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bows and arrows Chile D F field guns see under field guns
Assyrian Empire 19 Almirante Simpson (torpedo gunboat) flintlocks see under flintlocks
bodkin arrows 77 272 Dacian Wars 36–37 Fairey Swordfish “Stringbag” 342, 346 Franco-Prussian War 218, 220, INDEX
crossbows see crossbows Steyr “Hahn” M1911 pistol 255 daggers Falklands War 395, 422 221, 236–37
Hunnish bow 41 China Celtic 40–41 South Atlantic Medal 407 Grand Alliance 177, 181
Japanese 103 Anglo-French invasion 240 English ballock (“kidney”) 76 field guns helicopter, SA Gazelle 401
longbow 72–73, 77, 80–81 ax, guandao 142 English quillon 76 American M1A1 gun 370–71 Hundred Years’ War 61
Mughal 137 Boxer rebellion 240 English rondel 76 breech-loading artillery 248–49 Ivry, Battle of 127
Norman arrows 57 cannon see under cannon flint 16–17 British 9-pounder 239 Légion d’Honneur 259
Breitenfeld, Battle of 115, 126–27 crossbows 96 German Landsknecht 121 British 18-pounder QF Mark II 288 Louis XIV wars 176, 177, 180–81
Bren gun 369 Great Wall 97, 104–05, 138 Indian katar 137 British, Armstrong RBL 40-pound machine-guns see machine-guns,
Browning guerrilla warfare 390 Italian stiletto 178 248 France
automatic rifle (BAR) M1918 gunpowder 86, 96, 97, 138 Japanese tanto 103, 141 British BL 15-pounder 7cwt 248 Marignano, Battle of 116–17, 127
284–85 Liaohsi Medal 406 see also knives British Blakely RML mountain gun Namur, Siege of 158, 177, 180–81
Colt-Browning Model 1895 “potato Manchu Banner system 138–39 Darius III of Persia 28–29 239 Napoleonic Wars see Napoleonic
digger” machine-gun 245 matchlock gun 143 Dassault British mountain guns 288–89 Wars
GP35 pistol 366–67 medieval armor 146–47 Mirage 2000D aircraft 411 British Whitworth 3in boat gun Nine Years’ War 176, 177,
HP35 pistol 404 Mongol conquest of 48 Mirage III C aircraft 387 248 180–81
M2 HB machine-gun 369 naval power, early 96, 97 Denmark, bearded ax 74 French 6-pounder 179 Novara, Battle of 117
M2 machine-guns 315, 317 Opium Wars 240 Donald Cook, USS 430–33 French 12-pounder “Voltaire” 179 Pavia, Battle of 117
M1917 machine-gun 283 Red Cliffs, Battle of the 42 chain gun 431 French 75 221 pistols see pistols, France
M1919 machine-gun 368–69 rifles see rifles, China helicopter launch pad 430 French bronze three-barreled 178 Revolution see French
Burma, war elephants 139 swords see swords, China rotary cannon 431 French Canon de 75mm Modèle Revolutionary Wars
Byzantine Empire 50, 60 Terracotta Army 43, 44–45 weapon systems 421, 430, 432, 1897 249 rifles see rifles, France
Dyrrhachium, Battle of 61 tribal warfare 43, 96 433 French Hotchkiss quick-firing Rouen, Siege of 82
“Greek Fire” weapon 51 Churchill, Winston 326 Douglas 3-pounder naval gun 249 ships see ships, France
Manzikert, Battle of 90 Omdurman, Battle of 219, 251 A-20 Havoc 313 German 7.58cm light mortar new siege warfare 176
Cold War 382–85 C-47 Skytrain 320–21 model 289 swords see swords, France
C ballistic missiles 384–85 McDonnell Douglas F-15C Eagle German 7.7cm Sockel-flak 289 tanks see tanks, France
386–87
German Feldkanone 96 neuer Art
