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The Bible Atlas
Dk; Illustrated by Brian Delf
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In 1964 Military Assistance Command, Vietnam, activated a joint
unconventional task force known as the Studies and Observation
Group--MACV-SOG. As a cover its mission was to conduct analysis of
lessons learned in combat involved all branches of service. SOG's
real mission was to conduct covert strategic reconnaissance
missions into Laos, Cambodia, and South Vietnam as well as sabotage
and 'Black' psychological operations. Ground, air, and naval assets
were employed to insert, collect, extract, and otherwise support
these operations. Drawing on detailed, first-hand accounts of the
experiences of the service, including action on operations, this
book will shed light on one of the most crucial units of the
Vietnam War.
Despite all technological advances, final mastery of any
battlefield depends upon the tight-knit group of footsoldiers
trained to manoeuvre, shoot and dig in. This first of a two-part
study examines the methods by which the Western infantry of World
War II - the German, British and US armies - actually brought their
firepower to bear. Drawing upon period training manuals for the
evolving theory, and on personal memoirs for the individual
practice, this first book covers the organization and tactics of
the squad of ten or a dozen men, and the platoon of three or four
squads. The text is illustrated with contemporary photographs and
diagrams, and with colour plates bringing to life the movement of
soldiers on the battlefield.
The M4 Medium Tank - the Sherman - was one of the most famous tanks
of the Second World War. It was produced in greater numbers than
any other Allied tank, it fought on every front - in Western
Europe, on the Eastern Front, in North Africa, Burma, the Pacific -
and it continued to serve effectively as a front-line fighting
vehicle in the Korean War, the Arab-Israeli wars, the
Indo-Pakistani wars. Pat Ware's new history of this remarkable tank
covers in detail its design and development, its technical
specifications and the many variants that were produced, and he
reviews its operational role in conflicts across the world. While
the Sherman outclassed the older German tanks it encountered when
it was first put into combat in 1942, it was vulnerable to the
later German medium and heavy tanks, the Panther and the Tiger I
and Tiger II. Yet, as Pat Ware shows, the Sherman was more
effective than these superior German tanks because it was cheaper
to build, reliable, easy to maintain and produced in such large
numbers. It was also adaptable - it was converted into a
tank-destroyer, an amphibious tank, a recovery vehicle, a
mine-flail, a personnel carrier - and, after the Second World War,
the soundness of its original design was proved as it was developed
to confront more modern tanks in combat. Pat Ware's expert account
of this remarkable fighting vehicle is accompanied by a series of
colour plates showing the main variants of the design and the
common ancillary equipment and unit markings. His book is an
essential work of reference for enthusiasts.
Few tank designs have been as effective, versatile and long-lived
as that of the British Centurion. Conceived during the Second World
War as the answer to the superior German Tiger and Panther tanks
and to the lethal 88mm gun, this 52-ton main battle tank
incorporated the lessons British designers had learned about
armoured fighting vehicles during the conflict, and it was free of
the major faults that had impaired the other British tank designs
of the time. The Centurion was so successful that it served in the
British Army and in numerous other armies across the world from
1945 until the 1990s. Pat Ware's highly illustrated history of this
remarkable tank covers its design and development, its technical
specifications and the many variants that were produced. He tells
the story from the design brief of 1943, through testing and trials
to the tank's entry into service. And he traces the course of the
Centurion's subsequent career as it was up-dated, up-gunned and
adapted to operate in varied conditions and conflicts all over the
world including Korea, the Indo-Pakistan wars, Vietnam and the
Arab-Israeli wars. His expert account of this remarkable fighting
vehicle is accompanied by a series of colour plates showing the
main variants of the design and the common ancillary equipment and
unit markings. His book is an essential work of reference for
enthusiasts.
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