Weapons category: 1025 books
United States Infantry Weapons of the Second World War
Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2015
During the arduous campaigns in theatres of war from the Pacific to North West Europe, American infantry weapons played a key role in the eventual victory over the Axis forces. In so doing they earned a special reputation for ruggedness and reliability. In addition to being used by US ground forces...
by Leonard James
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2014
A book about the historic Battle of Bannockburn, the great triumph by Robert Bruce of Edward II of England that won independence for Scotland. The book is being released to mark the 700th anniversary of the battle and to coincide with the Scottish referendum on independence.With most of Scotland in...
by Gordon L. Rottman
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2013
The battlefield interaction between infantry and tanks was central to combat on most fronts in World War II. The first 'Blitzkrieg' campaigns saw the tank achieve a new dominance. New infantry tactics and weapons – some of them desperately dangerous – had to be adopted, while the armies raced...
by Leonard James
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2014
A book about the largest battle ever fought on English soil - the Battle of Towton, one of the key turning points in the Wars of the Roses. .The murderous Wars of the Roses had already seen dukes, earls, lords and thousands of commoners butchered as two branches of the royal family struggled to gain...
The World's Greatest Small Arms
An Illustrated History
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2015
Small arms have developed hugely since the introduction of the machine gun in the 1870s. Magazine-fed rifles, submachine guns, automatic pistols and, later, assault rifles and personal defence weapons have changed the face of infantry warfare, offering a range of weaponry designed for both the specialist...
Guns of Outlaws
Weapons of the American Bad Man
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2014
When gunslingers chose their weapons and took their chances. From colonial-era rifles carried on the "Owlhoot Trail" to John Dillinger's Colt pistols, the history of the American outlaw is told in guns--weapons that became each man's personal signature. Authors Gerry and Janet Souter peer...
German Infantry Weapons of the Second World War
The War Machines
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2014
This fascinating in-depth dossier is based on classified wartime reports issued by the US Military Intelligence Services, and examines the main weapon types – pistols, rifles, grenades, machine guns and mortars as well as anti-tank guns and infantry howitzers. The equipment of the German Army in...
by John Forbat
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2012
Written with the cooperation of the Brooklands Museum and its archives, this study looks at missile and avionics systems and provides diagrams, photographs, and the tests and their effects on missile design, all while telling the story of the Vickers company. Featuring details on various projects...
US Special Ops
The History, Weapons, and Missions of Elite Military Forces
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2016
It's the inside scoop on US military special operations. From weapons, gear, missions, and commandos, learn every military secret from the eighteenth century to today. Few aspects of the US military pique people's interest more than special ops. Due to the clandestine nature of their missions, weapons,...
Weapons of World War II
A Photographic Guide to Tanks, Howitzers, Submachine Guns, and More Historic Ordnance
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2014
World War II not only marked the end of a terrifying time in Europe, but also the dawning of many technological breakthroughs. In Weapons of World War II, written by the Chief of Research and Engineering Office of Ordnance, G.M. Barnes discusses the various weapons used during the war. Such topics...
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2012
Just over six decades ago, the United States was a nation trying to adhere to a largely isolationist outlook, the potential power of the atom was yet to be fully realized and had certainly not been weaponized, and the defense of our nation was entrusted to a secretary of war and a secretary of Navy....
Gladius and Spatha: Swords and Warfare in the Classical World
Knives, Swords, and Bayonets: A World History of Edged Weapon Warfare, #8
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2018
Ancient Greece and Rome, also referred to as the Classical world, laid the foundation for Western civilization. Because of their geographical proximity to one another and to the Mediterranean Sea, the countries shared many similarities with respect to culture and weapons.
The early Greek swords...
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2015
The volume published by 1st Lt. William E. Birkhimer on the history of artillery in the United States Army was the standard work on the subject for over one hundred years. Lieutenant Birkhimer's history is a valuable contribution to understanding the background of artillery in the United States through...
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2017
This excellent report has been professionally converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction. This monograph employs a historical analysis to review the debate and subsequent decision within the US government in 1949 and 1950 over whether to pursue an accelerated program to develop...