Naval Ordnance and Gunnery (1957) is the standard US Navy textbook on the subject of naval weapons and their control. Prepared by the Department of Ordnance and Gunnery, United States Naval Academy, and edited and produced by the Bureau of Naval Personnel (NavPers 10797-A). Used primarily as a classroom text for midshipmen at the Naval Academy and in NROTC programs, it also served as a general reference for officer candidate training.
This volume covers all 14 chapters: explosives, ammunition, armor, gun barrels and interior ballistics, elements of guns and mounts, turret installations, semiautomatic and automatic weapons, automatic control equipment, rockets and guided missiles, torpedoes, mines, and antisubmarine weapons.
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