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Browning Machine Gun, Caliber .50 HB, M2: War Department Field Manual FM 23-65, November 1944
ISBN: 9781478353317 / Angielski / Miękka / 178 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Merriam Press Military Reprint 9. First Edition (August 2012). Reprint of the November 1944 edition of the War Department Manual for M2 Browning .50 Caliber HB (Heavy Barrel) Machine Gun. Covers description, disassembling and assembling, care and cleaning, functional operation, stoppages, accessories, spare parts, ammunition, training (ground and vehicular mounts), anti-aircraft gunnery, advice to instructors, appendices (preliminary gunner's test, familiarization firing, and aerial target course), and index. 88 illustrations.
Merriam Press Military Reprint 9. First Edition (August 2012). Reprint of the November 1944 edition of the War Department Manual for M2 Browning .50 C...
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69,37 zł |
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Ticking Clock: Memoirs of a Naval Bomb and Mine Officer
ISBN: 9781492940043 / Angielski / Miękka / 174 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Ticking Clock is the story of a young man from Kent who joined the Navy at 171/2 and had some exciting and dangerous adventures during his six years, as he has recounted in his book ALL MINE These stories are incidents in his life before, during and after the war. At the age of 82 he is keeping busy with many projects, writing and interested in many subjects. A lot of the stories concern wartime, a very important period in our lives of which memories are still very vivid. Often an incident, long forgotten will pop into one's mind begging to be put down on paper; this is what Noel has done.
Ticking Clock is the story of a young man from Kent who joined the Navy at 171/2 and had some exciting and dangerous adventures during his six years, ...
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68,42 zł |
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Pamphlet on the Manufacture of Gunpowder: as carried on at the Government Factory, Waltham Abbey
ISBN: 9781493579310 / Angielski / Miękka / 50 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book is a facsimilie reproduction of the original 1857 manuscript held in the Archive of the Royal Gunpowder Mills, Waltham Abbey. It contains information pertaining to the historical significance of the Royal Gunpowder Mills. It is the 2nd volume in the Royal Gunpowder Mills Historical Reprint Series. For more information about the Archive, visit: http: //www.royalgunpowdermills.com/history-heritage/archives/ Description - from the Preface: Having been requested to write an Article on the Manufacture of Gunpowder for the Aide Memoire, to replace the present pages on this... This book is a facsimilie reproduction of the original 1857 manuscript held in the Archive of the Royal Gunpowder Mills, Waltham Abbey. It contain... |
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44,23 zł |
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Handbook of Gunpowder and Guncotton
ISBN: 9781493579402 / Angielski / Miękka / 162 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book is a facsimilie reproduction, including 14 illustrations, of the original 1888 manuscript held in the Archive of the Royal Gunpowder Mills, Waltham Abbey. It contains information pertaining to the industrial archaeology and historical significance of the Royal Gunpowder Mills. It is the 3rd volume in the Royal Gunpowder Mills Historical Reprint Series. For more information about the Archive, visit: http: //www.royalgunpowdermills.com/history-heritage/archives/ Description - from the Preface: This handbook is founded upon "Notes on Gunpowder' and Guncotton," drawn up by... This book is a facsimilie reproduction, including 14 illustrations, of the original 1888 manuscript held in the Archive of the Royal Gunpowder Mil... |
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73,49 zł |
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A Handbook of the Manufacture and Proof of Gunpowder: as carried on at the Royal Gunpowder Factory Waltham Abbey
ISBN: 9781493622955 / Angielski / Miękka / 156 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book is a facsimilie reproduction, including 26 illustrations, of the original 1870 manuscript held in the Archive of the Royal Gunpowder Mills, Waltham Abbey. It contains information pertaining to the industrial archaeology and historical significance of the Royal Gunpowder Mills. It is the 4th volume in the Royal Gunpowder Mills Historical Reprint Series. For more information about the Archive, visit: http: //www.royalgunpowdermills.com/history-heritage/archives/ Description - from the Preface: The following short treatise is intended as a guide to officers who wish... This book is a facsimilie reproduction, including 26 illustrations, of the original 1870 manuscript held in the Archive of the Royal Gunpowder Mil... |
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73,49 zł |
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A Memoir on Gunpowder: in which are discussed the Principles both of its Manufacture and Proof
