Drawing on a wide range of sources, including official records and the accounts of aircrew, this is the first book to examine the war in the skies over the fiercely contested region of South Armagh during the 'Troubles'.
This title describes and illustrates the weapons and tactics of the specialist military marksman from World War I to the Gulf War. It focuses on the scout-sniper to snipers on the Russian Front; a role in which women excelled.
The thwarted invasion of England by the Spanish Armada is studied here in detail. How Philip II's fleet was stopped from invading England and forced into full retreat is looked into with the help of battle plans and bird's eye views of the action.
This book provides a full combat history of a gun that was used in every theatre of World War II and saw extensive service in the post war years, particularly in Korea and during the Malaysian emergency. The last 25 pounder gun was used in action by SAS troops at Mirbat, Oman in 1972.
An examination of the mortars used during World War II. It covers all variants from the British three-inch-equipped "Heavy Weapon Companies", through to the Russian 120mm mortars, which were incorporated into the Tank Corps for the storming of Berlin in 1945.
Artillery was the principal killing arm on the battlefield of the First World War. This volume details the field artillery of the British Empire, covering the weapons of mass destruction which developed into the infamous artillery pieces of World War II.