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        16th June, 2017


 

GERMAN PARATROOPERS UNIFORMS AND EQUIPMENT 1936-1945:
                              VOLUME II  HELMETS, EQUIPMENT AND WEAPONS

by Kasrl Veltze



In this second of the projected three volumes of German Paratroopers, the author, Karl Veltzé, not only takes a very detailed look at the Fallschirmjager helmets, but also deals with the paratroopers' special equipment (gasmask bags, hand grenade bags, ammunition bandoleers, medical equipment). Standard field equipment is also covered, followed by a chapter devoted to the individual and crew-served weapons utilized by the German airborne forces. Among these are both versions of the special FG 42 paratrooper rifle. The parachutes used by the German paras are examined, whilst the last chapter looks at their drop containers.

New in d/w - Large Format,  368pp,
c1000 colour & c300 b/w photos

Zeughaus Verlag, Berlin, 2016
ISBN
9783938447871

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Web No. 
37576-01

£79.99

 


 

THE RAF PATHFINDERS

by Martyn Chorlton

The story of Bomber Command's elite squadrons. Twenty five minutes was what it took to run the gauntlet of the Berlin air defences from end to end at full stretch. The flak barrage put up from the ground was merciless and, if your plane was caught in the searchlights, you had little chance of survival. The Luftwaffe night fighters were waiting for you on the way home as well. This new history of the RAF Pathfinder Squadrons outlines the increasingly successful role they played in bringing accuracy and effectiveness into the air war waged by Bomber Command against the Third Reich during 1942-1945.

New in card covers - 192pp, numerous b/w photos & illustrations

Countryside Books, 2012
ISBN 9781846742019 

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Web No.
34895-01

£14.95

 


 

OSPREY RAID 45: KILLING BIN LADEN - OPERATION NEPTUNE SPEAR

 by Peter Panzeri. Illustrated by Johnny Shumate

On May 2, 2011 a ten-year manhunt drew to a deadly end as the men of the US Naval Special Warfare Development Group (SEAL Team Six) closed in on their prey, Osama Bin Laden, the mastermind of the 9/11 World Trade Center attack. Flown from Afghanistan by Army Special Operations Command's 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, two US MH-X helicopters flew towards the compound where they believed Bin Laden to be. Forty minutes later one helicopter had crashed and five enemy were dead, including Bin Laden. In this book the story of the raid is told using specially commissioned full-colour artwork, photographs, and maps. The operation, codenamed Neptune Spear, is expertly analyzed and the events are told in a concise and clear account of its build-up, execution, and aftermath.

New in card cover -  A4 format, 80pp, numerous colour illustrations, plans,
maps & b/w photos

Osprey, 2014
ISBN 9781472804082

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Web No.
37042-01

£11.99
 

 


PHOTOSNIPER 24: Mi-28 NIGHT HUNTER

by Jakub Fojtik

The MIL design bureau, led by Mikhail Leonteyevich Mil, was one of the leading soviet aviation plants. Mil concentrated on armed the rotorcraft and clearly showed that helicopters can play an important role in front line units. The Mi-1 helicopter became the first mass produced soviet helicopter with vide variety of special variants both for civil and military applications. The Mi-28 is the latest derivation of Soviet armed helicopters. The volume is packed with detail, colour photographs and will be an invaluable aidto modellers.

New in card cover - A4 format, 80pp,
c220 colour photos

Kagero Poland, 2015
ISBN 9788365437136

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Web No:
37603-01

£22.99


 

TEN DAYS IN AUGUST: THE SIEGE OF LIÈGE 1914

by Terence Zuber 

In August 1914 the German 2nd Army had the mission of taking the vital fortresses of Liège and Namur, and defeating the Anglo- French-Belgian forces in the open plains of northern Belgium. The attack on the fortress at Liège from 5 to 16 August 1914 had tremendous political and military importance, and yet there has never been a complete account of the siege. Making use of both German and Belgian sources, and supported by tactical maps, this book for the first time describes and evaluates the construction of the fortress, its military purpose, the German plan and the conduct of the attack.

New in d/w - 271pp, numerous
b/w photos, maps & plans

Spellmount, 2014
ISBN 9780752491448

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Web No.
36878-01

£20.00
 

 



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 The Editor's Choice:


THE END OF THE RUSSIAN IMPERIAL ARMY: VOLUME II

by Alan K. Wildman


Web No.
18344-01

£60.00


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