Catálogo de libros: Armas y equipamiento

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  • Artillery of the Warsaw Pact
    Russell Phillips
    Considered to be “the god of modern war” by the Soviet army, artillery played a vital role in the Cold War period.The armies of the Warsaw Pact made artillery a cornerstone of their military strategies. And the importance they placed on this type of weaponry saw them use their technology and expertise to develop a wide range of munitions including mortars, rocket launchers, mis...
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    15,26 €

  • Saps, Blackjacks and Slungshots
    Robert Escobar
    Saps, Blackjacks and Slungshots: A History of Forgotten Weapons discovers and preserves the story of the most forgotten weapons from history for the first time in history. These unique fighting tools were feared for centuries and embraced equally by the law and the lawless like nothing else had been or would be until firearms became commonly available. They are best remembered,...
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    69,94 €

  • IN THE WAKE OF THE TANK
    Gifford Le Q Martel
    This very good and early tank book, written by a pioneering British military engineer and tank strategist who knew his subject firsthand. This is an excellent study written with an engineer's eye for mechanical detail. With good plates and chart of tank specifications and capabilities. Contains much on the experimental work of the 1920s. Martel served as a Brigade Major of ...
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    34,17 €

  • THE PISTOL IN WAR
    Captain E.H. Robinson / Captain E.HRobinson
    The objective of this WW2 period work was to train officers and men to handle the .38 service revolver with sufficient skill and confidence to defend themeless effectively, and to hit a target in the shortest time. This is the so called “instinctive” shooting method, one that will have a skilled man pulling the trigger with dexterity, in a fraction of a second in any tricky si...
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    14,07 €

  • THE TANK IN ACTION
    Captain D. G. Browne / Captain DGBrowne
    This a valuable, accurate, and rare contemporary account by an officer who won the Military Cross serving with the 7th Bn.Tank Co. It contains detailed accounts of a large number of tank actions, including, from personal experience, the Cockcroft, Cambrai, Bourlon Wood, 1918 battles.Cyril Falls wrote of this book in his bibliography War Books:"...his best chapters are those of ...
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    41,66 €

  • Repeating and Multi-Fire Weapons
    Gerald Prenderghast
    From the very earliest days of organized warfare, combatants have wanted to develop weapons with more firepower. This has inevitably led to a wide variety of repeating weapons, capable of a degree of sustained fire without reloading. Based largely upon new research, this book explores the history of repeating and multi-fire weapons, beginning with the Chinese repeating cro...
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    73,86 €

  • Firepower
    R. P. Hunnicutt / RPHunnicutt
    This edition does not feature the World of Tanks bonus and invitation codes. Purchase ISBN 9781635619713 instead. Featuring hundreds of photos from the national archives, diagrams, and detailed specifications, Hunnicutt’s Firepower remains the definitive developmental history of the heavy tank for the military historian, professional soldier, and tank restorer.This ambitious e...
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    67,78 €

  • Jambiya
    Stephen Gracie
    From the resting place of Noah’s ark, the home of the Queen of Sheba, from the land of frankincense and myrrh come these ancient Islamic treasures. Superbly photographed, JAMBIYA takes you on a journey through the oldest souqs of Arabia to discover these exquisite and exotic weapons. Crafted by lost generations of Jewish and Moslem jewellers using silver, gold, rhinoceros horn ...
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    41,05 €

  • Jambiya
    Stephen Gracie
    From the resting place of Noah’s ark, the home of the Queen of Sheba, from the land of frankincense and myrrh come these ancient Islamic treasures. Superbly photographed, Jambiya takes you on a journey through the oldest souqs of Arabia to discover these exquisite and exotic weapons. Crafted by lost generations of Jewish and Moslem jewellers using silver, gold, rhinoceros horn ...
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    57,95 €

  • ROYAL LABORATORIES HANDBOOK OF AMMUNITION May 1918
    The Royal Laboratories Woolwich
    For the use of Battery Commanders to give detailed guidance on the current types of ammunition in use. This periodic publication was not to be taken into first line trenches due to its confidential content. With clear colour technical drawings and comprehensive descriptions throughout, this is a must for those with an in interest in Great War ordnance, especially that used in t...
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    35,94 €

