Weapons category: 1025 books
by George Bradford
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2007
Filled with fine-scale drawings of Germany's late war armored vehicles including:
• Pz. Kpfw. V Panther Tank
• Pz. Kpfw. VI Tiger I and II
• Pz. Jager Elephant Tank Destroyer
• Sd.Kfz. 234/2 "Puma" Armored Car
• Jagdtiger with Henschel suspension
• And dozens more . . .
by George Bradford
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2007
Filled with fine-scale drawings of Russian armored fighting vehicles including:
• T-34 Model 1940
• BA-64B Model 1943 Light Armored Car
• BT-7 (Model 1937 Fast Tank)
• SU-76i (on Pz.III chassis)
• KV-8 flamethrower
• ZIS-42 Halftrack
• and dozens more . . .
Kaiten
Japan's Secret Manned Suicide Submarine And the First American Ship It Sank in WWII
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2014
In November 1944, the U.S. Navy fleet lay at anchor deep in the Pacific Ocean, when the oiler USS Mississinewa exploded. Japan’s secret weapon, the Kaiten—a manned suicide submarine—had succeeded in its first mission.
The Kaiten was so secret that even Japanese naval commanders didn’t...
by Jamie Prenatt
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2015
The Polish army during the Blitzkrieg conjures up tragic images of infantry and dashing, but ineffective and ultimately doomed cavalry charges. In actuality the Poles, in the midst of a large-scale re-armament programme, had up to 600 armoured vehicles available at the time of the German attack, as...
by Frank Zagone
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2012
Assigned as a draftee to a hydrogen-bomb test operation in the Marshall Islands, Frank Zagone gives his account of the March 1, 1954 detonation of BRAVO, a 15 megaton superbomb, the most powerful and radiologically dirty nuclear blast in U.S. history (equivalent to 1000 Hiroshima bombs). He writes about...
by B J Lossing
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2013
In this piece from 1855 Lossing discusses the evolution of artillery pieces from the ancients up to the days just prior to the American Civil War.
by David Blanchard
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2013
ABC’s of Military Helicopters explores the path of rotary wing combat vehicles from the earliest past to futuristic concepts. Done in the style of a children’s ABC book, with a unique vehicle selected for each letter, and its technical data and historical over view listed side by side ABC’s...
by David Blanchard
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2017
ABC’s of Military Side Arms showcases the history of pistols and revolvers from the past to present, from the well-known to the obscure. Done in the style of a children’s ABC book, with a unique gun selected for each letter, and its technical data and historical over view listed side by side ABC’s...
by David Blanchard
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2017
ABC’s of Assault Rifles presents the history of this unique combat system from the past to present, from the long enduring designs to the possible high tech looking future of this mainstay weapon system. Done in the style of a children’s ABC book, with a unique gun selected for each letter, and...
by Leroy Thompson
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2014
Since the mid-1960s the Heckler & Koch MP5 has become the most widely used submachine gun in the world, especially among counterterrorist and special-operations units. Lightweight and offering a blistering rate of fire of up to 900 rounds per minute, the MP5 quickly earned a reputation for accuracy....
Gun Digest’s Concealed Carry Shoulder Holsters eShort
Concealed carry methods, systems, rigs and tactics for shoulder holsters
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2012
In this excerpt from the Gun Digest Book of Concealed Carry, Massad Ayoob addresses the use of shoulder holsters for concealed carry. Learn when to use a shoulder holster, the best system for your gun and tactics for their use.
Glock
The World's Handgun
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2015
The Glock series of handguns represents one of the greatest steps forward in pistol design since the introduction of the Colt M1911. Inspired by the Austrian Army’s 1980 request for a new sidearm, the Glock Ges.m.b.H. company set to work designing and developing a revolutionary new weapon that combined...
Gun Digest’s Large Concealed Handguns eShort
With some thought applied to concealed holsters and wardrobe, the good guy with the larger handgun can improve survival potential and save money!
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2012
In this excerpt from the Gun Digest Book of Concealed Carry, Massad Ayoob proves you can carry a large handgun concealed effectively. He covers holsters for large pistols, clothing factors and techniques.
by L-Cmdr Michael S. Prather
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2014
George Washington, as Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army led this nation to victory and independence in the American Revolution. Victory was facilitated by his direct and effective use of intelligence sources and methods.
During the American War for Independence, intelligence information regarding...