Table Of ContentEncyclopedia of Military
Technology and Innovation
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Encyclopedia of Military
Technology and Innovation
Stephen Bull
GREENWOOD PRESS
Westport, Connecticut • London
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Bull, Stephen.
Encyclopedia of military technology and innovation / Stephen Bull.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 1-57356-557-1 (alk. paper)
1. Military art and science—Dictionaries. 2. Military weapons—Dictionaries. I. Title.
U24.B85 2004
623'.03—dc22 2004040431
British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data is available.
Copyright © 2004 by Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc.
All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be
reproduced, by any process or technique, without the
express written consent of the publisher.
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 2004040431
ISBN: 1-57356-557-1
First published in 2004
Greenwood Press, 88 Post Road West, Westport. CT 06881
An imprint of Greenwood Publishing Group. Inc.
www.greenwood.com
Printed in the United States of America
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Contents
List of Entries vii
Guide to Related Topics xvii
Preface xxix
The Encyclopedia xxxiii
Numeric Entries 1
Alphabetical Entries 3
Appendix: Chronology of Crucial Advances in Military Technology 295
Bibliography 297
Index 313
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List of Entries
8-Inch Howitzer, Ml; Ml 15 AMX-13
18-Pounder Gun AMX-30, 32
25-Pounder Gun Anthrax
75 mm Gun Antimaterial Rifle
88 mm Gun Antitank Rifle
105 mm Howitzer, Ml, M3, Ml02 Apache, AH-64
A7V Tank Apex (AA-7) Missile
Aardvark, F-111 Arethusa Class
Abrams Ml Battle Tank Arisaka Rifle
Acrid (AA-6) Arizona, USS
Adelaide, HMAS Arjun Main Battle Tank
Admirable Class Ark Royal, HMS
Aerobus Arleigh Burke Class
Agent Orange Armor
Air Gun Armored Car
Airacobra (and Kingcobra) Armstrong
Airacomet Arrow TMD
Aircraft Artillery
Aircraft Carrier AS. 11 (AGM-22A)
Airship AS.20 and AS.30
Akagi Aspide
Akula Class ASROC
Alabama, CSS Assault Rifle, "Sturmgewehr"
Alaska Class Astra
Albacore Astute Class
Albatros Atlanta Class
Algerie Atlantic Conveyor
Alkali (AA-1) Missile Atlantic Wall
Alouette AUG Steyr Rifle
America's Army Auk Class
Ammunition, Ammunition Box Avenger, TBF
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List of Entries
Aviatik Boobytrap
Avrocar Borchardt Pistol
AWACS Bouncing Bomb
Axe; Poleaxe Bow
B-29 Superfortress Bowser
B-47 Stratojet Box Lock
B-52 Stratofortress Bradley, M2, M3
Baker Rifle BRDM
Balloon Breech Loading
Baltimore Class Bren Carrier, Carden Loyd, Universal Carrier, Cargo
Bangalore Torpedo Carrier T16
Barbed Wire Bren Gun
Barrett M82A1, "Light Fifty" Brennan Torpedo
Battleship Brigantine, Brig
Bayonet Bristol Aircraft; Bristol Fighter; "Brisfit"; Bristol
Scout
Bazooka
British Aerospace Systems
Bear, Tu-95
Brooklyn Class
Beaufighter
Brown Bess
Beaverette
Browning
Belfast, HMS
BT-7
Bensen X-25
Buffalo, F2A
Beretta
Buff Coat
Bicycle
Bullpup, Gun/Missile
Biological Warfare
Birmingham Small Arms, "BSA" C-47 Skytrain
Bismarck C-97 Stratofreighter
Blackbird, SR-71A Caltrop; Caltrap; Calthrop; Tribulus
Black Hawk, UH-60A, UH-60L Camouflage
Black Widow, P-61, F-61 Campania, HMS
Blenheim Bomber Cannonball, D-40
Bloodhound Missile Captain Class
Blowpipe Missile Carbine
BMP C arrack
Boeing Carro Veloce CV33 Tankette
Bofors, "Bofors Gun" Carronade
Bogue Class Cartridge
Bohler Gun Case Shot; Canister Shot
Bolt Action Catalina
Bom arc Catapult; Ballista; Mangonel; Trebuchet
Bombard Centurion Tank
Bombe Ceres Class
Bomb Vessel Cessna
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List of entries
Chaff Descubierta Class
Chaffee, M24 Light Tank Destroyer; Destroyer Escort
Challenger Tank, 1 and 2 Deutschland
Chaparral (MIM-72A) Devastation, HMS
Char B1 Heavy Tank Dewoitine, 520, etc.
Chariot Dido Class
Chassepot Dive Bomber
Chauchat Automatic Rifle Dornier; Do 17, 215, 217
Chemico Armor Double Action
Chieftain Tank Double-L Sweep
Chi-Ha, Type 97 Douhet, Guilio
Chinook (CH-47); Sea Knight (CH-46) Drache Fa 266, Fa 223
Chlorine Dragon, Dragoon
Christie Dragon (M-47) Missile
Churchill Tank Dreadnought, HMS
Cleveland Class Dryse
Cluster Bomb; Cluster Munition Duck, DUKW
Cog Duguay-Trouin
Colossus Dum Dum Bullet
Colt Duplex Drive
Comanche, RAH-66 Dux Submachine Gun
Commando Armored Car Eagle, HMS; Eagle Class
Condor, Fw 200 Eagle, F-15
Conger Echo Class
Congreve, Sir William Ejection Seat
Constitution, USS Emden
Copperhead, M712 Enfield
Corvette ENIAC
Couronne Enigma
Cromwell Tank Enterprise, USS
Crossbow Essex Class
Crotale Missile Exeter, HMS
Cruise Missile Exocet Missile
Cruiser Explosives
Curtiss; Hawk, Warhawk, Kittyhawk Fabrique Nationale
D-Class Cruisers Falcon Missile
Dagger; Knife FA MAS Rifle
Dauntless, SBD Far go Class
Defiant Ferret
Degtyarev DP28; DPM Fighting Falcon, F-16
Delta Class (I, II, III, and IV) FIST
Depth Charge, Depth Bomb Flail; Flail Tank
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