The late weapons expert Ian Hogg stated that more people had shot themselves with pistols than the enemy; that may be, as pistols certainly have to be handled with care.
continue reading >Poland became an independent state when it emerged victorious in 1921 having defeated Russia in a...
continue reading >Much has been written about the battle for Berlin, as the Soviet Red Army closed in...
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Wheelwrite considers the folly of mixing powders in supposed progressive loads; CAVEAT EMPTOR!
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There have been many books produced on the subject of the British soldier in WWI and this time commemorating the centenary of the war has seen more being added to the list.
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When it comes to thinking about specialist vehicles deployed to control riot situations we all tend to think of the Humber ‘Pig’ and Alvis ‘Saracen’ used by the British Army during the Troubles in Northern Ireland. But there was unrest in other countries and this work is a look at the vehicles used by the security forces in tackling problems from South America, the Middle and Far East and across Europe.
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For anyone who has ever visited a tank museum or been to an historic military vehicle show this is a great book to have.
continue reading >The combat history of the Sherman tank in Europe has been well-documented from Normandy to the...
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Despite having literally hundreds of weapons to choose from in the more than 150 years covered in this book, the author, presents the reader with just 200 weapons in this volume. Whilst some are more unusual than others, such as the Gardner machine gun, he presents, in the main, a conventional round-up of weapons which will be familiar to most, if not all, readers. This is a nice introductory volume to the history of firearms over the past 150 years, but it holds no surprises for anyone with knowledge of these weapons.
continue reading >The British Empire was the largest of its type in history, but, as this work reminds...
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The sub-title of this book is ‘Six Months on the Frontline’ and for any soldier that is a long time.
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The author is an experienced shooter so he knows what is involved in shooting over distance and with great accuracy.
continue reading >There have been many books written about the first day of the Battle of the Somme,...
continue reading >Collecting militaria is big business and extremely popular and getting it right can mean all the...
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The Soviet Union armed forces reached a peak of around 20 million during WWII and the country suffered almost 12 million civilian and military deaths.
continue reading >The interest in Special Forces and the operations they have been engaged in is one of...
continue reading >This was first published in 1956 and was written in a no frills style; a book...
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Whatever title one picks up in any of the Osprey series the book represents value for money.
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The First World War saw the introduction of tanks onto the battlefield and when the fighting ended in 1918 there were some remarkable plans on the drawing-board, including some German designs for tanks weighing 120 and 150 tons.
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