Автор: Simon Dunstan, Peter Sarson
Издательство: Osprey Publishing
Год издания: 2003
isbn: 184176387X
Количество страниц: 51
Язык: english
Формат: PDF (scan)
From 1943 the British began the design of a tank that bore distinct similarities to the German Panther tank. Designed as a Universal Tank, the design emerged in mid-1945 as the Centurion. It was last used in action by the British Army in 1991 during the Gulf War. It has also seen action with the Israeli Defence Forces, the Indian Army in the wars with Pakistan and the Australian Army in Vietnam. This book details all the variants of the Centurion used in these conflicts as well as covering the specialised variants last used by the British in the Gulf War.
Автор: Jon Guttman, Harry Dempsey, Jim Laurier
Издательство: Osprey Publishing
Год издания: 2008
isbn: 1846032938, 9781846032936
Количество страниц: 84
Язык: english
Формат: PDF (scan)
Amid the continuous struggle for aerial superiority during World War 1, two aircraft types were at the forefront. Both rotary-engined fighters, the Sopwith Camel and the Fokker Dr I triplane were relatively slow for their time, but were regarded as the most maneuverable machines produced during the conflict, and the classic pair for a tight, evenly matched dogfight at close quarters. In this book Jon Guttman examines the fascinating story of the design and development of these deadly foes. First-hand accounts and innovative cockpit-view artwork give a thrilling insight into the pilots' experiences during the world's first aerial duels and explain their successes and failures.
Автор: Ron Field, Howard Gerrard, Peter Bull
Издательство: Osprey Publishing
Год издания: 2008
isbn: 1846032326, 9781846032325
Количество страниц: 80
Язык: english
Формат: PDF (scan)
The Ironclad was a revolutionary weapon of war. Although iron was used for protection in the Far East during the 16th century, it was the 19th century and the American Civil War that heralded the first modern armored self-propelled warships. With the parallel pressures of civil war and the industrial revolution, technology advanced at a breakneck speed. It was the South who first utilized ironclads as they attempted to protect their ports from the Northern blockade. Impressed with their superior resistance to fire and their ability to ram vulnerable wooden ships, the North began to develop its own rival fleet of ironclads. Eventually these two products of this first modern arms race dueled at the battle of Hampton Roads in a clash that would change the face of naval warfare. Fully illustrated with cutting-edge digital artwork, rare photographs and first-person perspective gun sight views, this book allows the reader to discover the revolutionary and radically different designs of the two rival Ironclads - the CSS Virginia and USS Monitor - through an analysis of each ship's weaponry, ammunition and steerage. Compare the contrasting training of the crews and re-live the horrors of the battle at sea in a war which split a nation, communities and even families.
Автор: Peter Davies, Jim Laurier, Gareth Hector
Издательство: Osprey Publishing
Год издания: 2011
isbn: 1849084718, 9781849084710
Количество страниц: 81
Язык: english
Формат: PDF (scan)
Although America entered the Vietnam War with some of the world's most sophisticated combat aircraft, the majority of their missions involved conventional bombing and fighter engagements that employed quite similar tactics to those previously used in the Korean War and World War 2. The real step change in aerial fighting came with the use of air-to-air and ground-to-air missiles. Developing methods of defeating the latter involved the rapid evolution of technology and tactics which, over twenty years later, would enable the USA to win the air war over Iraq in Operation Desert Storm in a matter of hours. During the Vietnam War, the appearance of Russian SA-2 missiles around Hanoi in 1965 alarmed US officials. Initially reluctant to attack the missile sites, the increasing toll of US aircraft and the ways in which the SA-2s inhibited bombing tactics meant that new methods of dealing with the sites had to be developed quickly. Electronic reconnaissance aircraft had some success with jamming of the missiles' guidance systems at long range, but the real solution lay with an aircraft that could detect the radars at closer range, offer itself as a target to the missile sites and attack them before missiles could be launched at US bombers. F-105Fs equipped with new technology quickly became an essential addition to all USAF strike missions over North Vietnam. Using new Shrike and Standard ARM anti-radiation missiles and radar detection equipment developed by the US Navy, the F-105F and its more sophisticated successor, the F-105G, continued their hair-raising battles with North Vietnamese missile batteries throughout the rest of the Vietnam War. Here, author Peter Davies recounts the dramatic contests between these newly outfitted F-105s and the missile sites in Vietnam in a highly illustrated account, drawing on first-hand pilot experiences and technical manuals to present a full history of the technologies and tactics of both sides.
Автор: Robert Forczyk
Издательство: Osprey Publishing
Год издания: 2007
isbn: 1846031494, 9781846031496
Количество страниц: 80
Язык: english
Формат: PDF (scan)
Robert A. Forczyk provides a riveting and intense description of the design and development of these two deadly opponents, the Panther and the T-34, analyzing their strengths and weaknesses and describing their tactics, weaponry and training. Moreover he gives an insight into the lives of the tank crews themselves, who were caught up in the largest land conflict of World War II, in some of the most important engagements in the history of warfare. Innovative digital artwork and first-person perspectives place the reader in the midst of a duel between the titans of the Soviet and German armed forces in a ruthless and relentless death match that would determine the war on the Eastern Front and, indeed, the fate of Nazi Germany.
Автор: William Jesse
Издательство: Osprey Publishing
Год издания: 1991
isbn: 1855321548
Количество страниц: 128
Язык: english
Формат: PDF (scan)
This title concerns the the T-6 Texan, a major tool of the Allied pilot training scheme in World War II. It continued to serve with many air forces until the 1970s, but since then its major role is participating in airshows worldwide.
Автор: Rene J. Francillon, Peter B. Lewis
Издательство: Osprey Publishing
Год издания: 1990
isbn: 0850459699
Количество страниц: 130
Язык: english
Формат: PDF (scan)
There is no pretending that this book is an historical study of Skyraiders, Skyhawks, and Skywarriors - or, as they were affectionately known, Spads, Scooters, and Whales - in US naval service, or that it is exhaustive in its presentation of their camouflage and markings. II is simply intended to record some of these camouflage schemes and markings, mostly from happier days (from the photographer's point of view, not that of the pilot having to dodge missiles and avoid being seen by his adversaries!) when bright splashes of colour had not yet been displaced by effective, but oh so dull, Tactical Paint Schemes, and to provide a colourful look at three of the greatest aircraft designed by the one man who has often been called Mr Naval Aviation, Edward H. Heinemann.
Автор: Rene J. Francillon, Peter B. Lewis, Jim Dunn
Издательство: Osprey Publishing
Год издания: 1989
isbn: 085045932X
Количество страниц: 130
Язык: english
Формат: PDF (scan)
This book is a collection of photographs of some of the NORAD aircraft and units from the late 1960s to the 1980s.
Автор: Hugh W. Cowin
Издательство: Osprey Publishing
Год издания: 2000
isbn: 1841760692
Количество страниц: 98
Язык: english
Формат: PDF (scan)
This book underlines the technological advances represented by the different aircraft, and it comes as quite a shock to find out just how many German aircraft types were developed during, and deployed in, the Great War. This volume illustrates and analyses every single type. Aces featured include the Red Baron, Theodore Osterkamp with his Fokker EV, and Hermann Goering, a famous Ace who would feature even more prominently in a later conflict. This volume includes recon, training, bomber and fighter types.
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