ISBN: 9781493632503 / Angielski / Miękka / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book is a facsimilie reproduction of the original 1832 manuscript held in the Archive of the Royal Gunpowder Mills, Waltham Abbey. It contains information pertaining to the historical significance of the Royal Gunpowder Mills. It is the 5th volume in the Royal Gunpowder Mills Historical Reprint Series. For more information about the Archive, visit: http: //www.royalgunpowdermills.com/history-heritage/archives/ Description - from the Preface: The following pages are submitted to the public with modesty. The writer of them has been absent from England seventeen years; and there... This book is a facsimilie reproduction of the original 1832 manuscript held in the Archive of the Royal Gunpowder Mills, Waltham Abbey. It contain... |
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73,49 zł |
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Gunpowder and Ammunition - Their Origin and Progress
ISBN: 9781493632923 / Angielski / Miękka / 268 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book is a facsimilie reproduction of the original 1904 manuscript held in the Archive of the Royal Gunpowder Mills, Waltham Abbey. It contains information pertaining to the historical significance of the Royal Gunpowder Mills. It is the 6th volume in the Royal Gunpowder Mills Historical Reprint Series. For more information about the Archive, visit: http: //www.royalgunpowdermills.com/history-heritage/archives/ Description - excerpt from the Introduction: Much discussion has been caused in the past by the vagueness of the word gunpowder. The following are the meanings which... This book is a facsimilie reproduction of the original 1904 manuscript held in the Archive of the Royal Gunpowder Mills, Waltham Abbey. It contain... |
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103,11 zł |
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Armoured Warfare: British influence and Blitzkrieg in twenty-first century
ISBN: 9781493733569 / Angielski / Miękka / 118 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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25,79 zł |
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The Rise and Progress of the British Explosives Industry
ISBN: 9781493688449 / Angielski / Miękka / 436 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book is a facsimilie reproduction of the original 1909 manuscript, including 39 illustrations, held in the Archive of the Royal Gunpowder Mills, Waltham Abbey. It contains information pertaining to the industrial archaeology and historical significance of the Royal Gunpowder Mills. It is the 8th volume in the Royal Gunpowder Mills Historical Reprint Series. For more information about the Archive, visit http: //www.royalgunpowdermills.com/history-heritage/archives/ From the Preface - At a meeting of the Committee of the Explosives Section of the Seventh International Congress... This book is a facsimilie reproduction of the original 1909 manuscript, including 39 illustrations, held in the Archive of the Royal Gunpowder Mil... |
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117,54 zł |
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Greening the Red, White, and Blue: The Bomb, Big Business, and Consumer Resistance in Postwar America
ISBN: 9780199791200 / Angielski / Twarda / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In popular imagination, environmentalism is often linked to Rachel Carson's Silent Spring and the political activism of the 1960s and '70s that moved increasing numbers of Americans to insist on a better quality of life-open spaces, clean air and water, beautification campaigns. But these interpretations have obscured the significant origins of environmentalism as a moral and intellectual broadside against the growing power of corporate capitalism, both domestically and in the postwar liberal international order the United States was enacting abroad. In Greening the Red,...
In popular imagination, environmentalism is often linked to Rachel Carson's Silent Spring and the political activism of the 1960s and '70s th...
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221,63 zł |
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Random Shots: Episodes in the Life of a Weapons Developer
ISBN: 9781477464106 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Merriam Press Military Monograph 317. Fifth Edition (2012). Fascinating account of Rayle's varied career from prior to World War II, working at the Naval Gun Factory and Aberdeen Proving Ground, his wartime service with Aviation Ordnance in the USAAF, and his postwar career with Army Ordnance. This book deals primarily with his service at the Springfield Armory in the 1950s and 1960s where he participated in the development of such weapons as the M14 and M16 rifles, M60 machine gun, aircraft revolver and Gatling guns, 40mm M79 grenade launcher, tank machine guns, HAW/BAT/TOW and spotting...
Merriam Press Military Monograph 317. Fifth Edition (2012). Fascinating account of Rayle's varied career from prior to World War II, working at the Na...
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46,56 zł |
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Dfining "Weapons of Mass Destruction"
ISBN: 9781478132035 / Angielski / Miękka / 62 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In January 2005, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld directed that U.S. Strategic Command become "the lead combatant commander for integrating and synchronizing DOD Department of Defense] in combating WMD weapons of mass destruction]."1 This assignment was in response to the White House's December 2002 National Strategy to Combat Weapons of Mass Destruction.
In January 2005, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld directed that U.S. Strategic Command become "the lead combatant commander for integrating and sy...