guerrilla warfare 390–91
trench knife 291
Canada hydrogen bomb tests 384 SBD Dauntless 343, 346 7.7cm 249 uniforms 160, 184–85, 231, 281
Timberwolf C14 sniper rifle limited warfare, practice of 385 Drake, Sir Francis 148 German Krupp 8.9cm 249 Franks 50, 51
420–21 Mutually Assured Destruction German Nebelwerfer 41 371 Frederick the Great 160, 161, 163
Vancouver (frigate) 423 (MAD) doctrine 385 E gunner’s callipers and dividers 178 French Revolutionary Wars
cannon NATO formation 384 howitzers 288–89, 370, 371 armies and conscription 182–83
American Dahlgren gun 261 nuclear arms race 382, 384, 385 East India Company 166–67, hydro-pneumatic recoil system 249 Fleurus, Battle of 182
bombards 86, 89 Vietnam War see Vietnam War 230–31 Indian 6-pounder 178, 238–39 Nile, Battle of the 159, 196,
British Armstrong RML Warsaw Pact 384 Egypt rifled (19th century) 238–39 206–07
12-pounder 239 Colt Ain Jalut, Battle of 96–97 Russian M1938 field howitzer 370 reconnaissance balloon 182
British Blomefield pattern Colt-Browning Model 1895 “potato Ancient 14, 15, 22–23 Russian M1942 field/anti-tank gun uniforms 184–85
24-pounder 198–99 digger” machine-gun 245 Mamelukes 96, 97, 131 359 Valmy, Battle of 183
British Maxim QF 1-pounder Dragoon revolver 220 England Fieseler weapons 184, 190–91, 208, 209
“Pom-Pom” 245 Frontier double-action 227 Agincourt, Battle of 72, 73, 81 Fi103 (V1) missile 318–19
British muzzle-loading 12-pounder Lightning 227 Anglo-Saxons see Anglo-Saxons FI.156 Storch (Stork) aircraft 320 G
199 M1902 255 Battersea shield 40 Finland, Lahti L39 anti-tank rifle 358
Chinese 18-pounder 238 M1911A1 366 bayonets 164–65 firearms see field guns; flintlocks; Gatling gun 220
Chinese 32-pounder 239 Navy Model 1851 225 bill (ax) 74 matchlocks; muskets; pistols; rifles Gaugamela, Battle of 25, 28
Chinese iron 103 New Service 290 boatswain’s call 203 Flanders Genghis Khan 96, 100–01
Chinese silk gun 143 Paterson revolving rifle 224–25 cannon see under cannon Bayernwald trench 286–87 George Washington, USS 424–27
Congreve rockets 182, 183, 201 pocket pistol model 1849 224 Civil War 116, 127, 129 Bouvines, Battle of 68–69 defence systems 424, 425, 427
English, cast-iron 3-pounder 199 SAA (“Peacemaker”) 226 daggers see under daggers cannon see under cannon nuclear reactors 426, 427
English bronze falcon 118–19 communications Gravelines, Battle of 148 Fontenoy, Battle of 170–71 Germany
English bronze saker 118 modern warfare 408–09 Halidon Hill, Battle of 72 Namur, Siege of 158, 177, 180–81 aircraft see aircraft, Germany
Flanders bronze demi-cannon naval conflict (18th century) Hastings, Battle of 50–51 Fleurus, Battle of 182 armor 64–65, 121, 128–29
119 202–03 Hundred Years’ War 61 flintlocks armored vehicles 360, 361
Flanders Mons Meg 89 radio direction-finding equipment longbowmen 72, 77 adoption of 160 bayonet, “Ersatz” knife 291
Fontenoy, Battle of 170–71 (“huff-duff”) 327 Marston Moor, Battle of 127 double-barreled with bayonet 169 BMW R75 motorcycle combination
French bronze demi-culverin 119 railroads and electric telegraph Mary Rose (carrack) 77, 149 Dutch double-barreled 200–01 360
