, and the art of deployment more fully appreciated. The world had never seen such instruments of destruction as this Second-World-War gunnery.

With a data table detailing the artillery used by the principals.