Table of Contents

Part One: Operational Concepts, Chapter 1. Introduction, Chapter 2. Equipment and Munitions, Chapter 3. The Nature of Firepower, Chapter 4. The Battlefield, Part Two: Ancillary Services, Chapter 5. Command, control & communications (C3), Chapter 6. Artillery Logistics, Chapter 7. Artillery Training, Part Three: Specialized Missions, Chapter 8. Direct fire, Chapter 9. Counter battery (CB) fire, Chapter 10. Suppression of enemy air defence (SEAD), Chapter 11. Operations in special environments, Chapter 12. Survivability, Part Four: The Development of Fire Support, Chapter 13. Before 1914, Chapter 14. The First World War 1914–18, Chapter 15. 1918–1939, Chapter 16. The Second World War 1939–1945, Chapter 17. Limited war and counter-insurgency since 1945, Chapter 18. NATO and the Warsaw Pact, Chapter 19. Summary and conclusion, Appendix A Selective historical comparison of artillery concentrations and ammunition expenditure, Appendix B List of abbreviations, Appendix C Glossary, References, Index

About the Author

J.B.A Bailey