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Armor Number 23: M60 Patton in Action |
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Категория: Военное дело » Военная техника » Танки, БТР |
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Автор: Jim Mesko, Perry Manley, Don Greer
Издательство: Squadron/Signal Publications
Год издания: 1986
isbn: 0897471768
Количество страниц: 52
Язык: english
Формат: PDF (scan)
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For those who are familiar with the work of Jim Mesko and Squadron/Signal publications (particularly the "in action" series), this will not disappoint. "M60 Patton in Action" is a detailed and informative look at the late model Pattons. Criticism levied at the amount of color photography in the book should be taken with a grain of salt given that the tank entered service in the early 1960s and source material available between 1960 and 1986 (when the book was published) was probably largely limited to black and white military photography. Color plates and paintings supplement the b&w photography, diagrams and text well. |
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Armor Number 20: T-34 in Action |
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Категория: Военное дело » Военная техника » Танки, БТР |
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Автор: Steven J. Zaloga, James Grandsen
Издательство: Squadron/Signal Publications
Год издания: 1983
isbn: 0897471121
Количество страниц: 50
Язык: english
Формат: PDF (scan)
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The T-34 was the single most effective tank design of the Second World War. It was produced in larger numbers than any other tank and few subsequent tank designs escaped its revolutionary influences. When it originally entered combat in the summer of 1941, it was markedly superior to any tank in the German arsenal. The Wehrmacht was able to eventually counter the T-34 with heavier tanks like the Panther, Tiger and Royal Tiger, but the introduction of the improved T-34-85 and the new IS-2 restored Soviet superiority. The Wehrmacht paid for the technical ingenuity of the Panthers and Tigers by their enormous cost, complexity and frequent unreliability. The smaller and more robust T-34 could be produced in quantities, two or three times greater than its German adversaries and, in the end, emaciated German tank regiments were routed by an overwhelming wave of Soviet tank brigades. |
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Armor Number 11: Panther in Action |
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Категория: Военное дело » Военная техника » Танки, БТР |
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Автор: Bruce Culver
Издательство: Squadron/Signal Publications
Год издания: 1975
isbn: 0897470443
Количество страниц: 52
Язык: english
Формат: PDF (scan)
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Development of an improved replacement for the PzKpfw IV medium tank had proceeded at a slow pace, since the IV had proven to be a reliable and versatile design. Despite fairly high losses during certain stages of the Polish and French campaigns, the Germans were relatively satisfied with the PzKpfw II, III, and IV. Though certain pre-war incidents should have warned them that the Soviet Union was preparing a new and heavy armored force, the German military leaders disregarded these warnings. One such incident took place during the spring of 1941 when Hitler specifically ordered that a Russian military commission be shown the latest developments in tank designs. After viewing the Panzer IV the Russians refused to believe this was the latest and heaviest German tank and were so insistent that the German Ordnance Office concluded that the Russians must already possess better and heavier tanks. |
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Armor Number 9: British Armour in Action |
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Категория: Военное дело » Военная техника » Танки, БТР |
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Автор: Norm E. Harms, Steve Clayton, Uwe Feist
Издательство: Squadron/Signal Publications
Год издания: 1974
Количество страниц: 50
Язык: english
Формат: PDF (scan)
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In our present volume dealing with "British Armour In Action" we shall begin our discussion with the Battle of France and proceed to North Africa. The coverage of vehicles has been limited to those which appear in service by the time of the Battle of El Alamein. These limits cover almost one half of the Second World War period and were the most formative for the British tank forces who would later enter battle on the European continent. The lessons learned in France and North Africa were done so from practical experience in contrast to book principles, though book principles had been tried in the beginning. One book which might have been of some assistance was the one being written in Poland and France by the German Panzer divisions. The engagements between British and Italian forces in North Africa could not be considered a sound basis to prepare future plans in handling armored formations. The down to business aspects of North Africa commenced with the arrival of the Desert Fox, Rommel. |
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The Destroyer "The Sullivans" (Anatomy of the Ship) |
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Категория: Военное дело » Военная техника » Корабли, подводные лодки |
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Автор: Al Ross
Издательство: Conway Maritime Press
Год издания: 1988
Количество страниц: 123
Язык: english
Формат: PDF (scan)
