Название: Fw 190 A/F/G w barwie cz.1
Автор: Ludwik Nowakowski
Издательство: IGLICA
ISBN: 8386245220
Год издания: 2000
Язык: Polish
Cтраниц: 27
Формат: PDF
Размер: 13,9 MB

Jest rzecza ciekawa, ze dopiero w ostatnich latach odkryto wiele nowych informacji o malowaniu i oznakowaniu samolotow Luftwaffe z okresu II wojny swiatowej - niejednokrotnie sprzecznych z materialami publikowanymi dotad. W niniejszej publikacji starano sie polaczyc w zwiezly sposob oba nurty i wyjasnic sprzecznosci.

Название: Apache AH-64 Boeing (McDonnell Douglas) 1976-2005
Автор: Chris Bishop, Jim Laurier
Издательство: Osprey Publishing
Серия: Osprey New Vanguard 111
ISBN: 978 1841768168
Год издания: 2005
Язык: English
Cтраниц: 50
Формат: True PDF
Размер: 2 MB

This book examines the design, development and deployment of the Boeing (McDonnell Douglas, formerly Hughes) AH-64A Apache - the US Army's primary attack helicopter, and the most advanced helicopter gunship flying today. It was the most expensive rotary-winged aircraft ever built when it was introduced in the early 1980s, but it has since proved its worth on battlefields all over the world, including action in the Gulf War, Afghanistan, Bosnia, Kosovo and the recent conflict in Iraq. It is a quick-reacting, airborne weapon system that can fight close and deep to destroy, disrupt or delay enemy forces. The Apache is designed to fight and survive during the day, night and in adverse weather anywhere, at any time.

Название: Equipos De Combate Alemanes
Автор: Gordon Rottman, Ron Volstad
Издательство: RBA
Серия: Carros De Combate 60
ISBN: 8447316580
Год издания: 2001
Язык: Spanish
Cтраниц: 50
Формат: PDF
Размер: 61,1 MB

The field equipment of the German Army in World War II was closely related to that used throughout World War I and earlier, yet it was of relatively light weight, ruggedly constructed, well designed, functional, and generally of a high quality, though this deteriorated in the later war years. A high degree of design standardisation was maintained in most categories of equipment, though materials and their colours often varied widely. There were also many different specialisations for the various arms of service as well as theatres of combat, such as the Afrikakorps in the Western Desert. This title investigates all manner of German combat equipments throughout World War II, from belt buckles to magazine pouches.

Название: Renown and Repulse
Автор: Maurice P. Northcott
Издательство: Battle of Britain Prints International Ltd.
Серия: Ensign 8
ISBN: 0900913126
Год издания: 1978
Язык: English
Cтраниц: 45
Формат: PDF
Размер: 42,3 MB

Ensign Series No.8 - Renown and Repulse

Название: Hood: Design and Construction
Автор: Maurice Northcott
Издательство: Bivouac Books Ltd
Серия: Ensign 7 Special
ISBN: 0856800090
Год издания: 1975
Язык: English
Cтраниц: 67
Формат: PDF
Размер: 76,3 MB

A monograph about the HMS Hood which was the last battlecruiser ( and the only one of its kind) built for the Royal Navy.

Название: War Built Destroyers O-Z Classes
Автор: Alan Raven, John Roberts
Издательство: Bivouac Books Ltd
Серия: Ensign 6
ISBN: 0856800104
Год издания: 1976
Язык: English
Cтраниц: 47
Формат: PDF
Размер: 43 MB

In covering with this volume the 0-Z war-built vessels we hope to bring attention to a much neglected destroyer group. It has been popular comment that these classes compare badly with their foreign contemporaries but it is not simply size together with torpedo and gun power that constitutes a successful design. Seaworthiness, and above all, reliability, play a vital part, and these were characteristics justly laid claim to by the British destroyers. The Os and Ps in particular are often thought of as the low-water mark of British destroyer design and construction but of all the war-built classes they gave more service during the period of hostilities than any other in spite of their low-angle main armament, which was of doubtful value against aircraft; the paucity of close-range AA guns; and their limited anti-submarine capabilities.

Название: Town Class Cruisers
Автор: Alan Raven, Jonn Roberts
Издательство: Bivouac Books Ltd
Серия: Ensign
ISBN: 0856800082
Год издания: 1975
Язык: English
Cтраниц: 50
Формат: PDF
Размер: 52,8 MB

Built in answer to Japanese cruiser construction, the Town class or Southampton class, as they were once called, is probably the best known of the British cruiser classes to see action during WWII, and one of the class, the Sheffield, is almost certainly the most famous British cruiser of all time. The Towns have often been criticised for being too large for an armament of twelve 6-inch guns, and offering a tempting target in their own right. The criticism has some validity in view of the fact that they were never matched against their designed opponents, and also when one looks at the unqualified success of the Fiji type which gave the same performance on a smaller hull, with less displacement.

Название: U-Boottyp XXI
Автор: Eberhad Rossler
Издательство: Bernard & Graefe Verlag
Год: 2002
ISBN: 3-7637-6218-3
Страниц: 234
Язык: German
Формат: PDF
Размер: 44 MB

Diese Boote waren die modernsten ihrer Zeit und wurden wegen ihrer grossen Akkumulatoranlage, mit der sie sehr viel langer als andere zeitgenossische Typen unter Wasser operieren konnten, als Elektro-U-Boote oder Elektroboote bezeichnet. Durch ihre grosse Akkukapazitat, leistungsstarke Elektromotoren und eine fur die Unterwasserfahrt gunstigere Formgebung erreichten sie unter Wasser eine hohere Geschwindigkeit als an der Oberflache. Sie waren mit einem Schnorchel ausgerustet und dafur ausgelegt, fast standig unter Wasser zu fahren. Dadurch waren sie die ersten echten U-Boote, anders als alle bisherigen, die im Grunde nur tauchfahige Torpedoboote waren. Sie wurden am Ende des Krieges in Sektionsbauweise am „Flie?band“ gebaut. Trotzdem kamen sie nicht mehr zum Fronteinsatz. Wegen seiner revolutionaren Eigenschaften leitete der Typ XXI einen Paradigmenwechsel der U-Boot-Waffen aller Nationen ein.

Название: Queen Elizabeth Class Battleships
Автор: Alan Raven, John Roberts
Издательство: Bivouac Books Ltd
Серия: Ensign 4
ISBN: 0856800058
Год издания: 1975
Язык: English
Cтраниц: 51
Формат: PDF
Размер: 49,2 MB

The Queen Elizabeth class offers the greatest possible scope for both textual and visual treatment, and we hope readers will agree that we have provided the correct balance within this volume. With a history dating from the inception of the class in 1912 and service in the first World War, and involving as it does a representative picture of the changes and developments in battleship design and construction of the inter-war years, a wealth of material has accrued which makes selection a difficult task.

Название: Flower Class Corvettes
Автор: Alan Raven, Alan Raven
Издательство: Bivouac Books Ltd
Серия: Ensign 3
ISBN: 085680004X
Год издания: 1973
Язык: English
Cтраниц: 51
Формат: PDF
Размер: 53,1 MB

Ensign No. 3 needs no introduction and every person with any sort of interest in warships has heard of the 'Flower' corvette; the most famous type of escort vessel ever built. The class as a whole was worked so hard on convoy duty that by 1945 a large number of the class were completely worn out. Although uncomfortable in the extreme they had one invaluable asset they could turn sharper than a U-boat. This and a good radius of action made them formidable opponents.