Index:Aircraft in Warfare (1916).djvu

Title	Aircraft in Warfare
Author	F. W. Lanchester; Maj Gen. Sir David Henderson K.C.B (Preface)
Year	1916
Publisher	Constable and company Limited
Location	London
Source	djvu
Progress	Proofread—All pages of the work proper are proofread, but not all are validated
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CONTENTS.

 

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CHAPTER I.

• Aircraft as Constituting a New or Fourth "Arm."
• Primary and Secondary Functions of the Aeronautical Arm.

CHAPTER II.

• Aeroplane versus Airship or Dirigible—Speed Limitations.
• Aeroplane and Dirigible in Armed Conflict.
• Means of Attack and Defence.

CHAPTER III.

• Strategic and Tactical Uses of the Aeronautical Arm.
• The Strategic Scout and its Duties.
• Directing Artillery Fire by Aircraft.
• Aircraft as Vulnerable to Gun-fire.
• Armour and Altitude as Means of Defence.

CHAPTER IV.

• Low Altitude Flying.
• The Aeroplane in a Combatant Capacity—Armour Plate.
• The Machine Gun in the Service of the Aeronautical Arm.
• The Fighting Type of Aeroplane and its Future.
• As Affecting the Cavalry Arm.

CHAPTER V.

• The Principle of Concentration.
• The Value of Numerical Strength.
• The N-Square Law.

CHAPTER VI.

• The Principle of Concentration —Continued.
• The N-Square Law in its Application.
• Applications of the N-Square Law in Naval Warfare.
• British Naval Tactics in 1805.
• Nelson's Tactical Scheme—The N-Square Law at Trafalgar.

CHAPTER VII.

• Attack by Aeroplane on Aeroplane.
• The Fighting Machine as a Separate Type.
• The Question of Armament—Treaty Restrictions.
• Importance of Rapid Fire—Machine Guns Multiply Mounted.

CHAPTER VIII.

• Rapidity of Fire and its Measure.
• Armour in its Relation to Armament.
• Importance of Upper "Gage"—Attack from Above
• Armour and Shield Protection.

CHAPTER IX.

• Gun-fire Ballistics—The Energy Account.
• Expanding and Explosive Bullets.
• Theory of the Expanding Bullet.
• The Light-weight Shell.

CHAPTER X.

• Miscellaneous Weapons and Means of Offence.
• The Bomb and the Hand Grenade.
• Bomb Dropping, Difficulties of Aiming.
• Rockets, Air-borne Torpedoes, etc.
• Supremacy of the Gun against Aircraft.

CHAPTER XI.

• Aircraft in the Service of the Navy—Naval Reconnaissance.
• Mother-ship or Floating Base.
• Armament of the Naval Aeroplane—the Employment of Bombs.
• Torpedo Attack by Air.
• Aeroplane and Submarine—Attack by Bomb.

CHAPTER XII.

• Aircraft in the Service of the Navy —Continued.
• The Naval Air-scout.
• The Flying-Boat Type—The Double Float Type.
• The Ocean-going Floating Base or Pontoon-ship.

CHAPTER XIII.

• The Command of the Air.
• Air Power as Affecting Combined Tactics.
• Defeat in the Air an Irreparable Disaster.
• Employment of Aircraft in Large Bodies—Air Tactics.

CHAPTER XIV.

• An Independent Combatant Air Fleet and its Duties.
• Tactical Importance of Altitude.
• Formation Flying—Airmanship and Signalling.
• The " V " Formation and its Value.
• Aircraft Bases at High Altitude.

CHAPTER XV.

• The Command of the Air and its Limitations.
• Belligerent Aircraft and the Rights and Obligations of Neutrals.
• Other International Questions Relating to Aircraft.
• Aircraft in Neutral Territory.

CHAPTER XVI.

• Present Day Position—The Fourth Arm in Peace Time.
• The Flight Ground Question—Depreciation and Obsolescence.
• British Ascendancy in the Air.
• Causes which have Contributed to British Ascendancy.
• The Advisory Committee for Aeronautics.
• The Royal Aircraft Factory.

CHAPTER XVII.

• The Maintenance of British Supremacy.
• Government versus Private Manufacture.
• Continuity of Policy—A Scheme of Control.
• A Board of Aeronautics Advocated.

CHAPTER XVIII.

• Retrospect—The Scope and Limitations of the Work.
• Supplementary Notes on the N-Square Law.
• Air Raids and the Value of Numbers.
• A Further Note on Aircraft and Submarine.
• The Strategic Employment of Aircraft on a Large Scale.

CHAPTER XIX.

• Air Raids—Some Questions of National Defence.
• Power of Aggression as Affected by Radius of Action.
• Air Raids as Affecting the Naval Outlook.
• Aeronautical and Naval Defence Indissolubly Associated.
• Future of Air Power: Essentially a National Question.
• Categorical Statement of Recommendations for Future Policy.

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