This book comprehensively summarizes the basic knowledge, structural principle and structural characteristics of modern artillery system, focusing on the basic structure and working principle of artillery, the design principle and function of key parts of artillery, appropriately introducing the new structure, new principle, new concept and new method of artillery technology development in recent decades, and briefly introducing ballistics, artillery ammunition and artillery fire control system. It reflects the new requirements of modern war for artillery, the new technology and development trend of artillery in the world at present, and the new equipment status of modern troops.

This textbook is complete and targeted. It can not only be used as a teaching material for the specialty of ground weapon mobile engineering in colleges and universities, but also as a reference for the scientific, technological and engineering managers in the conventional weapons industry.