The book yells of the difficult birth of tht whole new weapon. From the schemes and plans of the mid-nineteenth century to the introduction of the first tanks into service and their baptism of fire, it is a fascinating and well-researched story.
That the tank woud go on to become an important feature in WWII and up to the present was far from certain in its early days.
Renowned tank authority David Fletcher tells the full story of the early British tanks in this very welcome addition to the Crowood armour series.

The World War 1 was a watershed in British military and social history, and even now the repercussions can still be felt. No town or village in the British Isles escaped casualty, and the creative genius of a generation was wiped out, at an incalculable loss to society. This book looks in detail at how the British soldier lived, fought and died during the traumatic war years. Enlistment, training and all aspects of life on active service are carefully examined, including discipline, relaxation and even the type and quality of food that soldiers ate. The analysis of the British infantryman's experience is greatly aided by the memories of old soldiers, which provide an interesting and often vivid account of life on the Western Front.

Колесницы и боевые слоны – таковы далекие предшественники танка, появившегося сто лет назад и ставшего универсальным оружием войны, без которого сегодня немыслима ни одна армия.
Узнай из этой иллюстрированной книги об истории танкостроения и о танковых битвах, в которых решалась судьба и нашей армии.

Developed during the 1930s in contravention to the Treaty of Versailles, German tanks, along with the panzer units that operated them, were counted among the most feared conventional weapons of World War II. The story of German tank evolution, firsthand accounts of savage tank battles, tank comparisons, explanations of roles, and detailed armor and armament specifications combine with modern and rare period color photography to reveal the stories behind Germany's light armored support vehicles, light and medium Panzer tanks, and the behemoth Tiger tanks.

In the campaigns of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, the deserved reputation of the British infantry has tended to overshadow the contribution of the cavalry, but in fact they did form an integral part of the army, carrying out duties crucial to the success of other arms. British Cavalryman 1792-1815 recounts what these duties were and examines the men who performed them. The different regiments of the cavalry are listed and some of the arm's more exotic or professional corps, such as the King's German Legion, examined.

During this period, the British army earned itself a formidable reputation as a fighting force. However, due to its role as a police force at home, and demonisation by American propaganda, the army was viewed as little removed from a penal institution run by aristocratic dilettantes. This view, still held by many today, is challenged by Stuart Reid, who paints a picture of an increasingly professional force. This was an important time of change and improvement for the British Army, and British Redcoat 1740-1793 fully brings this out in its comprehensive examination of the lives, conditions and experiences of the late 18th-century infantryman.

Germany used many types of Russian battle tanks captured during WWII, and this book gives an accurate account in both photographs and text.

British fighters had been among the world's finest during the Second World War. Many of them, such as the Hawker Hurricane and the Typhoon rocket-firing fighter, were the result of the design teams headed by Sydney Camm, who had been Hawker's chief designer since 1925. His greatest post-war creation, the Hunter, beckoned, but bringing this project (and others) to fruition would prove difficult.

In 1783 the British army struggled home from North America in a shattered condition. It had acquitted itself well, but its regiments were now woefully understrength, and it was not until 1789 that they were again fit for service. Little more than three years later, Republican France declared war, and, apart from two short periods, the army was to be heavily engaged around the globe for the next 23 years. Beginning where Warrior 19 British Redcoat 1740-93 ends, Stuart Reid shows how the army was re-organised, re-equipped, re-trained and led from the bitter struggle in the West Indies to the final reckoning at Waterloo.

More than any other tank of WWII, the German Tiger tank instilled fear in the hearts of Allied soldiers when it entered a battlefield. With almost inpenetrable armor and a highly accurate 88mm main gun, they earned the respect they were rightly given. With a combat weight of over sixty tons, these tanks were among the most massive in the war, easily able to destroy any Allied tanks they encountered. This book will take an inside look at the brute force design of the TigerI tank, built with the largest pieces of plate armor that could be made. Learn first-hand how this formidable weapon was used in battle from the German soldiers that fought in them and the Allied soldiers that fought against them. Then climb on board the TigerII, the best-armed and best-protected tank Of the WWII. See what it is like to ride into battle with a German crew and hunt the Allied tanks such as the American Shermans and Soviet T-34s.

Памятные книжки С.-Петербургской губернии 1835-1915 гг.
В настоящее время Памятные книжки являются одним из наиболее ценных провинциальных источников информации по истории, важный источник генеалогической информации.
Памятные книжки позволяют получить сведения о составе и занятиях жителей, состоянии природы, экономики, культуры, быта; наблюдать за изменениями, происходящими в губернии или области год за годом.

Heavy tanks M6 and M6A(Technical manuals 9-721)

Автор книги детально описывает основные различия между британским и американским вариантами английского языка. В книге рассматриваются различия на всех уровнях языка: фонетическом, лексическом, фразеологическом и синтаксическом. Книга адресована всем, кто стремится к совершенному владению английским языком.

Chieftain was the British Army's first true main battle tank. Designed in the mid-'50s to replace the aging fleet of Conqueror and Centurion tanks, it became the mainstay of the Tank Corps until its replacement by the Challenger in the 1980s. Griffin covers the tank's full design and development history, specifications, variants and uses, and explains that the tank was undeserving of some of the negative publicity it drew during its operational lifetime.

The British Army's Challenger Main Battle Tank proved itself triumphantly in combat in Operation Desert Sabre - the '100-hour war' to liberate Kuwait in 1991. Presented here are 100 striking color photographs of Challenger tanks on maneuvers and in active service, including external and internal detail close-ups, accompanied by a fact-packed text.

Календарь 2009.

Книга примечательна тем, что написана более ста лет назад, поэтому передает нам сказку в духе тех времен, когда к природе относились несколько иначе, еще не с таким потребительским отношением. История о том, что есть Земля - Матушка,

Полное руководство для всякого сельского хозяина, помещика и хозяйственного обывателя, составленное по испытанным рецептам.