Автор: Mike Chappell
Издательство: Osprey Publishing
Год издания: 2003
isbn: 1841763993
Количество страниц: 48
Язык: english
Формат: PDF (scan)
At the outbreak of World War I in August 1914 the British Army was unique: it was a small force raised entirely by voluntary recruitment. The first campaigns of the British Expeditionary Force brought admiration from the enemy, but by the end of 1914 it had been virtually eliminated. Kitchener’s call for new volunteers drew such a patriotic response that by mid-1916 the BEF had grown to 55 divisions. This book explains and llustrates the uniform, equipment and organization of the British Army up to the end of the battle of the Somme.
Автор: Douglas Miller, Angus McBride
Издательство: Osprey Publishing
Год издания: 2003
isbn: 1841765074
Количество страниц: 49
Язык: english
Формат: PDF (scan)
In the 1520s, a brief but savage war broke out in Germany when various insurgent groups rose to overthrow the power structure. The movement took as its emblem a peasant's shoe and the collective title of 'Bundschuh', and this became known as the Peasants' War (1524–1526) - although the rebel armies actually included as many townsmen, miners, disaffected knights and mercenary soldiers as rural peasants. The risings involved large armies of up to 18,000 men, and there were several major battles before the movement was put down with the utmost ferocity. This book details the armies, tactics, costume, weapons, personalities and events of this savage war.
Автор: David Nicolle, Angus McBride
Издательство: Osprey Publishing
Год издания: 2002
isbn: 1841763225
Количество страниц: 46
Язык: english
Формат: PDF (scan)
As early as the 11th century, Italian warfare was developing along lines which were unique in medieval Europe. This fragmented, cosmopolitan region, increasingly rich from international trade, saw the rise of independent cities able to fund armies of urban militia, sometimes defying the traditional feudal aristocracy. Against this background regional powers - the Normans, the Papacy, the German Emperors, the Angevins and Aragonese - manoeuvred for advantage. This engrossing account of the armies of northern and southern Italy - their organisation, command structure, strategy, tactics and fortifications - is illustrated with rare manuscript images, diagrams of fortifications, and eight striking colour plates showing armour and weapons of all types.
Автор: Graham Sumner
Издательство: Osprey Publishing
Год издания: 2002
isbn: 1841764876
Количество страниц: 47
Язык: english
Формат: PDF (scan)
The armour and weapons of Rome's legionaries and auxiliaries have been the subject of intense research and speculation, and much has been published - but almost nothing on the actual clothing of Imperial soldiers. In this first part of a rigorous study of the literary, sculptural, pictorial and archaeological evidence, a specialist author/artist examines the clues which enable us to attempt reconstructions of tunics, cloaks, footwear and other items worn by officers and men all over the empire, from the late Republic to c.200 AD. His text is illustrated with meticulous drawings of surviving relief sculptures - particularly soldiers' gravestones - and eight striking colour plates.
Автор: Richard Brzezinski, Gerry Embleton
Издательство: Osprey Publishing
Год издания: 2002
isbn: 184176485X
Количество страниц: 47
Язык: english
Формат: PDF (scan)
The Sarmatians - one of the many nomadic groups to emerge from the great Eurasian Steppe - crossed the Don in about the 3rd century BC to displace their western neighbours, the Scythians, in the lands north of the Black Sea. Later they burst into Asia Minor and Rome's Danube provinces, becoming famous for the prowess of their lance-armed cavalry - first as enemies, and later as allies of Rome. They influenced Rome's adoption of heavy armoured cavalry, and in Roman service they were even posted to Britain. Drawing upon a wide reading of Classical authors and of Russian archaeological publications, this fascinating study is the first major English language attempt to reconstruct their armour, equipment and tactics.
Автор: Rene Chartrand, Dave Rickman
Издательство: Osprey Publishing
Год издания: 2003
isbn: 1841764833
Количество страниц: 51
Язык: english
Формат: PDF (scan)
From the earliest English settlements the survival of the infant colonies in North America depended upon local militias. Before the mid-18th century royal troops were seldom shipped out from Britain, and the main burden of successive wars with the American Indians, and with Britain's colonial rivals France and Spain, fell upon locally raised units, which also fought alongside the Crown forces during the major operations of the French-Indian War of the 1750s. This final book of a fascinating three-part study covers the militias and provincial troops raised in the Carolinas, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Georgia, Nova Scotia, Hudson's Bay and Quebec Province; and also Rangers, and colors and standards.
Автор: Вячеслав Афанасьев
Издательство: Bora-Press
Год издания: 2001
Количество страниц: 28
Язык: русский
Формат: PDF (scan)
В брошюре описана история проектирования, развития и боевого применения известного немецкого пикирующего бомбардировщика Ju-87B. Иллюстрации, таблицы, чертежи в масштабе 1/72.
Автор: Rene Chartrand, Dave Rickman
Издательство: Osprey Publishing
Год издания: 2002
isbn: 1841763241
Количество страниц: 51
Язык: english
Формат: PDF (scan)
From the earliest English settlements the survival of the infant colonies in North America depended upon local militias. Throughout the 17th and early 18th centuries the burden of successive wars with the American Indians, and with the regular troops and militias of Britain's colonial rivals France and Spain, fell mainly upon locally raised volunteers. This first of a fascinating three-part study includes a general introduction and chronology, and chapters on Crown troops in North America; and begins a colony-by-colony review of militias and provincial units. The text is illustrated with rare early images and with eight specially commissioned full colour plates.
Автор: Nik Cornish, Andrei Karachtchouk
Издательство: Osprey Publishing
Год издания: 2001
isbn: 1841763039
Количество страниц: 49
Язык: english
Формат: PDF (scan)
Often overshadowed by the drama of its catastrophic collapse in the November 1917 Revolution, the Imperial Russian Army's record in 1914-16 included some notable victories. Its human qualities of patriotism and endurance were remarkable, and in 1916 the 'Brusilov Offensive' on the South-Western Front outdistanced anything that was being achieved in France. The variety and romance of its uniforms - infantry and cavalry, Guards and Line, Cossacks, armour and Air Service crewmen, even a priest - are splendidly captured here by Russia's leading military artist; and Nik Cornish's expert text is supported by tables of insignia and many rare photographs.
Автор: А. Павлов, С. Войлоков
Издательство: Москва
Год издания: 2009
Количество страниц: 223
Язык: русский
Формат: PDF (scan)
Иллюстрированное издание, посвященное этапам строевой эксплуатации одного из самых известных советских/российских легких фронтовых истребителей - самолету МиГ-29. В книге рассматриваются последовательность оснащения самолетами и эксплуатация в строевых частях ВВС СССР, России. Украины, Казахстана, Молдавии, Киргизии. Книга представляет из себя первую часть трехтомника, в котором авторы впервые подробно исследуют историю серийного производства, постепенного совершенствования и развития, повседневной эксплуатации и боевого применения этих машин. Книга проиллюстрирована большим количеством редких фотографий из частных коллекций, многие из которых публикуются впервые.
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