Towards a Revolution in Firepower? Logistics, Lethality, and the Lee-Metford
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12309516 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Matthew Ford (0000-0002-2282-0451, University of Hull, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 273-299 |
| Publication date | 2013-07-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | War in History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0968-3445 • E-ISSN: 1477-0385 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0968344513483230 |
| OpenAlex | W2036825281 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
This article examines the British army’s decision to adopt the Lee-Metford magazine rifle in 1888. Examining the perspectives of a number of constituencies in the services shows that the magazine arm was not adopted out of an ambition simply to produce greater volumes of fire. Instead a number of factors shaped the decision to abandon the previous service arm, the Martini-Henry, many of which were contingent and reflected the particular attitudes of those groups with an interest in the infantry’s equipment. What ultimately becomes apparent is that the Lee-Metford was embraced primarily because it did not force any one constituency in the army to adopt the tactical preferences of any of the other groups involved
Archaeology · Business · Economics · Firepower · Infantry · Lethality · Management · Military service · Operations management · Operations research · Political science · Rifle · Service (business · Sociology · Engineering · History · Law · Military History and Strategy · World Wars: History, Literature, and Impact · Marketing
| Citations per year | 0.3 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2016 - 2019 (4) |
| Highly cited | No |