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World War II Soviet Field Weapons & Equipment - A Visual Reference Guide (Paperback): Keith Ward World War II Soviet Field Weapons & Equipment - A Visual Reference Guide (Paperback)
Keith Ward
R753 R611 Discovery Miles 6 110 Save R142 (19%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

This title is the second in a series that employs a simple and effective concept to illustrate and describe the multiplicity of equipment and weapons systems used on the ground during World War II. Whilst many books have described such weapons and war materiel, Keith Ward's unique abilities as a 3D technical artist bring these items to life, illustrated throughout in full colour. Here, in a single concise volume, are all major and many minor and less well-known items of Soviet weaponry and equipment, rendered precisely, including detailed cutaways showing their internal workings, information which is often absent from other publications. Technical details are also provided. This is an essential volume for anyone interested in the Soviet Army of World War II.

German Assault Guns and Tank Destroyers 1940 - 1945 (Paperback): Anthony Tucker-Jones German Assault Guns and Tank Destroyers 1940 - 1945 (Paperback)
Anthony Tucker-Jones
R464 R380 Discovery Miles 3 800 Save R84 (18%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

The assault guns and tank destroyers deployed by the Wehrmacht during the Second World War are not as famous as tanks like the Tiger and Panther, but they were remarkably successful, and they are the subject of Anthony Tucker-Jones's wide-ranging photographic history. As the conflict progressed, the German army had to find a use for its obsolete panzers, and this gave rise to the turretless Sturmgeschutz or assault guns designed for infantry support. From 1944 onwards they played a vital role in Nazi Germany's increasingly defensive war. A selection of rare wartime photographs shows the variety of turretless armoured fighting vehicles that were produced and developed - various models of the Sturmgeschutz III, the Sturmhaubitze, Jagdpanzer, Panzerjager, Marder, Hetzer. Often a lack of tanks meant that these armoured vehicles were called on to fill the panzer's role, and they proved ideal during the Germans' defensive battles on the Eastern Front as well as in Italy and Normandy - they were instrumental in delaying Germany's defeat.This highly illustrated account provides is a fascinating introduction to one of the less well-known aspects of armoured warfare during the Second World War.

Doing their Bit War work at home (Paperback): Boyd Cable Doing their Bit War work at home (Paperback)
Boyd Cable
R287 Discovery Miles 2 870 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Weston Fulton in Tennessee - Edison of the South (Hardcover): Dewaine A Speaks Weston Fulton in Tennessee - Edison of the South (Hardcover)
Dewaine A Speaks
R1,019 R815 Discovery Miles 8 150 Save R204 (20%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Modern Non-Lethal Weapons - Concepts, Application, Legal and Moral Perspective (Hardcover): U.C. Jha, Kishore Kumar Khera Modern Non-Lethal Weapons - Concepts, Application, Legal and Moral Perspective (Hardcover)
U.C. Jha, Kishore Kumar Khera
R1,359 R1,126 Discovery Miles 11 260 Save R233 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Brief History of World War 2 - The Rise of Adolf Hitler, Nazi Germany and the Third Reich, Allied Forces, and the Battles... The Brief History of World War 2 - The Rise of Adolf Hitler, Nazi Germany and the Third Reich, Allied Forces, and the Battles from Blitzkriegs to Atom Bombs (1939-1945) (Paperback)
Academy Archives
R374 R306 Discovery Miles 3 060 Save R68 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Samurai to Soldier - Remaking Military Service in Nineteenth-Century Japan (Hardcover): D. Colin Jaundrill Samurai to Soldier - Remaking Military Service in Nineteenth-Century Japan (Hardcover)
D. Colin Jaundrill
R1,134 Discovery Miles 11 340 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In Samurai to Soldier, D. Colin Jaundrill rewrites the military history of nineteenth-century Japan. In fifty years spanning the collapse of the Tokugawa shogunate and the rise of the Meiji nation-state, conscripts supplanted warriors as Japan’s principal arms-bearers. The most common version of this story suggests that the Meiji institution of compulsory military service was the foundation of Japan’s efforts to save itself from the imperial ambitions of the West and set the country on the path to great power status. Jaundrill argues, to the contrary, that the conscript army of the Meiji period was the culmination—and not the beginning—of a long process of experimentation with military organization and technology. Jaundrill traces the radical changes to Japanese military institutions, as well as the on-field consequences of military reforms in his accounts of the Boshin War (1868–1869) and the Satsuma Rebellions of 1877. He shows how pre-1868 developments laid the foundations for the army that would secure Japan’s Asian empire.

