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Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > Weapons & equipment > General
Shown are the various caliber heavy guns used by the German
infantry during World Wars I & II.
Second World War British Military Camouflage offers an original
approach to the cultures and geographies of military conflict,
through a study of the history of camouflage. Isla Forsyth narrates
the scientific biography of Dr Hugh Cott (1900-1987), eminent
zoologist and artist turned camoufleur, and entwines this with the
lives of other camouflage practitioners, to trace the sites of
camouflage's developments. Moving through the scientists'
fieldsite, the committee boardroom, the military training site and
the soldiers' battlefield, this book uncovers the history of this
ambiguous military invention, and subverts a long-dominant
narrative of camouflage as solely a protective technology. This
study demonstrates that, as camouflage transformed battlefields
into unsettling theatres of war, there were lasting consequences
not only for military technology and knowledge, but also for the
ethics of battle and the individuals enrolled in this process.
This magnificent book traces the history of firearms and edged
weapons in Greece and the Balkans during the Ottoman era. The early
developments of firearms in the later Middle Ages coincided with
the Ottoman occupation of these regions, and over the following
centuries they became by far the greatest centre of arms
manufacturing in the Islamic world. Each town developed its own
style in weaponry, decoration and costume, often with spendid
results. Traditional weapons were held in great pride, and
surviving guns and swords are richly ornamented with silverwork,
mother-of-pearl, coral or semi-precious stones. Over 19 chapters,
Robert Elgood's masterful text weaves together the story of the
weapons with the deeds of their owners and the history of the
region. The book culminates in the stirring story of Greek national
liberation in the 1820s. To Greeks the weapons used by the heroes
of their revolution are quasi-sacred objects: they fill the museums
of modern Greece and are highly collectible. Representing a decade
of research by a world expert in oriental arms and armour, this
book is being published to coincide with a major exhibition of
Greek and Balkan arms at the National Historical Museum, Athens.
The Russian T-72 Ural tank is the most widely-deployed main battle
tank of the current generation. Used by the armies of the former
Warsaw pact and Soviet Union, it has also been exported in large
numbers to many of the states in the Middle East. This book reveals
the previously secret history behind the tank. Steven J Zaloga
examines the conditions under which the T-72 was designed and
produced. Technical aspects of the weapon are also discussed,
including its EDZ reactive armour which, when it first appeared in
December 1984, gave NATO a nasty shock.
Research and development in the emerging fields of biotechnology,
including human enhancement and direct-effect genetic weapons, may
very well change the nature of war and international politics. This
biotech revolution in military affairs will offer great advantages
to the United States and other technologically advanced states, but
raises many new questions about just war and bioethics.
Biotechnology and International Security contextualizes the
militarization of biotechnology by examining its strategic uses,
the nature of bioweapons, and the overall impact on warfare and
security. The book looks at the many emerging military applications
of biotechnology and provides a nontechnical assessment of how a
wide range of technologies are influencing war fighting,
international balance of power, and homeland security. It offers a
thorough introduction to bioweapons and biosecurity challenges,
along with the resulting ethical and policy dilemmas.
This book presents high-quality original contributions on new
software engineering models, approaches, methods, and tools and
their evaluation in the context of defence and security
applications. In addition, important business and economic aspects
are discussed, with a particular focus on cost/benefit analysis,
new business models, organizational evolution, and business
intelligence systems. The contents are based on presentations
delivered at SEDA 2015, the 4th International Conference in
Software Engineering for Defence Applications, which was held in
Rome, Italy, in May 2015. This conference series represents a
targeted response to the growing need for research that reports and
debates the practical implications of software engineering within
the defence environment and also for software performance
evaluation in real settings through controlled experiments as well
as case and field studies. The book will appeal to all with an
interest in modeling, managing, and implementing defence-related
software development products and processes in a structured and
supportable way.
