Nowości Crowood Press – sierpień 2008
Military Airfields of Britain: East Midlands (Cambridgeshire, Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire)
- Autor: Ken Delve
- Media: format B5, miękka oprawa, 352 strony, 250 czarno-białych zdjęć i diagramów
- Język: angielski
- ISBN-13: 978-1-86126-995-9
Informacja od wydawcy:
This series of books provides a fresh user-friendly look at the military airfields of the British Isles. The series is split geographically, each book including a number of counties on a regional basis. Entries cover every military airfield within the counties, from WW1 to the present day and comprise:
- Brief history of the airfield, construction and use including decoy sites
- Comprehensive list of flying units with dates and aircraft types
- List of HQ units based at the airfield
- Details of memorials
- Maps and plans of almost every airfield
- Location details
- Selection of period photographs
This Region is famous as one of the main base areas for Bomber Command in World War Two — from here bombers of the operational Groups, especially No.1 Group. fought a six-year campaign, starting with Battles and Wellingtons and ending with the destructive power of hundreds of Lancasters.
However, the East Midlands had also been an important aviation area in World War One, as part of the Home Defence network and as a location for training airfields. But it was with World War Two that the counties in this Region saw a massive expansion in numbers of airfields, including American air bases, and contributed both to offensive operations and, from the Battle of Britain onwards, defensive day and night fighter ops. During the Cold War the Region remained in the front-line, with V-bomber bases and, for a short period, the Thor strategic missile system.
Cena u wydawcy: 16,99 GBP
Tin Hats to Composite Helmets — A Collector’s Guide
- Autor: Martin Brayley
- Media: format A4, twarda oprawa, 144 strony, 700 zdjęć kolorowych
- Język: angielski
- ISBN-13: 978-1-84797-024-4
Informacja od wydawcy:
Tin Hats to Composite Helmets — A Collector’s Guide brings together in a single volume the primary protective helmets of the world’s military forces from 1915 to modern times. It traces the development of the helmet from the Great War French 'Adrian’ through to the current American ACH composite helmet.
Included in this work is a selection of the helmet types worn by infantry, armoured vehicle crews, paratroopers and military motorcyclists as well as civil defence forces. Principal nations covered include France, Germany, Italy, Great Britain, Russia, United States and many other countries including Argentina, Czechoslovakia, Belgium, Holland, Hungary, Poland, Iraq, Israel, Japan, South Africa and Yugoslavia.
With around 700 images of a vast range of helmets, this is an essential work for collectors and historians alike.
Cena u wydawcy: 19,95 GBP
Machine Gun — The Development of the Machine Gun from the Nineteenth Century to the Present Day
- Autorzy: Maxim Popenker, Anthony Williams
- Media: format A4, twarda oprawa, 384 strony, 600 zdjęć kolorowych
- Język: angielski
- ISBN-13: 978-1-84797-030-5
Informacja od wydawcy:
The machine gun had a dramatic effect on the conduct of warfare. During the First World War, the use of the machine gun in conjunction with massed barbed wire and other obstacles put an end to battlefield mobility until new weapons and tactics could be devised.
This book describes the development of the machine gun from earliest models to present day, focussing on portable infantry weapons. The categories of weapon included are Light Machine Guns [LMGs], a term which includes the Squad Automatic Weapon [SAW] and Light Support Weapon [LSW]; Medium Machine Guns [MMGs]; Heavy Machine Guns [HMGs] and General Purpose Machine Guns [GPMGs]. One specialist variety of machine guns is included in a separate chapter: the grenade machine gun [GMG], also known as the automatic grenade launcher [AGL].
With a country-by-country breakdown of machine guns, including comprehensive appendices of gun and ammunition data, along with hundreds of photographs, this is a comprehensive study of a most effective battlefield weapon.
Cena u wydawcy: 35,00 GBP
Practical Introduction to Digital Command Control for Railway Modellers
- Autor: Nigel Burkin
- Media: format A4, miękka oprawa, 192 strony, 400 zdjęć kolorowych
- Język: angielski
- ISBN-13: 978-1-84797-020-6
Informacja od wydawcy:
From background information on the technology itself to layout wiring; taking in decoders, hand controllers, wireless and many practical modelling projects, Neil Burkin offers a comprehensive introduction to Digital Command Control [DCC] for the beginner and experienced modeller alike.
The book emphasises the benefits of DCC technology as a model railway control system and offers practical advice on the choice of systems, applying the technology to a layout, how to use it to enhance layout operations, and how it can be used to overcome practical difficulties with operations such as banking, double-heading, lighting and sound. Technical jargon is avoided and clear descriptions of each project featured in the book will remove the mystery surrounding DCC. Many of the modelling projects may be adapted for almost any modelling situation and are supported by over 400 excellent colour photographs.
Cena u wydawcy: 18,99 GBP
Źródło: Crowood Press