From Shield to Storm - High-Tech Weapons, Military Strategy, and Coalition Warfare in the Persian Gulf (Paperback): James F... From Shield to Storm - High-Tech Weapons, Military Strategy, and Coalition Warfare in the Persian Gulf (Paperback)
James F Dunnigan, Austin Bay
R827 R700 Discovery Miles 7 000 Save R127 (15%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Theater Made Military Knives of World War II (Hardcover, illustrated edition): Bill & Debbie Wright Theater Made Military Knives of World War II (Hardcover, illustrated edition)
Bill & Debbie Wright
R1,789 R1,334 Discovery Miles 13 340 Save R455 (25%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The collecting of military theater made knives of World War II is one of the fastest growing fields of collecting in America today. These knives are very historical. They were individually handmade by people who wanted to contribute to the war effort, as well as the service men who used them. Most of these knives differ in style and have very colorful handles. This is the only book available that donates its entire contents to the collecting of theater made knives and their values.

Reducing the Threat of Improvised Explosive Device Attacks by Restricting Access to Explosive Precursor Chemicals (Paperback):... Reducing the Threat of Improvised Explosive Device Attacks by Restricting Access to Explosive Precursor Chemicals (Paperback)
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology, Committee on Reducing the Threat of Improvised Explosive Device Attacks by Restricting Access to Chemical Explosive Precursors
R1,522 Discovery Miles 15 220 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Improvised explosive devices (IEDs) are a type of unconventional explosive weapon that can be deployed in a variety of ways, and can cause loss of life, injury, and property damage in both military and civilian environments. Terrorists, violent extremists, and criminals often choose IEDs because the ingredients, components, and instructions required to make IEDs are highly accessible. In many cases, precursor chemicals enable this criminal use of IEDs because they are used in the manufacture of homemade explosives (HMEs), which are often used as a component of IEDs. Many precursor chemicals are frequently used in industrial manufacturing and may be available as commercial products for personal use. Guides for making HMEs and instructions for constructing IEDs are widely available and can be easily found on the internet. Other countries restrict access to precursor chemicals in an effort to reduce the opportunity for HMEs to be used in IEDs. Although IED attacks have been less frequent in the United States than in other countries, IEDs remain a persistent domestic threat. Restricting access to precursor chemicals might contribute to reducing the threat of IED attacks and in turn prevent potentially devastating bombings, save lives, and reduce financial impacts. Reducing the Threat of Improvised Explosive Device Attacks by Restricting Access to Explosive Precursor Chemicals prioritizes precursor chemicals that can be used to make HMEs and analyzes the movement of those chemicals through United States commercial supply chains and identifies potential vulnerabilities. This report examines current United States and international regulation of the chemicals, and compares the economic, security, and other tradeoffs among potential control strategies. Table of Contents Front Matter Summary 1 Introduction 2 Precursor Chemicals Used to Make Homemade Explosives 3 Domestic Chemical Supply Chain 4 International Regulations 5 Assessing Possible Control Strategies 6 Potential Approaches to Restricting Malicious Actors' Access to Precursor Chemicals: Conclusions and Recommendations References Appendix A: Acronyms Appendix B: Risk and Risk Management Appendix C: History of High-Profile Bombing Attacks Appendix D: Group A Chemical Supply Chains Appendix E: International Questions Appendix F: Training Materials Appendix G: Methods and Limitations of Regulatory Assessment Appendix H: Examples of Retail-Level Control Strategies and Other Measures or Activities Appendix I: Committee Member and Staff Biographies

Sabre & Foil - Two Instructional Accounts on Fighting with Swords Lessons in Sabre, Singlestick, Sabre & Bayonet or, How to Use... Sabre & Foil - Two Instructional Accounts on Fighting with Swords Lessons in Sabre, Singlestick, Sabre & Bayonet or, How to Use a Cut-and-Thrust Sword by J. M. Waite 'Foil Practice' & 'Notes and Observations on the Art of Fencing' by George Chapman (Paperback)
George Chapman, J.M. Waite
R407 Discovery Miles 4 070 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Stalin's Favorite: The Combat History of the 2nd Guards Tank Army from Kursk to Berlin: Volume 1 - January 1943-June 1944... Stalin's Favorite: The Combat History of the 2nd Guards Tank Army from Kursk to Berlin: Volume 1 - January 1943-June 1944 (Paperback)
Igor Nebolsin
R1,539 R1,212 Discovery Miles 12 120 Save R327 (21%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The British Sniper - A Century of Evolution (Paperback): Steve Houghton The British Sniper - A Century of Evolution (Paperback)
Steve Houghton
R1,450 Discovery Miles 14 500 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Medieval Military Technology (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition): Kelly Robert DeVries, Robert Douglas Smith Medieval Military Technology (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition)
Kelly Robert DeVries, Robert Douglas Smith
R1,104 Discovery Miles 11 040 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

First published in 1992, "Medieval Military Technology" has become the definitive book in its field, garnering much praise and a large readership. This thorough update of a classic book, regarded as both an excellent overview and an important piece of scholarship, includes fully revised content, new sections on the use of horses, handguns, incendiary weapons, and siege engines, and eighteen new illustrations.

The four key organizing sections of the book still remain: arms and armor, artillery, fortifications, and warships. Throughout, the authors connect these technologies to broader themes and developments in medieval society as well as to current scholarly and curatorial controversies.

