Books on WW1 Artillery

As mentioned elsewhere, information and litterature on the Artillery of the Great War is surprisingly hard to come by, unless you are willing to search for old, second-hand stuff. (In which case you can find truly excellent work, but works that will also often be expensive, and in some cases - like the German classics by Muther and Schirmer - will cost you a small fortune.) But still, there are some works around, which are in print and easy to aquire over the Internet. Here you will find four fine books, which will fill in many of the gaps in this field. I recommend all four. More will hopefully follow.

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	Filippo Capellanos book is really great, and a must if you are at all interested in WW1 Artillery. And this even if you don't read Italian, as it's worth getting for the pictures and plans only! The photos are in general of excellent quality. Beside that, you get information on Austro-Hungarian artillery organization, tactics, production, ammunition etc, and also an overview of the usage during the Great War. The book is 242 pages long, and 29x21cm in format: we are talking of a big book here. Strongly recommended!
	What was said above of Cappellanos fine work applies to Andrea Curamis and Alessandro Massignis book as well. Fine, sharp photographs, many contemporary plans, tables of organization and equipment, even a detailed colour section on WW1 ordonance. This is of course THE standard work on Italian WW1 Artillery. And this another coffe-table format book: it is 221 pages, and 29x21cm in format. Strongly recommended!
	This book by the well-known expert Ian Hogg is the best work on WW1 Allied Artillery in print today. Hogg of course knows his stuff, and many of the most important guns - like the British 18-pounder, the French '75 or the 155mm GPF get their own special mini-essays. And you will find many good, contemporary plans - many taken from the French 20-ies classic "Les Canons de la Victoire" by Alvin and André. But still, at 224 pages (and a format of 19x25cm) it is bound to be a bit thin at places, especially when it comes to allies like the Russians or Italians. Recommended!
	Herbert Jägers book is very valuable primer to WW1 German Artillery, and the best you can get today. It is in many way comparable to Hoggs book - and, by the way, it is of exactly the same format as Hoggs: 224 pages and 19x25cm big. It has several very good chapters, like the ones on ammunition and tactics, but I find it many times pretty sketchy when it comes to the coverage of many of the standard Artillery pieces of the German Army - while at the same time devoting pretty much space to, say, obsolete types or coastal artillery. But it is still highly recommended!
	The author of this book, Michal Prásil, knows his subject well, and the 142 pages of this softcover book is crammed with new and valuable information. And the photos are also very good: many evidently comes from the Skoda archives, as does many of the very fine plans. The only deplorable thing, is that the book only touches upon the most famous heavy of them all, the 30.5cm Mörser M.11. Because the guns covered are the 24cm cannon M.16, 38cm Howitzer M16 and the 42cm howitzer M.14, M.16 and M.17 - and also their tractors. Highly recommended!
	Unlike the other books above, Soldati e cannoni does not purport to cover a whole subject. Rather it's a scrap book of photos, taken by an Italian army officer during the war. Still, if you are interested in WW1 artillery this is still very valuable. Because the quality of the photos are in general very good indeed, they are never seen before, and there is also a number of fine colour plans, both on guns, uniforms and more. Recommended!