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British Ironclads 1860-75 - HMS Warrior and the Royal Navy's 'Black Battlefleet' by Angus Konstam; Paul Wright (Illustrator)
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Category: War/Military | Series: New Vanguard Ser.
In November 1859, the French warship La Gloire was launched. She was the world's first seagoing ironclad - a warship built from wood, but whose hull was clad in a protective layer of iron plate. Britain, not to be outdone, launched her own ironclad the following year - HMS Warrior - which, when she ente ...Show more
Early US Armor by Zaloga Steven J.
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Category: War/Military | Series: New Vanguard Ser.
The first American armoured cars began to emerge around the turn of the century, seeing their first military use in 1916 during the Punitive Expedition against Pancho Villa. When the United States entered World War I, the American Expeditionary Forces used some armoured cars in France, and American armo ...Show more
Jagdpanzer 38 "Hetzer" 1944-45 by Hilary Doyle
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Category: War/Military | Series: New Vanguard Ser.
The Jagdpanzer 38 is one of the best known German armoured fighting vehicles from World War II. Rushed into series production in the record time of less than four months, it was instantly recognisable by the sleek appearance created by its well-sloped armour. Many experts in post-war armour hold the opi ...Show more
Special Operations Patrol Vehicles: Afghanistan and Iraq by Leigh Neville
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Category: War/Military | Series: New Vanguard Ser.
The patrol vehicles used by Special Operations Forces in Afghanistan and Iraq vary quite dramatically between the theatres as well as amongst the Coalition members. From the mine-protected vehicles used to counter the IED threat in Iraq to the use of Strykers as armoured raiding platforms, this book use ...Show more
Superguns 1854-1991 - Extreme Artillery from the Paris Gun and the V-3 to Iraq's Project Babylon by Steven J. Zaloga
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Category: War/Military | Series: New Vanguard Ser.
Ever since the mid-19th Century, national militaries have sought to create monster artillery pieces, designed to shatter armies, cities, and fortresses and their morale. Starting with William Armstrong's "Monster Gun" Superguns will then take a look at the Wilhelm Gun that bombarded Paris in World War I ...Show more
Technicals - Non-Standard Tactical Vehicles from the Toyota War to Modern Special Forces by Leigh Neville; Peter Dennis (Illustrator)
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Category: War/Military | Series: New Vanguard Ser.
Over the last 30 years, the "technical" or armed pick-up truck has become arguably the most ubiquitous military land vehicle of modern warfare. Harking back to the armed Jeeps and Chevrolet trucks of the SAS and Long Range Desert Group in North Africa in World War II, the world's first insurgent techni ...Show more
US Patrol Torpedo Boats - World War II by Gordon L. Rottman; Tony Bryan (Illustrator); Peter Bull (Illustrator)
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Category: War/Military | Series: New Vanguard Ser.
Motor torpedo boat development began in the early 1900s, and the vessels first saw service during World War I. However, it was not until the late 1930s that the US Navy commenced the development of the Patrol Torpedo or PT boat. The PT boat was designed for attacking larger warships with torpedoes using ...Show more
Vietnam Riverine Craft, 1962-75 by Hugh Johnson; Gordon L. Rottman
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Category: War/Military | Series: New Vanguard Ser.
The southernmost region of the Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam) encompassed the vast Mekong River Delta, and area covering 10,190 square miles. Three major rivers run through the Delta, the Song Hou Giang (aka Bassac) and the Song Mekong, which broke into three large rivers (Song My Tho, Ham Luong, a ...Show more
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