Photo / text (in English) study from the earliest types of the 1400s to the massive rail mounted guns of World War II. 

Softcover, 48 pages, with over 100 black/white photos, 

Price: $9.95

Part I consists of 63 pages of facsimile reprint from an 1861 privately printed artillery drill manual. It was designed to train new volunteer artillery officers in the School of the Piece. Unlike the official government manual, it is well illustrated showing the correct positions for gun crew.

Part II, Chapter l is on traditional gun tube design and the variations observed on replica cannon made since 1950, which do not meet traditional standards.

Chapter two deals with carriages, replication and maintenance, including wheel repair.

Chapter three deals with ammunition in a modern context, including currently available powder granulations and pressure tests conducted in the late 1980's.

Remaining chapters deal with Service of the Gun, as adapted to current conditions, 18th Century Gun Drill, Use of Mortars, Use of Early Breechloaders. Additional appendixes deal with use of small models, safety rules from two national organizations, and an extensive annotated bibliography.

Only $ 24.50     Will be in stock soon

Virtually every page features a specific cannon with color photo and it's history.

This book gives a picture of the complete history of artillery with models covering the time span from mythical stone age cannon of Oog to "Dora", the largest cannon ever built (WWII).

It has 136 pages with over 100 full color photographs of museum quality models in scales from 1:6 to 1:32.  

It is undoubtedly the best collection in the world.

This book retails for $ 59.75, our price is only $ 49.95!  

Big-Bang Cannons : The Carbide Cannon, a Unique American Toy - Ray Brandes

If you've ever wondered about those carbide cannons... wonder no more. With over 200 pictures and plenty of technical information, you'll find your answers in here.  Hard cover 

One page features a chart with comparisons of 9 different cannons; weight, range, bore etc. 

(Philip Cole is a licensed battlefield guide at Gettysburg)

Over 300 pages of information & pictures about the artillery at Gettysburg (Union and Confederate)

20, Beautiful, high resolution photographs appear as your screen saver in a slide show format.

User has control over time, order and pictures being displayed

PC or MAC

The Battle of Gettysburg - on VHS video

Relive the most crucial 3 days in America's history!
July 1-3     1863

VHS & DVD

Below are high quality programs created for the public broadcasting channels like Discovery and the History Channels.