RUSSIAN NAPOLEONIC ARTILLERY 1787-1815

155pp., 4to, 105 scale plans, 636 colour illus. incl.435 drawings, 120 photos., 64 of models, 17 paintings, 10 orders of battle, 69 tables. 2022. The evolution of Russian Artillery is explored in great depth using the wonderful scale plans of Norman Swales. The artillery of Tsarina Catherine II was a mainly a collection of pieces left over from the Seven Years War. Tsar Paul I introduced much needed reform with a new artillery system that under his son, Tsar Alexander I became the excellent M1805 Arakcheev system. This invaluable reference for the historian, model maker and restorer of ordnance of this period.