French bronze robinet 118–19 221 mortar, Coehoorn 178 French carbine Model AN IX bombs and missiles 318–19, 327,
Galera Real war galley 150–51 suitcase radio 350, 376 naval supremacy (17th century) 190–91 409
German Krupp 218, 221 World War I 298–99 149 French Charleville Modèle 1777 cannon, Krupp 218, 221
Italian, bronze minion 118 World War II 322–23 pistol, John Waters blunderbuss 184 “caracole” manoeuvre against pike
Japanese hand cannon 142–43 Constantinople, Siege of 86–87, 91 210 light dragoon carbine 168–69 squares 126–27
Malaysian bronze saker 119 contemporary era see modern warfare Rouen, Siege of 82 replacing matchlocks 117, 122 crossbow 78–79
Middle Ages 48, 82, 86, 88–89 Courtrai, Battle of 72 swords see swords, England smoothbore 194–95 Crusader sword 94–95
naval 198–99 Crécy, Battle of 73, 80–81 uniforms 57, 116, 163, 210–11 swivel gun 201 Eastern Front Medal 325
Ottoman Empire 91, 130, 131, Crimean War see also Scotland; UK on Victory, HMS 215 field guns see under field guns
148 Charge of the Light Brigade 220 Ethiopia 241 flower wars 106–07 halberd 120
rammer and sponge 199 electric telegraph 221 Ethiopian Congo Medal 406 Fokker helicopter, Messerschmitt-Bölkow-
rifled 238–39 ironclad ships 260 Europe Dreidecker 303 Blohm BO-105 400
rotary 431 sea mines 261 Imperial Wars 240–41 D.VII 302–03 knife, airborne gravity 375
Russian licorne 238–39 Turkish Crimean medal 258 infantry armor (16th century) Eindecker 302 knight’s sword 70–71
Scottish Carron 200–01 Victoria Cross 258 120–21 Fontenoy, Battle of 170–71 Kursk, Battle of 351
slow matches 198 weapons 220, 221, 236–37 naval warfare (16th century) France Landsknechte foot soldiers 116
swivel guns 89, 201 Cromwell, Oliver 127 148–49 Agincourt, Battle of 72, 73 Landsknecht dagger and sword 121
Carthage, Punic Wars 33 crossbow see also bows and arrows naval warfare (19th century) aircraft see aircraft, France Lechfeld, Battle of 51
cavalry crossbows 58, 72–73, 77, 78–79 196–97 Algeria invasion 240 machine-guns see machine-guns,
armor and weapons 128–29 ballista 88 permanent armies AMX-13 tank 416 Germany
charge 127 “Big Joe” 377 (18th century) 158 artillery reform (Gribeauval) 161 Magdeburg, Sack of 177
dragoons, introduction of 127 China 96 siege warfare (18th century) Butterfield sundial 202 Magyar defeat 51
Fontenoy, Battle of 170–71 Crusades 60, 61 see siege warfare cannon see under cannon mortar, 50mm light M36 370
lance, abandonment of 126–27 Hattin, Battle of 90–91 star forts (16th century) 117 Chappe telegraph system 182 naval supremacy, race for 261
Middle Ages 49, 51, 58–61, 68 Krak des Chevaliers castle 82, uniforms (18th century) 160–61, Chateau Gaillard 83 Operation Market Garden 372–73
Roman 33 83 163 Courtrai, Battle of 72 pike 75
swords and bayonets 236–37 Siege of Acre 83 weapons (16th century) 116–17, Croix de Guerre medal 324 pistols see pistols, Germany
chariots, horse-drawn 15 swords and armor 94–95 120–21, 126–27 Duchy of Normandy, Pour le Mérite (Blue Max) medal
Charlemagne 50, 51 Cumberland, Duke of 170, 192 weapons (18th century) 160, 161 formation of 51 324