Weapons and equipment

Shadow warfare, or lowaEUR"e;intensity warfare, is constantly being waged around the world.

Winner of the 2023 AFHF Air Power History Book Prize Emergency War Plan examines the theory and practice of American nuclear deterrence and its evolution during the Cold War.

Winner of the 2023 AFHF Air Power History Book Prize Emergency War Plan examines the theory and practice of American nuclear deterrence and its evolution during the Cold War.

"e;Author James Mills presents an amazing, detailed history review of the German surface-to-air guided missile technology development.

In 1940, the U.

A detailed summary of all types of Diamond T vehicles used by the U.

The birth of the US Navy's "e;Take Charge and Move Out"e; (TACAMO) mission which provides essential airborne communications to the US nuclear deterrence forces.

Winner, 2022 Army Historical Foundation Distinguished Writing Awards, Unit HistoryThis second volume follows on from the first in recounting the WWII history of B Company, 756th Tank Battalion in vivid detail.

A heavily illustrated account of how the tanks of 4th Armored Division defeated two panzer brigades over 11 days of battle at Arracourt.

Includes hundreds of period photos covering all the details of the trucks, vans and trailers vital to maintain the communications of the U.

A heavily illustrated account of the evolution, design and deployment of dreadnought battleships.

A fully illustrated overview of the Nazi German Air Force's victory markings on their day & night fighter aircrafts in World War II.

This illustrated military history reveals the untold story of WWII snipers, from training and firearms to combat and field operations.

A military study of the 2020 war between Armenia and Azerbaijan-the first war in history won primarily by unmanned systems.

See the excitement and danger of life on an aircraft carrier like never before.

On horsemanship deals with the selection, care and training of horses in general.

World War II not only marked the end of a terrifying time in Europe, but also the dawning of many technological breakthroughs.

From the Advanced Threat Infrared Countermeasures to the XM320 grenade launcher, this comprehensive guide profiles nearly every weapon currently in use by the U.

See the history of civilization through the worlds most deadly and fascinating firearms!

A fascinating look at the history and development of the revolver.

Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.

Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.

In addition, it covers cutting-edge tech that will soon be employed by our soldiers: missiles, small arms, biological detection systems, rockets, reconnaissance systems, radios, planes, bows and arrows (believe it or not).

Military demolitions are the destruction by fire, water, explosive, and mechanical means of areas, structures, facilities, or materials to accomplish a military objective.

Here for the first time in one place is everything you need to know about modern military combat.

The days of large force-on-force engagements with conventional fielded armies are seemingly gone.

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In six weeks during April and May 1915, as World War I escalated, Germany forever altered the way war would be fought.

Following the 1952 reorganization of the Portuguese Air Force from the army and naval air arms, Portugal now had an entity dedicated solely to aviation that would bring it into line with its new NATO commitment.

Biosecurity comprehensively analyzes the dramatic transformations that are reshaping how the international community addresses biological weapons and infectious diseases.

Against the Tide is a leadership book that illustrates how Adm.

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The National Maritime Museum in Greenwich houses the largest collection of scale ship models in the world, many of which are contemporary artifacts made by the craftsmen of the navy or the shipbuilders themselves, ranging from the mid-seventeenth century to the present day.

The torpedo was the greatest single game-changer in the history of naval warfare.

Peter the Great created the Russian navy from nothing, but it soon surpassed Sweden as the Baltic naval power, while in the Black Sea it became an essential tool in driving back the Ottoman Turks from Europe.

This volume completes the reissue of R.

This book does for naval anti-aircraft defense what Friedman's Naval Firepower did for surface gunnery - it makes a highly complex but historically crucial subject accessible to the layman.

This new edition of a classic work on British battleships is the most sought after book on the subject.

The National Maritime Museum in Greenwich houses the largest collection of scale ship models in the world.

The launch in 1906 of HMS Dreadnought, the world's first all-big-gun battleship, rendered all existing battle fleets obsolete while at the same time wiping out the Royal Navy's numerical advantage.

HMS Ramillies was the last battleship to join the Grand Fleet in 1917 and survived to fight in the Second World War.

Since the 1980s, strategic sealift has been formally designated as a U.

This is the first book to examine Thomas Holcomb s crucial role as commandant of the U.

In the mid-1950s a small group of overworked, underpaid scientists and engineers on a remote base in the Mojave Desert developed a weapon no one had asked for but everyone in the weapons industry desired.

For better or worse, Navy captain William S.

The authors were with the Japanese Naval Special Attack Force (Kamikaze Corps) from its inception in late 1944.

When the nuclear-powered submarine USS Triton was commissioned in November 1959, its commanding officer, Captain Edward L.

Called one of the most inspiring stories to come out of World War II when first published in 1959, this epic account of Arleigh Burke's legendary Destroyer Squadron 23 is much more than a story of ships and their tactical deployment.

In June 1944, U.

Daniel Gerstein draws on twenty-nine years of experience in the security and defense sectors to address the threat of bioterrorism.