Military engineering

This collection of essays was first published in 1974, and the fact that it remains relevant today is a testament to Marder's legacy as arguably the greatest naval historian of the 20th century.

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The United States manufactured significant quantities of chemical weapons during the Cold War and the years prior.

This is the absorbing story of the handguns credited to Nambu Kijiro, the principal personal-defence weapons of the Imperial forces.

The Untold Story of Everything Digital: Bright Boys, Revisited celebrates the 70th anniversary (1949-2019) of the world "e;going digital"e; for the very first time-real-time digital computing's genesis story.

Psychology is the science that will determine who wins and who loses the wars of the 21st century, just as physics ultimately led the United States to victory in World War II.

The revised edition of this indispensable work still covers battle tactics at sea from the age of fighting sail to the present, with emphasis on trends constants, and variables.

Selected among Foreign Affairs's "e;Best of Books 2024"e;From a globally renowned expert on Russian military strategy and national security, The Russian Way of Deterrence investigates Russia's approach to coercion (both deterrence and compellence), comparing and contrasting it with the Western conceptualization of this strategy.

The Sturmgesch tz III proved to be one of the more significant German AFVs of World War II.

This volume is the only current treatment of security issues in Central Asia for the nonspecialist, as well as specialists and policy-makers.

This study looks at how the Soviet armed forces developed and deployed a range of machine guns that fitted with their offensive and defensive infantry tactics across six years of total war.

First used in combat during the Punitive Expedition into Mexico and then extensively during the world wars, the Colt Government Model (1911) pistol remained the standard issue handgun in the US armed forces for nearly 80 years and has continued in service with some units to this day.

A comprehensive illustrated study of the RPG The RPG-series of weapons is the most widely used family of lightweight antitank weapons in the world today.

Designed in 1942, Britain's innovative Projector, Infantry, Anti-Tank (PIAT) provided British and Commonwealth troops with a much-needed means of taking on Germany's formidable Panzers.

A detailed, fully illustrated study of the most recognizable assault rifle ever produced.

Best Nonfiction of 2020 -- Kirkus ReviewsOne of the most lauded historians of our time returns to the Second World War in this magnificent retelling of the awe-inspiring raid on German dams conducted by the Royal Army Forces 617 Squadron.

This fascinating visual account of firearms shows everything from the earliest cannons to modern weapons of war.

In 1938 the US Chief of Infantry requested that the Ordnance Department develop a carbine to be used by service and support troops, artillerymen, machine-gun crews, tankers, mortar crews and other troops not needing the power of the M1 Garand rifle.

A comprehensive, highly illustrated study of US tanks and other armoured vehicles used in World War II.

The focus of this book is a weapon that has literally placed the power of fire in human hands the man-portable flamethrower.

Monitoring Underground Nuclear Explosions focuses on the checking of underground nuclear explosions, including the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTB), seismological stations, earthquake-source models, and seismicity.

A Vertical Empire provides a description of the British rocketry and space programme from the 1950s to 1970s, detailing the Medium Range Ballistic Missile Blue Streak and its conversion to a satellite launcher as part of the European Launcher Development Organisation (ELDO).

Famous for leading the Tokyo Raid, America's first strike against Japan in World War II, Jimmy Doolittle led a remarkable life as an American pilot.

An expert account of the development, role, and capabilities of the S-300 and S-400 air defence missile systems, key strategic weapons in Putin's Russia.

No military service can long remain effective without searching self-criticism and continuous re-examination of its own ideas.

Historian and systems engineer Lars Celander surveys the different types of drones, detailing their navigation, communication, sensor systems and weaponry.

It was not Robert Oppenheimer who built the bomb--it was engineers, chemists and young physicists in their twenties, many not yet having earned a degree.

Weapons of mass destruction have the potential to kill thousands of people in a single attack.

The Diffusion of Military Power examines how the financial and organizational challenges of adopting new methods of fighting wars can influence the international balance of power.

This Encyclopedia International Encyclopedia of Intelligence, Terrorism Laws and Security successfully presents the various legal options legal options we have today to tackle this serious problem which question the very existence of human beings in some way or the other.

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This highly illustrated title details the history of the Panzer IV throughout World War II, where it saw service on the front line from Poland in 1939 through to the very last days of the Third Reich in Berlin in 1945.

Although muskets delivered devastating projectiles at comparatively long ranges, their slow rate of fire left the soldier very vulnerable while reloading, and early muskets were useless for close-quarter fighting.

Modern defence forces rely mainly on intelligent information systems and high technology armour.

Technical artist and military historian George Bradford has been producing detailed drawings of armored fighting vehicles for over thirty years.

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This study looks at how the Soviet armed forces developed and deployed a range of machine guns that fitted with their offensive and defensive infantry tactics across six years of total war.

While, over the last 30 years, the global economy's center of gravity has shifted to East Asia, the region has remained surprisingly free of interstate military conflict.

This technical and operational history is the definitive guide to the legendary Panzerwaffe, from its very infancy to the days when it made Europe its garden path at the height of Nazi German power.

Capture the esprit de corps of the Marines in action during the Vietnam War.

The Sten submachine gun officially the 'Carbine, Machine, Sten' was developed to fulfill the pressing British need for large quantities of cheaply produced weapons after Dunkirk, when German invasion was a very real possibility.

As entrenched bureaucracies, military organizations might reasonably be expected to be especially resistant to reform and favor only limited, incremental adjustments.

This Encyclopedia International Encyclopedia of Intelligence, Terrorism Laws and Security successfully presents the various legal options legal options we have today to tackle this serious problem which question the very existence of human beings in some way or the other.

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

How aggressive military strategies win wars, from ancient times to todayThe goal of war is to defeat the enemy's will to fight.

Everyone knows that members of the U.

Marine Combustion Practice reviews developments in marine combustion practice and covers topics ranging from combustion equipment for boilers to diesel injection equipment, nuclear reactors, and the use of natural gas in marine boilers.

In this thoroughly updated second edition, Derek S.