Military logistics is a relatively new word to describe a very old
practice; the supply, movement and maintenance of an armed force
both in peace time and under operational conditions. Logistic
considerations are generally built into battle plans at an early
stage. Without logistics, tanks, armored personnel carriers,
artillery pieces, aircraft are just numbers on a table of
organization and equipment.Through this book an endeavor has been
made to understand the logistics of People's Liberation Army (PLA)
of China. An introduction to the theory of supply chain management
and logistics of foreign Armies is discussed. Today 'Revolution in
Military Logistics' (RML) is taking place in the People's
Liberation Army. An attempt has been made to study this evolution,
development and rapid modernization of the People's Liberation Army
logistics.
A concise history of the development and use of incendiary
weapons--flamethrowers, incendiary bombs, napalm, and more--by the
American military in the twentieth century, with a focus on World
War II. * Describes how the U.S. created its incendiary weapons
program virtually from scratch during World War II * Pivotal
episodes include Omaha Beach on D-Day and the skilled performance
of an armored flamethrower battalion in the Pacific * Also covers
the history of incendiaries from ancient times to World War II and
through Korea, Vietnam, and Desert Storm
In 1993, the United States signed the Chemical Weapons Convention
(CWC), an international treaty outlawing the production,
stockpiling, and use of chemical weapons. The chemical weapons
stockpiles at five of the U.S. chemical weapons storage sites have
now been destroyed. At those sites, the munitions were robotically
opened and the chemical agent was removed, collected, and
incinerated. One of the remaining sites with chemical weapons
stockpiles is the Blue Grass Army Depot near Richmond, Kentucky. In
this case, caustic hydrolysis will be used to destroy the agents
and energetics, resulting in a secondary waste stream known as
hydrolysate. Review Criteria for Successful Treatment of
Hydrolysate at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot
Plant develops criteria for successfully treating the hydrolysate,
identifies systemization data that should factor into the
criteria/decision process, suggests potential modifications to
suggested treatment that would allow continued onsite processing,
and assesses waste disposal procedures. This study further examines
the possibility of delay or failure of the existing technology and
examines possible alternatives to onsite treatment. Table of
Contents Front Matter Summary 1 Introduction 2 The Supercritical
Water Oxidation and Water Recovery System Processes Planned for Use
at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot Plant 3
Stakeholder Interests and Issues 4 Regulatory Requirements for
Offsite Hydrolysate Shipment and Treatment 5 Transportation of
Chemical Materials 6 Hydrolysate Treatment Criteria for Success and
Decision Framework 7 Underperformance and Failure Risks,
Systemization, and Contingency Options Appendixes Appendix A:
Chronology of Events at the Blue Grass Army Depot to the Present,
With Focus on Public Involvement Appendix B: Public Interest and
Input Documents Appendix C: Biographical Sketches of Committee
Members Appendix D: Committee Activities
In the past, an excavated musket ball might simply have been
catalogued as either a ""spherical lead bullet"" or an ""impacted
bullet."" But each recovered ball, far from being a mere lump of
lead, is a part of history and has a story to tell. With the help
of new equipment and research techniques, and an increase in the
number of discoveries, these narratives can finally contribute
exacting detail to the historical record. Battlefield archaeologist
Daniel M. Sivilich provides readers with the tools and techniques
to unlock the stories of small shot in this book, the first
definitive guide to identifying musket balls, from the oldest
formed to those fired in the early nineteenth century. Musket Ball
and Small Shot Identification: A Guide traces the history of musket
balls and small shot, and explores their uses as lethal projectiles
and in nonlethal alterations. Sivilich asks - and answers - a
variety of questions to demonstrate how a musket ball found in a
military context can help to interpret the site: Was it fired? What
did it hit? What type of gun is it associated with? Has it been
chewed, and if so, by whom or what? Was it hammered into gaming
pieces? By equipping historians and archaeologists with the
information necessary for answering these questions, Sivilich's
accessible work opens new views into firing lines, casualty areas,
and military camps. It dispels long-held misperceptions about lead
shot having been bitten by humans, offers examples of shot altered
to improve lethality, and discusses balls made of materials other
than lead, such as pewter. Coupling detailed analysis with more
than 300 color and black-and-white illustrations for comparison and
identification, this guide will prove indispensable to historians,
battlefield archeologists, and collectors. It is a critical
resource for understanding the full story of firepower.
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