Captured Tanks Under the German Flag - Russian Battle Tanks (Staple bound): Werner Regenberg Captured Tanks Under the German Flag - Russian Battle Tanks (Staple bound)
Werner Regenberg
R448 R341 Discovery Miles 3 410 Save R107 (24%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Germany used many types of Russian battle tanks captured during WWII, and this book gives an accurate account in both photographs and text.

The United Nations disarmament yearbook (Paperback, Vol. 41 (part 2), 2016): United Nations. Department for Disarmament Affairs The United Nations disarmament yearbook (Paperback, Vol. 41 (part 2), 2016)
United Nations. Department for Disarmament Affairs
R1,735 Discovery Miles 17 350 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The United Nations Disarmament Yearbook, volume 41 (Part II): 2016, with a foreword by the High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, summarizes developments and trends in 2016 on key issues of multilateral consideration at the international and regional levels; reviews the activity of the General Assembly, the Conference on Disarmament and the Disarmament Commission; and contains a handy timeline of highlights of multilateral disarmament in 2016.

Ordnance Maintenance Browning Automatic Rifle, Cal. .30, All Types (Paperback): War Department Ordnance Maintenance Browning Automatic Rifle, Cal. .30, All Types (Paperback)
War Department
R331 Discovery Miles 3 310 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Machine-Guns and the Great War (Paperback): Cornish, Paul Machine-Guns and the Great War (Paperback)
Cornish, Paul
R458 R374 Discovery Miles 3 740 Save R84 (18%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

The machine-gun is one of the iconic weapons of the Great War indeed of the twentieth century. Yet it is also one of the most misunderstood. During a four-year war that generated unprecedented casualties, the machine-gun stood out as a key weapon. In the process it took on an almost legendary status that persists to the present day. It shaped the tactics of the trenches, while simultaneously evolving in response to the tactical imperatives thrown up by this new form of warfare. Paul Cornish, in this authoritative and carefully considered study, reconsiders the history automatic firepower, and he describes in vivid detail its development during the First World War and the far-reaching consequences thereof. He dispels many myths and misconceptions that have grown up around automatic firearms, but also explores their potency as symbols and icons. His clear-sighted reassessment of the phenomenon of the machine-gun will be fascinating reading for students of military history and of the Great War in particular.

The DEVELOPMENT OF ARTILLERY TACTICS AND EQUIPMENT - Map Volume (Paperback): Brigadier A L Pemberton The DEVELOPMENT OF ARTILLERY TACTICS AND EQUIPMENT - Map Volume (Paperback)
Brigadier A L Pemberton
R512 Discovery Miles 5 120 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Development of Artillery Tactics and Equipment - Official History Of The Second World War Army (Hardcover): Brigadier A L... The Development of Artillery Tactics and Equipment - Official History Of The Second World War Army (Hardcover)
Brigadier A L Pemberton
R1,899 Discovery Miles 18 990 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Thompson Submachine Gun Caliber .45 M1928A1 (Paperback): The War Department Thompson Submachine Gun Caliber .45 M1928A1 (Paperback)
The War Department
R373 R304 Discovery Miles 3 040 Save R69 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
GUN CONTROL What Australia did, how other countries do it & is any of it sensible? (Paperback): David Leyonhjelm GUN CONTROL What Australia did, how other countries do it & is any of it sensible? (Paperback)
David Leyonhjelm
R1,014 R817 Discovery Miles 8 170 Save R197 (19%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Naval Archives Vol. vi (Paperback): Joint Publication Naval Archives Vol. vi (Paperback)
Joint Publication
R460 R364 Discovery Miles 3 640 Save R96 (21%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days
The Development of Artillery Tactics and Equipment - Official History Of The Second World War Army (Paperback): Brigadier A L... The Development of Artillery Tactics and Equipment - Official History Of The Second World War Army (Paperback)
Brigadier A L Pemberton
R1,500 Discovery Miles 15 000 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Armies of the Vikings, AD 793 1066 - History, Organization and Equipment (Hardcover): Esposito, Gabriele Armies of the Vikings, AD 793 1066 - History, Organization and Equipment (Hardcover)
Esposito, Gabriele
R631 R519 Discovery Miles 5 190 Save R112 (18%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Viking warriors were feared by their contemporaries and their ferocious reputation has survived down to the present day. This book covers the military history of the Vikings from their early raiding to the final failure of their expansionist ambitions directed against England. In that period Viking warbands and increasingly large armies had left their Scandinavian homelands to range across vast regions, including the whole of Northern Europe and beyond, even reaching North America. The British Isles were terrorized for two centuries and at times largely conquered, in Normandy, Russia and elsewhere they also settled and founded states. Tough, skilled and resourceful, with a culture that embraced the pursuit of immortal fame and a heroic death in battle, their renown as warriors was second to none. As far afield as Constantinople, the Byzantine emperors employed them as their elite Varangian Guard. Gabriele Esposito outlines the history of their campaigns and battles and examines in detail their strategy, tactics, weapons, armour and clothing. The subject is brought to life by dozens of colour photographs of replica equipment in use.

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