  • The Gun and its Development
    W. W. Greener / WWGreener
    First published in 1881, 'The Gun and Its Development' traces the interesting history of ballistic weaponry, from the ancient slingshot and bow to the pivotal invention of the crossbow and finally the game-changing gun. With authentic photographs and information on everything from construction and maintenance to proper use and beyond, this is a volume not to be missed by milita...
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    43,96 €

  • THE MUSKETRY INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE GERMAN INFANTRY 1887
    C W Bowdler Bell / The War Office
    1887 was an important year with the “German Army Bill” and much sabre rattling in Europe, Prince Bismarck stating in his speech on the Army Bill “We have done everything to induce the French to forgive and forget...... We are bound to maintain peace for this quarter of the globe, but for this a strong army is required”.A facsimile that includes the supplement for the German In...
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    18,36 €

  • HANDBOOK OF FIREWORK AND SIGNALLING STORES IN USE BY LAND, NAVAL AND AIR SERVICES 1920
    The War Office
    Covered in this corrected to January 1920 SECRET handbook are Bombs, Cartridges, Flares, Grenades, Rockets, Signals etc. With 73 clear technical line drawing plates, this is a very good official guide to signalling ordnance, much of which was in service during the Great War. ...
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    19,14 €

  • MANUAL OF EQUIPMENT FOR MACHINE GUN COMPANIES 1918
    A.E.F. 1918 Ordnance Dept / A.E.F1918 Ordnance Dept
    This technical manual, is illustrated with good clear plates for maintenance and repair; they number in detail the components in each gun described. Published in May 1918 for the guidance of Machine Gun Company commanders and Ordnance officers in equipping and ordering parts for MGC. Covers the Hotchkiss machine gun model 1914. Saint-Etienne tripod model 1915. Hotchkiss tripod...
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    13,88 €

  • INTER-SERVICE AMMUNITION & AMMUNITION PACKAGE MARKINGS 1960-61
    War Office-Admiralty-Air Ministry
    This is a valuable facsimile taken from the restricted full sectional copy formally held at the Ministry of Defence. Sections comprising this publication:General Introduction. Projectiles and aircraft bombs. Cartridges. Fuzes, shell igniters, gaines, tubes and primers, etc (other than for small arms ammunition), Packages (Other than S.A.A.). Packages for S.A.A.. Small arms ammu...
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    151,11 €

  • The Pattern-Welded Blade
    Jim Hrisoulas
    Pattern-welded blades are among the most beautiful and durable creations ever to emerge from the bladesmith’s forge. Now, Jim Hrisoulas, author of the hugely successful The Complete Bladesmith and The Master Bladesmith, reveals the secrets of this ancient craft, from the welding of the starting billet to the final assembly of the completed blade. Hrisoulas shares his years of e...
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    34,42 €

  • Firepower
    R. P. Hunnicutt / RPHunnicutt
    This edition does not feature the World of Tanks bonus and invitation codes. Purchase ISBN 9781635617610 instead. Featuring hundreds of photos from the national archives, diagrams, and detailed specifications, Hunnicutt’s Firepower remains the definitive developmental history of the heavy tank for the military historian, professional soldier, and tank restorer.This ambitious en...
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    78,76 €

  • Political Manipulation and Weapons of Mass Destruction
    Ben Cole
    Concerns about CBRN (Chemical, Biological, Radioactive, Nuclear) weapons have featured prominently in both political debates and media reporting about the ongoing threat from al Qaeda since 9/11. This book provides a chronological account of al Qaeda’s efforts to acquire a CBRN weapon capability, and the evolution of the al Qaeda leadership’s approach to actually using CBRN wea...
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    192,74 €

  • The Morality of Weapons Design and Development
    John Forge
    Countries around the globe are continuously investing money into weapon development and manufacturing. While weapon design has been a relevant topic, from the Middle Ages to today, the morality of this practice is not commonly presented in research. The Morality of Weapons Design and Development: Emerging Research and Opportunities is an essential scholarly resource that presen...
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    229,40 €

