Illustrator: Adam Tooby. — Osprey Publishing, 2020. — 48 p. In this highly detailed book, naval historian Edward Hampshire reveals the fascinating history of the nuclear-powered attack submarines built and operated by the Soviet Union in the Cold War, including each class of these formidable craft as they developed throughout the Cold War period. The November class, which were...
Автор не указан. — Москва: Государственное издательство Отдел военной литературы, типография «Красный Пролетарий», 1927. — 79 с.; ил. Книга подготовлена Военно-химическим управлением УС РККА и содержит описание, технические характеристики, сведения об устройстве и комплектности, правил эксплуатации траншейных, ранцевых и фугасных огнеметов.
М.: Военное издательство, 1955. — 452 с. В книге описаны основные события многовековой истории развития отечественного оружия, а также выдающиеся достижения его создателей.
М.: Колибри, 2023. — 440 с. — ISBN 978-5-389-21666-2. Идеи уничтожения врага при помощи смертоносных сил природы зародились в глубокой древности и находят свое развитие на протяжении всей человеческой истории. Археологические находки и свидетельства более 50 античных авторов показывают, что биологическое и химическое вооружение активно применялось в реальных битвах – в Европе и...
М.: Колибри, 2023. — 440 с. — ISBN 978-5-389-21666-2. Идеи уничтожения врага при помощи смертоносных сил природы зародились в глубокой древности и находят свое развитие на протяжении всей человеческой истории. Археологические находки и свидетельства более 50 античных авторов показывают, что биологическое и химическое вооружение активно применялось в реальных битвах – в Европе и...
Boulder, Paladin Press, 1989. — 256 p. In Machine Guns: A Pictorial, Tactical, and Practical History author Jim Thompson offers useful information on machine guns and how they actually function in the field, enough history for you to understand how and why the guns were developed, and advice about the machine gun's best friend and worst enemy, ammunition. Detailing the models...
Osprey Publishing, 2025. — 141 p. — ISBN 9781472861740. The Vietnam War was often dubbed 'the helicopter war' because it was the first conflict in which helicopters took a dominant role. As the only dedicated gunship to be fielded by US forces during the conflict, the AH-1 Cobra saw combat against North Vietnamese Army (NVA) tanks, armored personnel carriers (APCs), and heavy...
Osprey Publishing, 2024. — 49 p. — ISBN 9781472860484. Entering service in September 1945, the Midway-class aircraft carrier was the US Navy's ultimate World War II-era design, and these would be its frontline carriers as the Cold War dawned. A fine design and one big enough to accept significant modernizations over the decades, the class saw combat in the Vietnam War, and...
Osprey Publishing, 2024. — 52 p. — ISBN 9781472861283. As U-boat attacks on Britain's vital sea lanes increased in ferocity, and Royal Navy warship losses mounted, the United States passed the Lend-Lease Act, the cornerstone of America's wartime role as armourer to the Allies. Naval historian Angus Konstam here offers an account of the Royal Navy's Lend-Lease destroyers and...
Osprey Publishing, 2022. — 84 p. — ISBN 9781472847003. Packed with illustrations, this is a study of the Polish warships such as the Grom-class destroyers that were developed and built in the interwar years. Newly independent Poland's naval force was created in 1920, initially with six ex-German torpedo boats. However, after German-Soviet exercises off the Polish coast in 1924,...
Osprey Publishing, 2022. — 88 p. — ISBN 9781472846761. The quest for a modern aircraft carrier was the ultimate symbol of the Axis powers' challenge to Allied naval might, but fully-fledged carriers proved either too difficult, expensive or politically unpopular for either to make operational. After the Anglo-German Naval Agreement of 1935, Hitler publicly stated his intention...
Osprey Publishing, 2022. — 82 p. — ISBN 9781472849021. This study explains how the armies of North and South Vietnam, newly equipped with the most modern Soviet and US tanks and weaponry, fought the decisive armored battles of the Easter Offensive. Wearied by years of fighting against Viet Cong guerillas and North Vietnamese regulars, the United States had almost completely...