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Pages: 49
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Language: en
Pages: 128
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-08-30 - Publisher: Casemate Publishers
In the nineteenth century the War Office showed little interest in developing large heavy artillery for its land forces, preferring instead to equip its warship
Language: en
Pages: 49
Pages: 49
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-07-23 - Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
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Language: en
Pages: 384
Pages: 384
Type: BOOK - Published: 2000-06-07 - Publisher: University Press of Kansas
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