  • Last of the Glow Worms
    Jeff Woodward
    From the early 1950s until 1992, the U.S. Army deployed thousands of nuclear warheads throughout Europe as a deterrent to Soviet ambitions. The end of the Cold War saw the decommissioning of much of the U.S. nuclear arsenal and the phasing out of support personnel. This memoir by one of the Army’s last 'glow worms' chronicles his career as a nuclear weapons specialist--fro...
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    28,48 €

  • The Logic of Irregular War
    Ilan Berman
    An expert examination of the asymmetric strategies that are being pursued today by America’s main state-based adversaries, and the implications for the United States. ...
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    88,02 €

  • Combat Engineering Equipment of the Warsaw Pact
    Russell Phillips
    The ability to advance rapidly over sometimes difficult terrain was a key part of the Warsaw Pact's strategy. The Eastern European nations which formed this historic alliance wanted to be able to move quickly and effectively so they didn't give their enemies an advantage.The vital tools which helped the Warsaw Pact overcome the challenges it faced included a whole range...
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    14,26 €

  • Golden Arms, aka Test Pilots
    Michael Williams
    From 1989 to 1995, a small group of individuals with unique skill sets came together to support air-to-air/air-to-ground weapons testing over the White Sands Missile Range (WSMR) in New Mexico. Unwilling to maintain the status quo, they came up with innovative solutions to support test missions and became the best at what they did. One of the squadron’s pilots used to say, “We ...
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    52,97 €

  • Tanks and Combat Vehicles of the Warsaw Pact
    Russell Phillips
    When East and West survived on a knife-edge between peace and war, both sides were busy preparing themselves for military action. But what exactly would NATO's troops have faced if the Cold War had suddenly turned hot?Tanks and Combat Vehicles of the Warsaw Pact is a fascinating reference book looking at the wide variety of combat vehicles which were poised and ready for ac...
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    16,35 €

  • The Silent Service in WWII
    United States Navy
    The definitive technical guide to the submarines of World War II, "The Fleet Type Submarine" was originally published in 1946. Originally classified secret, this legendary book has never been available to the public until now. The Fleet Type Submarine uses the Balao-class USS Perch SS313 to explain submarine operating principles, technologies, and systems. It contains numerous ...
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    32,08 €

  • Hiroshima
    Virginia Moffat Khuri
    The book tells two parallel stories. The first, on the morning of August 6, 1945 the United States dropped an atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima. The second, on the morning of August 6, 1958 an American teenager spoke from the Children’s Memorial in the peace Park to the people of Hiroshima and the youth of Japan - and the world. These two ‘stories’ mirror each other on oppos...
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    12,93 €

  • MUNITION LASSES
    A K Foxwell
    An unusual memoir of work at the Woolwich Arsenal from July 1916-January 1917. Above all, shells were the weapons that won the Great War. After the great ‘shell shortage’ scandal of 1915, the Government grasped the need to manufacture munitions of a mass basis, and thousands of workers – most of them women – were recruited into the great munitions factories turning out the ordn...
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    18,95 €

  • FLASH SPOTTERS AND SOUND RANGERS
    John R Innes
    The standard text on development of artillery survey and work on the Western Front. How the observation groups & sound ranging sections came to be formed and fulfilled their purpose; survey posts & their equipment; and experiences of participants in France & Italy. A very useful & informative work. ...
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    34,22 €

  • Deanes’ Manual of the History and Science of Fire-Arms
    Anon
    'Deanes’ Manual of the History and Science of Fire-Arms' is a comprehensive guide to projectile weapons, with historical details, information on construction techniques, chapters on explosive firearms, explanations of scientific principles, and much more. This fascinating and detailed handbook will appeal to those with an interest in the history and development of firearms, and...
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    25,39 €

  • Manual of Arms
    Silas Casey / W J Hardee
    The foot soldier during the American Civil WarThis book will be of particular interest to all those who study the American Civil War, since it details, using text and diagrams, the drills of the ordinary infantryman on both sides of the conflict. The book confines itself to the drills of the foot soldier, as they appear in the W J Hardee and Silas Casey texts. There are, to be ...
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    25,63 €


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