Weapons category: 1025 books
M48 Patton vs Centurion
Indo-Pakistani War 1965
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2016
The Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 witnessed some of the largest tank battles since World War II, notably between India's British-made Centurion Mk 7s and the American-made M48 Pattons fielded by Pakistan. The two countries' tank regiments, many of which shared a proud legacy in the British Indian Army,...
Sagger Anti-Tank Missile vs M60 Main Battle Tank
Yom Kippur War 1973
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2018
The 1973 Yom Kippur War rewrote the textbook on the tactics of modern armored warfare. Unlike the previous major Arab-Israeli war of 1967, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) faced an enemy that had invested heavily in modern Soviet weapon systems and tactics.
Using detailed colour artwork and...
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2016
This excellent report has been professionally converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction. A historian's occupational disease is to find old precedents for practically everything new that comes along. And that is true for remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) as well. In one way...
Eight Lives Down
The Most Dangerous Job in the World in the Most Dangerous Place in the World
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2008
Visceral and compelling, Eight Lives Down is the most exciting and nerve-jangling work of military non-fiction since Bravo Two Zero.
If fate is against me and I’m killed, so be it, but make it quick and painless. If I’m wounded, don’t let me be crippled. But above all, don’t let me...
by Daniel Ford
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2014
In 1941, Glen Edwards learned to fly in a fabric-covered biplane. Seven years later, he died in the crash of the Northrop YB-49 Flying Wing, the Air Force’s most advanced jet warplane and forerunner of the B-2 Stealth bomber of today. As a combat pilot in North Africa and Italy during World War...
by Gregory Mast,Hans Halberstadt
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2007
Aside from nerves of steel, pinpoint precise targeting skills, and uncanny adaptability, what does it take to be a military sniper? This book lays out the details of training and traits of character that make for success in one of the most challenging and mysterious jobs the military has to offer....
by Gordon L. Rottman
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2012
The eight-wheeled (8x8) Stryker combat light armored vehicle was adopted by the US Army in 2002 to provide a comparatively rapidly deployable contingency force with armor protection, tactical mobility, and heavy firepower, as well as advanced command, control communications, computer, intelligence,...
by Glenn Dean
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2012
In 2010 the Army fielded new rifle ammunition to its soldiers in Afghanistan. Developed as part of a program to produce lead-free ammunition, this new rifle bullet produced a storm of outrage from the firearms community, who derided the new ammunition as needless “green wash” at a time when troops...
by Mark Berhow
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2012
For 40 years following the end of World War II, the Western democratic governments and the Eastern Bloc Communist powers were locked in the ideological, political, and economic struggle of the Cold War. The United States and the Soviet Union developed missile systems capable of delivering conventional...
Leadership and Training for the Fight
Using Special Operations Principles to Succeed in Law Enforcement, Business, and War
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2011
Ideal for fans of Dave Grossman, Paul Howe, George Thompson, and other authors of police books
A brilliant military intelligence book that shares leadership and training for the fight
Includes riveting stories of military operations
In Leadership and Training for the Fight, MSG Paul R. Howe, U.S....
A Matter of Honour
The Story of England's Last Fatal Duel
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2011
New details on this story of honour - was Isabella Seton blameless or did she draw the rich Seton into a fatal romance?
Gun Digest’s Why Revolvers for Concealed Carry? eShort
Why would someone choose concealed carry revolvers over semi-automatics?
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2012
In this excerpt from the Gun Digest Book of the Revolver, Grant Cunningham explains the advantages of revolvers over semi-autos for concealed carry and why you should consider carrying one.
Gun Digest's One-Hand Revolver Reloading Concealed Carry eShort
One-hand revolver reloading is a critical self-defense technique.
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2012
In this excerpt from the Gun Digest Book of the Revolver, Grant Cunningham shows how to reload your revolver with one hand. This emergency technique is critical to master if you carry a concealed revolver for self-defense.
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Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2013
Colt firearms are some of the most collectible around. Two spectacular offerings sold at auction for close to a million dollars last year, and a third topped that. Standard Catalog of Colt Firearms is newly enhanced by author James Tarr. With updated prices, new models, and fresh photos, this book is a must-have for every Colt owner's gun library.