Weapons 11

A supremacia do Império Bizantino, que durou mil anos, não poderia ter sido alcançada sem as suas forças armadas, o que lhe permitiu manter o seu poder face aos constantes desafios de inimigos exter……続きを見る

Una maravilla como el Imperio Bizantino de los mil años no podría haber sido lograda sin sus fuerzas armadas, que le permitieron mantener su poder frente a los constantes retos que le presentaban en……続きを見る

This vintage book contains a treatise on a variety of ancient projective weapons, with a special focus on ancient and mediaeval Catapults and Balistas. With fascinating historical information and co……続きを見る

Snipers at War is a detailed history and analysis of the equipment, tactics and personalities of the ‘sniping world’, from the pursuit of accuracy to the latest electronic aids to observation and ra……続きを見る

Su-34是一種由知名的Su-27戰鬥機修改而來的轟炸機，有戰鬥機的靈巧性，有轟炸機的電子系統，有轟炸機的舒適座艙，還有前線攻擊機的裝甲防護，在2015~2017的敘利亞反伊斯蘭國戰爭表現出色他的發展正式啟始於1986年……続きを見る

The United States has the most expensive and seemingly unstoppable military in the world. Yet, since World War II the nation’s military success rate has been meager. The Korean War was a draw, while……続きを見る

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……続きを見る

For forty years during the Cold War, Canada garrisoned troops and tanks near the Iron Curtain. In the late 1960s, Pierre Trudeau announced plans to remove these tanks and focus on home defence, but ……続きを見る

Shortlisted for the 2018 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Non-Fiction From the legendary whistle-blower who revealed the Pentagon Papers, the first insider exposé of the awful dangers of Amer……続きを見る

In 'Nach dem Großen Kriege' von Wilhelm Raabe wird die Geschichte einer deutschen Stadt nach dem Ende des Ersten Weltkriegs beleuchtet. Raabe zeigt mit seinem realistischen Schreibstil die Auswirkun……続きを見る

Once described as the worst tank that ever won a war it was built in the States by car factories, railway works and vast purpose-built factories. The M4 Sherman saw service in all theatres of the Se……続きを見る

For many gun owners, the story is the same - so many guns to choose from, and so little time (and possibly patience) to review all the various reference needed to get the full picture of modern-era ……続きを見る

The third book in Professor Christian Potholm’s war trilogy (which includes Winning at War and War Wisdom), Understanding War provides a most workable bibliography dealing with the vast literature o……続きを見る

This book consists of fifteen cartoons inspired by an 1866 Harpers Weekly article about the hypothetical length of the Thirty Years War at different periods in time and extending into the future whe……続きを見る

This book consists of fifteen cartoons inspired by an 1866 Harpers Weekly article about the hypothetical length of the Thirty Years War at different periods in time and extending into the future whe……続きを見る

One of the first applications of the atomic bomb after Nuclear War I was to serve as the trigger for much more powerful hydrogen bombs. The explosion of an atom bomb emits nuclear radiation, heat en……続きを見る

If you are looking for an instructional manual full of step-by-step illustrations for learning Japanese and European swordsmanship, do not buy this book! This book does not tell you everything you n……続きを見る

Large knives with origins as farming and brush cutting tools are often associated with warfare in geographical regions of rough terrain, dense jungle, hills, and in societies without centralized lea……続きを見る

"Die Geschichte der Kriegskunst" von Hans Delbrück (4 Bände) gehört zu den umfassendsten und besten Werke zur Militärgeschichte und Kriegskunst. Sehr detailliert und verständlich werden die Geheimni……続きを見る

"Die Geschichte der Kriegskunst" von Hans Delbrück (4 Bände) gehört zu den umfassendsten und besten Werke zur Militärgeschichte und Kriegskunst. Sehr detailliert und verständlich werden die Geheimni……続きを見る

"Die Geschichte der Kriegskunst" von Hans Delbrück (4 Bände) gehört zu den umfassendsten und besten Werke zur Militärgeschichte und Kriegskunst. Sehr detailliert und verständlich werden die Geheimni……続きを見る

"Die Geschichte der Kriegskunst" von Hans Delbrück (4 Bände) gehört zu den umfassendsten und besten Werke zur Militärgeschichte und Kriegskunst. Sehr detailliert und verständlich werden die Geheimni……続きを見る

Knives have been carried with enthusiasm as sidearms to swords since antiquity, and as sidearms to firearms into modern day. Knife combat involves strategy and tactics. Historically serving several ……続きを見る

Edged weapons became a mainstay in early Chinese history and through the Ming (1368-1644 CE) and Qing (1644-1912 CE) dynasties. The Chinese used swords to settle personal disputes, win military batt……続きを見る

The important role that edged weaponry played in early Persia is evidenced by the region’s long history of metallurgic science, the sword’s mention in poetry, and its use as a sidearm to cavalry emp……続きを見る

Egypt, located around the Nile Valley, is one of the world’s oldest and longest surviving cultures. Egyptian history includes periods of stability when Egypt may well have been the mightiest empire ……続きを見る

The polearms used by pikemen constituted the first stage of a military revolution that would force a change in the tactics of warfare. The pike, a two-handed polearm with a long spear-like tip, orig……続きを見る

European swordsmanship has produced a large number of written treatises and has been studied widely by military historians and lay persons interested in the sword as a combat arm and instrument of s……続きを見る

Ancient Greece and Rome, also referred to as the Classical world, laid the foundation for Western civilization. Because of their geographical proximity to one another and to the Mediterranean Sea, t……続きを見る

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 o……続きを見る