Автор: J. Moscinski, S. Brzezinski
Издательство: BS Firma Wydawniczo Handlowa
Год издания: 2003
isbn: 8387918415
Количество страниц: 42
Язык: english
Формат: PDF (scan)
Dual Polish / English text; b/w photos; line drawing; 2 pull out sheet plans 1/400; 1 pull out sheet 1/400 colour profiles
Автор: Anthony Newpower
Издательство: Praeger Security International
Год издания: 2006
isbn: 027599032X
Количество страниц: 257
Язык: english
Формат: PDF
From the American entry into World War II until September 1943, U.S. submarines experienced an abnormally high number of torpedo failures. These failures resulted from three defects present in the primary torpedo of the day, the Mark XIV. These defects were a tendency to run deeper than the set depth, the frequent premature detonation of the magnetic influence exploder, and the failure of the contact exploder when hitting a target at the textbook 90-degree angle. Ironically, despite using a completely independent design, the Germans experienced the same three defects. The Germans, however, fixed their defects in six months, while it took the Americans 22 months. Much of the delay on the American side resulted from the denial of senior leaders in the operational forces and in the Navy's Bureau of Ordnance (BuOrd) that the torpedo itself was defective. Instead, they blamed crews for poor marksmanship or lack of training. In the end, however, the submarine force itself overcame the bureaucratic inertia and correctly identified and fixed the three problems on their own, proving once again the industry of the average American soldier or sailor. Contrary to the interpretations of most submarine historians, this book concludes that BuOrd did not sit idly by while torpedoes failed on patrol after patrol. BuOrd acknowledged problems from early in the war, but their processes and their tunnel vision prevented them from realizing that the weapon sent to the fleet was grossly defective. One of World War II's forgotten heroes, Admiral Lockwood drove the process for finding and fixing the three major defects. This is first book that deals exclusively with the torpedo problem, building its case out of original research from the archives of the Bureau of Ordnance, the Chief of Naval Operations, Vice Admiral Lockwood's personal correspondence, and records from the British Admiralty at the National Archives of the United Kingdom. These sources are complemented by correspondence and interviews with men who actually participated in the events.
Автор: S. Brzezinski
Издательство: BS Firma Wydawniczo Handlowa
Год издания: 2005
isbn: 838791858X
Количество страниц: 37
Язык: english
Формат: PDF (scan)
Profile of this Royal Navy destroyer/minelayer as she was in 1942-3. 2 colour profiles. Separate 1:250 scale plans. 2 pp 1:400 scale plans. 15pp detail drawings. 14 b/w photos. Dual Polish/English text.
Автор: S. Brzezinski, P. Wisiewski
Издательство: BS Firma Wydawniczo Handlowa
Год издания: 2004
isbn: 8387918725
Количество страниц: 42
Язык: english
Формат: PDF (scan)
Detailed look for modellers at this Japanese light cruiser as she was in 1942. 24 black/white photos and 14 pages of detail drawings. Polish/English text. Separate scale plan and colour profile.
Автор: S. Brzezinski
Издательство: BS Firma Wydawniczo Handlowa
Год издания: 2004
isbn: 8387918490
Количество страниц: 44
Язык: english
Формат: PDF (scan)
Dual Polish / English text; b/w photos; line drawing; 1 sheet of 1/400 drawings; 1 sheet 1/400 colour profiles
Автор: Мощанский И.Б.
Издательство: Вече
Год издания: 2009
isbn: 978-5-9533-3884-4
Количество страниц: 192
Язык: русский
Формат: DJVU
Книга известного военного историка И.Б. Мещанского посвящена использованию бронетанковых войск Красной Армии в самой длительной операции Великой Отечественной войны — сражении за Ленинград. С 1941 по 1944 год силы Северо-Западного, Северного, Ленинградского и Волховского фронтов, а также нескольких отдельных армий сделали все, чтобы сохранить город на Неве для нашей страны и человеческой культуры. В представленной работе описаны малоизвестные операции сражения под Ленинградом, а также быт и жизнедеятельность штабов, соединений, и, нередко, рядовых танкистов. Опираясь на архивные и историко-литературные документы, автор описывает трагические и комические происшествия, так хорошо характеризующие национальную идентичность нашего народа. Наиболее подробный анализ посвящен Синявинской операции (19 августа — 1 октября 1942 года) — неудачной попытке Волховского и Ленинградского фронтов прорвать блокаду Ленинграда.
Автор: К. Грозев
Издательство: Аеропрес БГ
Год издания: 2008
Количество страниц: 84
Язык: другой
Формат: PDF (scan)
Язык: болгарский Съдържание: Генезисът на Ми-24; Дългото усъвършенстване; На служба в СССР; Бойна проверка в Афганистан; Разпространение по света; В бой по света; Във втората война в Чечения; В днешните локални конфликти; В бой над джунглите; През погледа на пилота-наемник; Въоръжението; Модернизациите в Русия; Западните модернизационни предложения; На служба в България; Една дълга история на модернизация; Българските Ми-24 - съдбата на машините; Техническо описание на Ми-24В; Английски текст (English text - service in Bulgaria & upgrade proposals).
Автор: Dan van der Vat
Издательство: Birlinn
Год издания: 2007
isbn: 1843410389
Количество страниц: 240
Язык: english
Формат: PDF (scan)
On June 21, 1919 occurred the greatest single loss of shipping since Man first sat astride a log and floated away from land. The Persian Fleet met its end at Salamis and the U.S. Pacific Fleet was smashed at Pearl Harbor, but both of these disasters resulted from enemy action. The Spanish Armada was scattered and destroyed, but the main reason for its doom was a big storm. The German High Seas Fleet survived a cataclysmic war almost unscathed, but the bulk of its strength and tonnage was destroyed by order of the German admiral in command at the time. The scale of loss, over 400,000 tons of the finest warships then in existence, 74 vessels of which 52 actually went to the bottom under the eyes of the enemy, is unique in itself. That it was an act of self-destruction based on a misapprehension compounds the uniqueness of the event.
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