Weapons category: 1025 books
by Herb Houze
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2011
Although the name Winchester is known worldwide and is still used generically for its rifles and shotguns, a comprehensive history of the company has never been published. Herbert G. Houze, the former curator of the Winchester Arms Museum, has written a complete account of the Winchester Repeating...
by Major Jose I. Yaniz
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2014
Spain played a significant role in the outcome of the American Revolution by providing economic support and opening war fronts to fight the British in Europe and North America. Spain’s support for the revolutionaries was a strategic mistake for its government, for it was not in Spain’s national...
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2014
Biotechnology plays a critical role in treating war injuries, preventing and diagnosing disease, and protecting the force against exposure to harmful agents. While effective in its ability to provide medical intervention, biotechnology's non-medical side reveals opportunity to create a "super...
by George Lovell
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2013
A republication of the 1842 edition. An illustrated manual enabling the soldier to strip, clean and maintain his weapon.
Tiger I and Tiger II Tanks
German Army and Waffen-SS, The Last Battles in the West, 1945
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2019
Tiger tanks were among the most-feared fighting vehicles of the Second World War and they gained almost legendary status, yet they never fulfilled their potential because they were not produced in sufficient numbers and the tide the war had turned against the German army by the time they were introduced....
Panther Tanks
Germany Army and Waffen-SS, Defence of the West, 1945
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2019
In late 1944 and 1945 the Panther tank played an important role in Germany’s desperate efforts to stem the Allied advance on the Western Front. The Panther, perhaps the best armored vehicle produced by Germany during the Second World War, was a key element in the Wehrmacht’s defensive tactics,...
Cromwell and Centaur Tanks
British Army and Royal Marines, North-west Europe 1944–1945
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2018
Designed with the hard lessons of the North African campaign in mind, including the adoption of a dual-purpose gun capable of firing high-explosive and anti-tank rounds, the Cromwell was one of the most successful of the British cruiser tanks produced during the Second World War.
The lack of...
Tiger I
German Army Heavy Tank, Southern Front, North Africa, Sicily and Italy, 1942–1945
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2018
When at Hitler’s insistence the first Tiger I tanks went into action in Tunisia in December 1942 they rapidly gained a formidable fighting reputation despite their lack of reliability and the small number deployed. With its heavy armour and 88mm gun, it outclassed all the Allied tanks then in service...
Churchill Tanks
British Army, North-west Europe 1944-45
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2017
Designed as a heavily armored tank which could accompany infantry formations, the Churchill's ability to cross rough ground and climb seemingly unassailable hills became legendary. The tank first saw action in 1942 and the basic design was constantly reworked and upgunned, culminating in the Mark...
Jagdpanther Tank Destroyer
German Army and Waffen-SS, Western Europe 1944–1945
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2017
Combining the destructive firepower of the 88mm gun with the outstanding mobility of the Panther series, the Jagdpanther is quite probably the best-known tank destroyer of the Second World War. In the vehicle's first action on 30 July 1944, three Jagdpanthers managed to destroy eleven British tanks...
Artillery Through the Ages
A Short, Illustrated History of the Cannon, Emphasizing Types Used in America
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2018
Looking at an old-time cannon, most people are sure of just one thing: the shot came out of the front end. For that reason, these pages are written; people are curious about the fascinating weapon that so prodigiously and powerfully lengthened the warrior's arm. And theirs is a justifiable curiosity,...
by Philip Spencer
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2016
It is April 19, 1775.
7:00 p.m.: The boy Solomon Brown hurries down the road to Lexington, carrying secret papers to Sam Adams and John Hancock. Ahead loom nine British officers—armed!
Midnight: Paul Revere gallops by moonlight to warn every household that the British are coming.
4:00...
by Arnaud Demaury
Language: French
Release Date: October 7, 2018
Language: French
Release Date: October 7, 2018
Arme de guerre, l’épée fut aussi longtemps symbole de pouvoir et de justice.
Elle fut aussi un objet d’apparat.
Ce fut l’outil emblématique du Moyen Âge.
Pendant toutes les périodes de l’histoire, rois, empereurs et généraux royaux possédaient des épées personnelles.
Ces armes ont...
by Paolo Emilio Papò
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2015
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