A photo manual for modellers on the Mi-171 and Mi-17V-5 and sub-variants. The Mil Mi-17 (NATO reporting name: Hip) is a Russian helicopter known as the Mi-8M series in Russian service. It is a medium twin-turbine transport helicopter and there are also armed gunship versions. Developed from the basic Mi-8 airframe, the Mi-17 was fitted with the larger Klimov TV3-117MT engines, rotors, and transmission, along with fuselage improvements for heavier loads. The book is packed with colour detail photos of Mi-17s in Afghan, Czech, Kazakh and Pakistani service

2014, Wings & Wheels, Czech., , 9788087509340,< M-13>,132pp, square format, c800 colour photos, new in card cover, , CARD
Subject...Aviation - Post World War II
Web No. 38036-01..............................£26.99 

NATO and Soviet Air Power, 1949-89. Throughout the second half of the 20th century, international relations across the globe were dominated by the Cold War. From 1949 until the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, US and Soviet strategic forces were deployed across the Arctic Ocean in North America and Northern Russia, while the best-equipped armed forces that the world had ever seen faced each other directly across the ‘Iron Curtain' in Europe. In Cold War Skies examines the air power of the major powers both at a strategic and at a tactical level throughout the 40 years of the Cold War, looking at each decade of the war in turn, examining the deployment of strategic in North America and Northern Russia as well as the situation in Europe. It details the strategic forces and land-based tactical aircraft used by the air forces of the USA, USSR, NATO, Warsaw Pact countries and European non-aligned nations.

2020, Osprey Publishing, , 9781472836885,< M-13>,435pp, numerous colour & b/w illustrations, new in d/w, ,
Subject...Aviation - Post World War II
Web No. 38069-01..............................£30.00 

This study devoted to the vessels of the Confederate Navy, includes all types used during the conflict: ironclads (both domestic and foreign-built), commerce raiders, blockade runners, riverine and ocean-going gunboats, torpedo and submersible vessels, and floating batteries. The book covers the development, construction, and design of these vessels using, where available, original plans, photographs, and contemporary descriptions. It describes these vessels in context with wartime conditions as well as with the transitional naval technology of the era. Over 100 vessels are detailed, including more than 30 ironclads, with more than 150 illustrations, many of which have not previously been published. Also included is a section on steam engine technology of the era.

2015, Schiffer Publications, , 9780764348242,< N-01>,Square format, 192pp, 150+b/w photos & illustrations, new in d/w, ,
Subject...Naval & Maritime: Ships, Submarines & Other Vessels - General
Web No. 38068-02..............................£40.99 

The fast and formidably-armed battlecruisers of Great Britain and Germany developed before and during the First World War are compared and contrasted in detail that has never been attempted before. Chapters are devoted to their development, design and construction, protection, propulsion plants, weapons, fire control, and communication systems, focussing particularly on their strengths and weaknesses. The ships eventually clashed in the North Sea at Dogger Bank, in January 1915, and a year later at Jutland when three British ships were destroyed.

2016, Seaforth Publishing, , 9781848321847,< N-01>,Large format, 276pp, 250 photos & 3-view drawings, New in d/w, ,
Subject...Naval & Maritime: Ships, Submarines & Other Vessels - General
Web No. 37403-01..............................£40.00 

The Knight’s Cross (Ritterkreuz) was one of the highest decorations given for extreme acts of valour to all ranks of the German armed forces during the Second World War. In the perilous and close-knit world of the U-boat crews the award of the decoration to their captain was an event of particular pride and sometimes it was even added to the boat’s insignia. In all, there were 123 recipients, including their commander-in-chief Karl Dönitz. This extensively illustrated book is the ideal guide to all these men and their wartime service. Graphic text accompanied by almost 200 archive photographs describes the exploits of each of them, including those who received the higher grades of the award. Full details are given of their tours of duty, the operations they took part in, how they won their award, how many ships they sank and their subsequent careers.

2019, Pen & Sword, , 9781526718730,< N-01>,323pp, c200 b/w photos, new in d/w, ,
Subject...Naval & Maritime: Ships, Submarines & Other Vessels - General
Web No. 37913-01..............................£25.00 

This is the first complete, authoritative history of the US Navy for 50 years. The author, drawing on a vast store of original sources including memoirs, congressional testimony and government documents, analyses how the American navy evolved in peace and war. He looks at what considerations, military, economic and political, shaped its development.

1991, Free Press, , 0029134706,< N-01>,434pp, 30 photos., Very good in d/w, ,
Subject...Naval & Maritime: Ships, Submarines & Other Vessels - General
Web No. 7355-01..............................£10.00 

Now in its final resting place at the bottom of the Potomac River in Maryland, the U-1105 is unique among German World War II submarines. Technologically innovative, it was the only U-Boat to conduct a wartime patrol while equipped with the snorkel, GHG Balkon passive sonar and a rubberized coating known as Alberich designed to reduce its acoustic signature and hide from Allied sonar. After the end of World War II, it was the subject of instense testing and evaluation by the Allies, before finally being sunk to the bottom of the Potomac. This highly illustrated book uses many new and previously unpublished colour images to tell the full story of this remarkable U-Boat, evaluating the effectiveness of its late war technologies and detail all the features still present on the wreck site today.

2019, Osprey Publishing, , 9781472835819,< N-01>,large format, 136pp, c150 colour & b/w photos & illustrations, new in illustrated boards, ,
Subject...Naval & Maritime: Ships, Submarines & Other Vessels - General
Web No. 38082-01..............................£25.00 

Mass market paperback. Pages browning. Good.The 15th MGB Flotilla, the 30th Assault Unit, Royal Marine Boom Patrol Detachment and Naval Special Forces Units in the Second World War.

1980, Sphere Books, , 0722142226,< N-01>,318pp illustrations., , , CARD
Subject...Naval & Maritime: Ships, Submarines & Other Vessels - General
Web No. 1156-01..............................£2.00 

Admiral Nelson's most frequent cry was for more frigates. Though not ships of the line these fast and powerful warships were the 'eyes of the fleet'. They enabled admirals to find where the enemy lay and his likely intentions, as well as patrolling vital trade routes and providing information from far-flung colonies. Together with their smaller cousins, the sloops and brigs of the Royal Navy, they performed a vital function. Generally commanded by ambitious young men, these were the ships that could capture enemy prizes and earn their officers and men enough prize-money to set them up for life.

2019, Pen & Sword, , 9781848845268,< N-01>,376pp, 100 b/w illustrations, new in card cover, , CARD
Subject...Naval & Maritime: Ships, Submarines & Other Vessels - General
Web No. 37783-01..............................£17.99 

Contains all the details of the UK Governments 1998 Strategic Defence review. Silhouette outlines of all major equipment.

1998, Pen & Sword, , 0850526876,< N-01>,46pp illustrations, Good in card covers, , CARD
Subject...Naval & Maritime: Ships, Submarines & Other Vessels - General
Web No. 37672-01..............................£2.00