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Al Ross has created a book that is timless, he moulded a book not just covering a certain type of World war 2 Destroyer but he told the story of the ship as well. With Photo's and drawings you can understand life on this might vessels and what it meant for so many sailors to keep her in the flight and aflot. |
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U.S. Bombers: B-1 1928 to B-1 1980's |
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Категория: Военное дело » Военная техника » Самолеты |
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Автор: Lloyd S. Jones
Издательство: Aero Publishers
Год издания: 1974
isbn: 0816891265
Количество страниц: 257
Язык: english
Формат: PDF (scan)
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This book is intended to illustrate the development of the American bomber, step by step, from the Keystone XB-1 biplane of 1928 to the Rockwell B-1A supersonic weapon of the 1980's. |
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Dominator: The Story of the Consolidated B-32 Bomber |
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Категория: Военное дело » Военная техника » Самолеты |
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Автор: Stephen Harding, James I. Long
Издательство: Pictorial Histories Publishing
Год издания: 1984
isbn: 0933126387
Количество страниц: 66
Язык: english
Формат: PDF (scan)
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In any discussion of American heavy bombers of the Second World War the aircraft most frequently mentioned are the B-17 Flying Fortress, the B-24 Liberator and the B-29 Superfortress. This is understandable, for those aeriai workhorses were produced in great numbers, served in nearly every theater of war, and formed the backbone of the U.S. Army Air Force's strategic bombing offensive against the Axis powers. It is equally understandable why the Consolidated B-32 Dominator is the least remembered participant in that great offensive, for the 115 production B-32s delivered to the Army Air Forces amounted to only slightly more than two-tenths of one percent of the 50,750 bombardment aircraft accepted from contractors during the Second World War. |
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All the World's Battleships: 1906 to the Present |
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Категория: Военное дело » Военная техника » Корабли, подводные лодки |
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Автор: Ian Sturton
Издательство: Conway Maritime Press
Год издания: 2000
isbn: 0851776914
Количество страниц: 187
Язык: english
Формат: DJVU
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All the World's Battleships provides the technical data, gives the design background and outlines the careers of the world's battleships and battlecruisers. The information has been revised and expanded from Conway's renowned 'Fighting Ships' series. Organized by nation, type, and class, each battleship is described in detail and every page is illustrated with plans and historic photographs, many shown across double pages so that the fascinating details can be appreciated. The ship histories include references to important technical and political developments in the various navies of the world. |
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Battleship Scharnhorst |
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Категория: Военное дело » Военная техника » Корабли, подводные лодки |
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Автор: Gerhard Koop, Klaus-Peter Schmolke
Издательство: Conway Maritime Press
Год издания: 1998
isbn: 0851777724
Количество страниц: 66
Язык: english
Формат: PDF (scan)
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This publication mainly covers the battleship Scharnborst, although much of the data is compared with that of her sister ship Gneisenau. It contains the most important technical information along with a brief general history of shipbuilding and a description of ship construction. There are additional notes on life on board, crew training and the various states of readiness. There are numerous photographs of both the original ship and a variety of models, which are complemented by illustrations of Gneisenau to demonstrate the vital differences between these two sister ships. This collection of data, specifications, photographs and line drawings provides the modeller with all essential information on his chosen subject, and directs him to further sources of research material. Some of the general information contained within this title may refer to other units of the same class but only when these are similar to the ship covered by the appropriate book. All the plans within these pages are smaller scale renderings of those contained in an original 'Planrolle' (set of drawings) which accompanied the first German edition of the book. |
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U.S. Battleships: An Illustrated Design History |
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Категория: Военное дело » Военная техника » Корабли, подводные лодки |
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Автор: Norman Friedman
Издательство: Naval Institute Press
Год издания: 1985
isbn: 0870217151
Количество страниц: 480
Язык: english
Формат: PDF (scan)
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This is a great book for those who are interested in the technical information about the US Navy battleships. In great detail the book covers the evolution of the battleships from the early monitors of the post Civil War period to the cancelled Montana Class during WWII. Technical information regarding design, design proposals, dimensions, types of guns/calibers, machinery, armor, internal hull arraignment, etc. are included. |
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