‘British Bomb & Rocket Pistols and Fuzes 1914-2007’is
a reference guide covering every UK-designed and produced bomb and rocket pistol
and fuze which has entered service with the Royal Air Force and Royal Navy or
which has been supplied to foreign users of British airborne weapons, from the
earliest types introduced in World War 1 up to the present day
The book is primarily intended for use by those engaged in
Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) operations, but will also be of interest to
those connected with the field of airborne weapons, to historians and
researchers and to those who have a general interest in the subject.
The book is available in an A4 loose-leaf binder or as a
CD-ROM, and contains more than 570 pages of text and over 250 mono-chrome and
colour illustrations. Details of more than 100 models of bomb, depth charge and
rocket pistols and fuzes, and their derivatives are included plus information
the development of British bomb pistols and fuzes, how they operate, their
usage, their associated detonators, those designs which were cancelled or
abandoned before fully entering service, and a review of various disposal
methods for unexploded ordnance.
The book is divided into the following sections:
1 An introduction to British airborne
pistols and fuzes, covering principles of gravity-dropped weapon fuzing, arming
sequences, functioning, safety devices, development history and other related
information
2 Bomb Pistols - covering 49 main types and
their derivatives
3 Bomb Fuzes - covering 42 main types and
their derivatives
4 Rocket Fuzes - covering 12 main types and
their derivatives
plus extensive and comprehensive Appendices covering Pistol
and Fuze usage by weapon, Detonators, abandoned or cancelled projects and an
overview of ordnance disposal methods.
The sections on Pistols and Fuzes are divided into a number
of chapters, each chapter covering a particular model and its immediate
derivatives. These chapters contain details of where the item is used, its
approximate dimensions, and its appearance when in an armed condition, its
construction and operation, and the differences between variants of the same
model, together with sectional diagrams and colour photographs as appropriate.
The book is available as a hardback in a loose-leaf binder or
as a CD-ROM.
For information on how to order the book please e.mail us
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