Nowości Mushroom Model Publications – październik 2007

ISAF Vehicles Afghanistan 2007. Kabul & Kandahar Area

MMP 4103

Autor: Richard Taylor
Media: format A4, miękka oprawa, 96 stron, wszystkie w kolorze
Język: angielski
ISBN-13: 978-83-89450-76-0

Informacja od wydawcy:

This book is a fascinating and revealing look at the vehicles used by ISAF forces in Afghanistan. The author is a serving army officer who spent some time in the Kabul and Kandahar regions in 2007. His photos and detailed colours and markings notes form the basis of this new book, which will be invaluable to anyone interested in modern-day conflicts or modellers of modern military vehicles. The author is donating his royalties from this book to two service charities

Dick Taylor joined the British Army as a Junior Leader in 1976, and served as a tank crewman and commander in the 3rd, 2nd and 1st Royal Tank Regiments, reaching the rank of Warrant Officer Class One. He has served in many countries worldwide, including in Australia, Canada, USA, Egypt, India, Malaysia and South Africa. He has served operationally in Northern Ireland, Cyprus, Bosnia and Croatia, Macedonia, Kuwait and Iraq, as well as in Kosovo where he was awarded the Queens Commendation for Valuable Service. He was commissioned in 2000, and his specialties have included tank gunnery instruction, Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear operations, Psychological Operations, and lately, defence exporting. He has a First Class degree in History, and is currently reading for a Master’s degree at Dundee University. He is married with two sons and lives in Blandford, Dorset.

Future MMP books from Dick include a 4-part series on British Army vehicle camouflage and markings from 1903-2003, „Warpaint” (Vol 1 due Jan 2008), and a fascinating look at the uniforms and equipment of British AFV crews in WW2, „The Men Inside the Metal” (due Spring 2008). Dicks’ combination of active military experience and sound historical knowledge is perhaps unrivalled, and we are delighted to be able to offer his books to military enthusiasts everywhere.”

Cena u wydawcy: 15,99 GBP

13.(Slow.)/JG52

MMP 7107

Autor: Jiri Rajlich
Ilustracje: Krzysztof Wołowski, Maciej Noszczak
Media: format B5, miękka oprawa, 112 stron, 16 w kolorze
Język: angielski
ISBN-13: 978-83-89450-50-0

Informacja od wydawcy:

The story of the Slovak Air Arm’s 13th Squadron is recounted, from its formation following the break-up of Czechoslovakia, through combat on the Eastern Front as part of JG.52, to homeland defence against the USAAF and then action against its former allies, the Germans. With its history maligned and discredited under Communist rule, the true story of this very successful fighter unit can now be told. Mostly flying Bf109s of various versions, the unit also achieved the final biplane aerial victory, as late as 1944, when an Avia B.534 shot down a Ju52.

Cena u wydawcy: 12,00 GBP

Blackburn Roc & Skua

MMP 8106

Autor: Matthew Willis
Ilustracje: Kjetil Ăkra
Media: format B5, miękka oprawa, 160 stron, 32 w kolorze
Język: angielski
ISBN-13: 978-83-89450-44-9

Informacja od wydawcy:

The Blackburn Skua was the Fleet Air Arm’s first monoplane and its first dedicated dive bomber. Its derivative the Roc was the only turret fighter to see action with the Royal Navy.
This book charts the development and service history of the two aircraft, through the difficult specification process, reaching squadron service on the eve of war, the baptism of fire in the Norwegian campaign of 1940 and eventual second-line use. It is illustrated with period photographs, many of which have rarely been seen before, and colour images of the surviving fragments of Skuas in museums. It features superb colour artwork illustrating a large number of the colour schemes the aircraft wore during their short history, and detail diagrams from official manuals as well as scale plans. It is an essential reference for naval aviation enthusiasts and scale modellers.
The book includes many first-hand accounts from the men who flew in and maintained the Skua and Roc, describing never-before heard experiences of the aircraft in action.

Cena u wydawcy: 13,00 GBP