Название: Helicopters: Military, Civilian and Rescue Rotorcraft
Автор(ы): Robert Jackson (editor)
Издательство: Grange Books
Серия: Aviation Factfile
Год: 2005
ISBN: 1-84013-812-2
Страниц: 258
Язык: English
Формат: PDF
Размер: 155 MB

This is a fascinating and informative guide to more than 120 of the most important rotorcraft ever designed. Its information packed pages cover a broad rage of helicopters, from early experimental autogyros and basic designs like the Sikorsky R-4 to all time classics like the Bell UH-1, the famous "Huey" that became the workhorse of the Vietnam War. Each helicopter is covered in detail, with feature boxes outlining its development, technical specifications, performance data, and variants. Unique graphics allow you to compare specific features like top speed, troop-carrying capacity, and payload to those of other aircraft of the same type. With a wealth of essential information on every page, this book is a must have for aircraft lovers of all ages. Contains over 2000 color and black-and-white photographs and illustrations. Includes full dimnesions, weights, performance, and armament for each type.

Название: Heinkel He 219 Uhu
Автор(ы): Marek J. Murawski
Издательство: Kagero
Серия: Kagero Monografie 41
Год: 2009
ISBN: 978-8361220572
Страниц: 91
Язык: English
Формат: PDF
Размер: 54 MB

Хейнкель He-219 «Филин» (нем. Heinkel He-219 «Uhu») — двухмоторный поршневой ночной истребитель. Первый специально спроектированный самолёт такого типа в Германии. Первый в мире боевой самолёт, оснащённый катапультируемыми креслами.

Название: Hawker Typhoon, Tempest and Sea Fury
Автор(ы): Kev Darling
Издательство: The Crowood Press
Серия: Crowood Aviation Series
Год: 2003
ISBN: 1861266200
Страниц: 192
Язык: English
Формат: PDF
Размер: 104 MB

The first of a family of single-engine aircraft that would play an important part in the RAF's and Fleet Air Arm's contributions to the Second World War. The Typhoon was designed as a high-speed interceptor fighter and replacement for its forebear, the Hurricane. The Tempest was a development of the Typhoon. It was a more than capable ground-attack aircraft and defense fighter at medium altitudes. The final development of the line was the smaller and even faster Sea Fury, which had evolved from the Fury originally destined for the RAF. This well-researched and readable book tells the full story of these important aircraft.

Автор: Steve White
Название: Combat Fighter F-22 Raptor (High-Tech Military Weapons)
Издательство: Scholastic
Год: 2007
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 56
Язык: English
Размер: 15 MB

Excellent overview of the F-22 design goals and how the implementation meets these goals.

Автор: Geoff Cornish
Название: Tanks (Military Hardware in Action)
Издательство: Lerner Publications
Год: 2003
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 56
Язык: English
Размер: 22 MB

Profiles some of the different tanks and other armored fighting vehicles used by armies around the world, describing their design, weapons, and uses.

Автор: Mark Dartford
Название: Fighter Planes (Military Hardware in Action)
Издательство: Lerner Publications
Год: 2003
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 56
Язык: English
Размер: 20 MB

An overview of the history and characteristics of fighter planes.

Автор: Kevin J. Fitzpatrick
Название: Flying Gunship: The AC-130 Spectre (High-Tech Military Weapons)
Издательство: Children's Press
Год: 2000
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 56
Язык: English
Размер: 13 MB

Discusses the history and development of the United States Air Force's Spectre gunship, its design and special features, and some of the missions it has flown in Vietnam, Panama, and in Kosovo in 1991.

Автор: Steve White
Название: Military Robots (High-Tech Military Weapons)
Издательство: Scholastic
Год: 2006
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 56
Язык: English
Размер: 15 MB

Military Robots (High-Tech Military Weapons).

Название: Vampire: De Havilland’s Twin-Boomed, Ground-Attack Jet Fighter
Автор(ы): Martyn Chorlton
Издательство: Kelsey Publishing
Серия: Aeroplane Icons
Год: 2014
ISBN: 978-1909786103
Страниц: 132
Язык: English
Формат: True PDF
Размер: 63 MB

The de Havilland Vampire is a British jet fighter developed and manufactured by de Havilland. Having been developed during the Second World War to harness the newly developed jet engine, the Vampire entered service with the Royal Air Force (RAF) in 1945. It was the second jet fighter, after the Gloster Meteor, operated by the RAF, and its first to be powered by a single jet engine.

Название: BT Fast Tank: The Red Army’s Cavalry Tank 1931-1945 (Osprey New Vanguard 237)
Издательство: Osprey Publishing
Год: 2016
Формат: True PDF
Страниц: 52
Размер: 30 Mb
Язык: English

When the Red Army needed to mechanize its cavalry branch in the 1930s, the BT fast tank was its solution. Based on the American Christie high-speed tank, the Red Army began a program to adapt the design to its own needs. Early versions were mechanically unreliable and poorly armed but by the mid-1930s, the BT-5 emerged, armed with an excellent dual-purpose 45mm gun. It saw its combat debut in the Spanish Civil War in 1937 and was later used in the border battles with the Japanese Kwangtung Army in the late 1930s. The final production series, the BT-7, was the most refined version of the family.