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Matt Heil


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Hello Gents,

I was at the recent Ohio Valley Militaria Show this last weekend in Louisville, Ky, and stumbled across an incredible new title:

"The Austro-Hungarian Artillery from 1867 to 1918"

By Dr. M. Christian Ortner, apparently the director of the Heeresgeschichtliches Museum in Vienna!  It's a monster, too: 640 pages and 1,200 photos, and weighs over 7 pounds!  I was only able to give it a cursory glance, (there was so much else to see at the show, and I shied away from the $135 asking price...) but it was a beautiful book and should easily be the "bible" of Austro-Hungarian artillery.

The publisher's site for the book:
http://www.militaria.at/Book.aspx?book=476476&Language=en

...and if you go to the German version of the page you can get some internal scans, as well. 

Curiously, it's also available from Man At Arms Publishing here in the States:
http://www.manatarmsbooks.com/ortner.html

Bet I've made somebody's day!
Matt

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Lafettenheini


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Hello Matt ,

misteriously i saw this link by seekink Krupp coastal cannon information .
Think it is the book you mean. Very much much money for such a bible . 138 in Germany!!
Better we wait half a year and then look at Amazon .
Have to mill a Krupp 260mm barrel in 1:20 now and make my day .

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Gerd

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Lafettenheini


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What i wanted to say : seeking yesterday morning ..
but better look in the advanced learners dictionnary for current english....

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James H


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Yes, Dr. Ortner specialises in HUGE (and expensive) books. I got the one on A-H Assault Troops cheap, and it's brilliant.

http://www.helion.co.uk/product.asp?strParents=6,287&CAT_ID=311&P_ID=14594
 

He's also done one on the A-H Army that is similarly large and costly.

http://www.manatarmsbooks.com/rest.html

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I've got another of Ortners earlier books and it's FIRST RATE. This one is the standard work on AH Artillery that we all have been waiting for. Pricey, for sure, but judging from earlier works, worth every cent. It has been in the works for several years now.

I am going to get it, and then review it.

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