Weapons and equipment

The Soviet Army hastily developed the T-62 in a struggle to compete against the rapid proliferation of NATO tanks in the 1960s.

World War I's defining weapon for many, Germany's MG 08 machine gun won a formidable reputation on battlefields from Tannenberg to the Somme.

Written in the same engaging style of Mark Urban's Fusiliers and Rifles, this is a brilliant study of the Gunners who revolutionised warfare during the course of the Napoleonic Wars despite the opposition of their commander-in-chief.

Philip Katcher provides an overview to the conflict that engulfed Vietnam following the division of the country into two along the 17th Parallel in 1954.

This title details the culture, weapons, armour and training of the elite samurai warrior class in the fascinating Age of Battles period (1550-1600).

This series started in 1981 with the Erice Seminars when the danger of a nuclear East-West confrontation was menacing the world.

'War as it should be described - ordinary men facing extraordinary horror' The Times'Epic and moving.

Filled with 1:72-scale drawings of armored vehicles from Germany, Japan, Italy, Hungary, and Romania.

In this thoughtful social history of New Mexico's nuclear industry, Lucie Genay traces the scientific colonization of the state in the twentieth century from the points of view of the local people.

Institutions do not decide whom to destroy or to kill, whether to make peace or war; those decisions are the responsibility of individuals.

David slew Goliath with his slingshot: for millennia that was the norm, as men used a variety of non-explosive weapons to fire small stones and carefully rounded bullets of clay, glass, and even steel and lead.

A nuclear priesthood has arisen in Russia.

Motor torpedo boat development began in the early 1900s, and the vessels first saw service during World War I.

While the world’s attention is focused on the nuclearization of North Korea and Iran and the nuclear brinkmanship between India and Pakistan, China is believed to have doubled the size of its nuclear arsenal, making it “the forgotten nuclear power,” as described in Foreign Affairs.

A guide that blends the history behind this Soviet, Cold War-era battle tank with resources for military vehicle modeling enthusiasts.

This series started in 1981 with the Erice Seminars when the danger of a nuclear East-West confrontation was menacing the world.

During the final year of World War II, the defending Axis forces were steadily driven from southern skies by burgeoning Anglo-American power.

Originating in the armed forces of the early 20th century, weapons based on chemical, biological or nuclear agents have become an everpresent threat that has not vanished after the end of the cold war.

Institutions do not decide whom to destroy or to kill, whether to make peace or war; those decisions are the responsibility of individuals.

Between the two World Wars, the US contributed significantly to the development of the tank, a weapon invented by the British and the French seeking a way to break through the lines of German trenches.

The story of the P-51B Mustang aircraft from its development prior to the American entry into the war through to D-Day in June 1944.

The emergence of the tank in World War I led to the development of the first infantry weapons to defend against tanks.

In the early 1900s, the decaying Ottoman Turkish Empire had lost some of its Balkan territories, but still nominally ruled all of North Africa between British Egypt in the east and French Algeria in the west.

In this concise account of why America used atomic bombs against Japan in 1945, J.

Warship 2017 is devoted to the design, development and service history of the world's combat ships.

This book documents electric power requirements for the dismounted soldier on future Army battlefields, describes advanced energy concepts, and provides an integrated assessment of technologies likely to affect limitations and needs in the future.

This book describes and illustrates the armies of the embattled Ottoman Turkish Empire involved in 19th-century wars during the Empire's long spiral of decline.

Determined to learn from the lessons of World War I, the US Army developed a new generation of field artillery weapons and tactics during the 1930s.

The history of how the Luftwaffe planned to knock out Holland, but instead suffered wounds against the Dutch that would come to haunt them in the Battle of Britain.

While the Allies largely relied on mass production to help them win World War II, Germany put a great deal of their limited resources into new technologies and wonder weapons.

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A ground-breaking new study that transforms our understanding of one of the most famous battles of the Second World War, widely mythologized as the largest tank battle in history.

The Office of Naval Research (ONR) contracted with the Naval Studies Board (NSB) of the National Research Council (NRC) to establish a committee to review ONR's Air and Surface Weapons Technology (ASWT) program.

The Project on Nuclear Issues 2013 conference series included events at Northrop Grumman in May, Sandia National Laboratory in July, and CSIS in December, before concluding with a Capstone Conference at Offutt Air Force Base, home of the U.

A wargaming ruleset for epic pre-WW1 battles in the sky.

Allied success in invading Fortress Europe (the area of Continental Europe occupied by Nazi Germany) depended on getting armor onto the beaches as fast as possible.

Conventional forces absorb the preponderance of America's defense spending.

The Uzi submachine gun is one of the most recognizable weapons in history.

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While the US Marine Corps was one of the smallest of American armed services in World War II, its contribution to the final victory cannot be overstated.

After the huge advances made in the early months of the Pacific war, it was in remote New Guinea where the advance of Imperial Japanese Naval Air Force (IJNAF) A6M Zero-sen fighters was first halted due to a series of offensive and defensive aerial battles ranging from treetop height up to 30,000 ft.

A detailed history of the MiG-17 and MiG-19 units of the Vietnamese People's Air Force, packed with first-hand accounts and colour profiles.

The Bulgars were a Turkic people who established a state north of the Black Sea.

The 2024 edition of Warship, the celebrated annual publication featuring original research on the history, development, and service of the world's warships.

The duel between Japan's superb Mitsubishi A6M Zero and the USA's rugged Grumman F4F Wildcat in 1942 represented the clash of two contrasting design philosophies and naval fighter doctrines.

Created by a long-forgotten Austrian nobleman, Adolf Odkolek von Augezd, the air-cooled Hotchkiss machine gun was the first to function effectively by tapping propellant gas from the bore as the gun fired.

Angesichts der aktuellen geopolitischen Bedrohungslage ist eine vertiefte deutsch-franzosische und europaische Rustungskooperation unerlasslich.

In the immediate post-World War II period, Army aviation began to evolve from an observatory role to a mobility role.

A nuclear priesthood has arisen in Russia.

Three times during the 17th century, England and Holland went to war as part of an ongoing struggle for economic and naval supremacy.