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59,29 zł |
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Deploying Nuclear Detection Systems: A Proposed Strategy for Combating Nuclear Terrorism
ISBN: 9781478147534 / Angielski / Miękka / 30 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The most likely means of delivering a nuclear bomb on a major city is through a successful smuggling effort by a terrorist organization. The catastrophic damage it would cause demands cooperative action by all responsible governments. Several U.S. Government programs are in place to deal with this threat.
The most likely means of delivering a nuclear bomb on a major city is through a successful smuggling effort by a terrorist organization. The catastrop...
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64,31 zł |
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Weapons Acquisition Reform: Reform Act Is Helping DOD Acquisition Programs Reduce Risk, but Implementation Challenges Remain (GAO-13-103)
ISBN: 9781482771473 / Angielski / Miękka / 50 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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72,99 zł |
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Cold War in South Florida Historic Resource Study
ISBN: 9781484155219 / Angielski / Miękka / 114 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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69,60 zł |
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The Comparative Performance of German Anti-Tank Weapons During World War II
ISBN: 9781490370972 / Angielski / Miękka / 40 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Merriam Press Military Monograph MM213. Seventh Edition (2013). Completely new production of a post-war British Army report on the effectiveness of German mines against British armor. The results of this study will interest armor buffs, wargamers and anyone with an interest in the effectiveness of weapons during the war. This is a reprint of a British report, entitled "Army Operational Research Group (AORG) Internal Memorandum No. 16: The Comparative Performance of German Anti-Tank Weapons During World War II." The report was prepared by H. G. Gee, and originally released in May 1950 in a...
Merriam Press Military Monograph MM213. Seventh Edition (2013). Completely new production of a post-war British Army report on the effectiveness of Ge...
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46,56 zł |
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Bang: Stories of Bangs from 1917 to the present day - plus other events of interest
ISBN: 9781494945442 / Angielski / Miękka / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Bang is the forth book by Noel who joined the Navy and immediately had some exciting and dangerous adventures. Bangs were regular occurrences during his busy life as a Bomb & Mine Disposal Officer. In 1946 His Majesty, King George VI awarded Noel the MBE, the Member of the British Empire, Military Division for Courage and devotion to duty. Other stories he has included in this book are those that didn't always get national coverage, often to shield the public from devastating news. Now they should be told.
Bang is the forth book by Noel who joined the Navy and immediately had some exciting and dangerous adventures. Bangs were regular occurrences during h...
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66,18 zł |
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The M14 Battle Rifle
ISBN: 9781472802552 / Angielski / Miękka / 80 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Featuring specially commissioned full-color artwork and archive and close-up photographs, this engaging study tells the story of the M14, the long-lived battle rifle that remains in front-line service with US forces more than 50 years after its first adoption.
The 7.62x51mm M14 select-fire automatic rifle was the primary US service rifle for only a decade from 1957 before being supplanted by the 5.56x45mm M16, yet many familiar with the M14 consider it the best rifle ever to see US service. Based on the well-proven M1 Garand rifle, the M14 addressed the perceived "deficiencies" of the... Featuring specially commissioned full-color artwork and archive and close-up photographs, this engaging study tells the story of the M14, the long-liv...
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86,97 zł |
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Torpedo Instruction Pamphlet TS-5
ISBN: 9781940453293 / Angielski / Miękka / 590 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Created during WWII as an official training manual for the Fleet Torpedo School, this whopping 575+ page "pamphlet" contains everything you ever wanted to know about aircraft-launched torpedoes. Within its pages you'll find rare photographs and diagrams as well as informative text. This includes a brief history of the torpedo and a full rundown of the Mark 13, the first American torpedo to be designed solely for aircraft launch (although, they were also used aboard P.T. Boats). Chapters include: exercise heads and attachments, war head and attachments, air flask and midship section, reducing,...
Created during WWII as an official training manual for the Fleet Torpedo School, this whopping 575+ page "pamphlet" contains everything you ever wante...
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199,74 zł |
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This We'll Defend: The Weapons and Equipment of the U.S. Army
ISBN: 9780992764814 / Angielski / Miękka / 116 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The U.S. Army is the best-equipped force in military history, from the simple bayonet to multi-million-dollar technological marvels like the M1 Abrams tank and Apache Longbow helicopter. This We'll Defend outlines the most important weapons and equipment the Army currently uses. All facts, figures and images in this ebook are direct from publicly available Army sources, edited and annotated to form a short, easy-to-use but comprehensive reference. Included:
The U.S. Army is the best-equipped force in military history, from the simple bayonet to multi-million-dollar technological marvels like the M1 Ab... |
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65,67 zł |
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