Anti-tank weapons today are sophisticated items of hardware, but in World Wars I and II, many improvized weapons were used to knock out tanks. This work contains accounts of infantrymen who disabled tanks by pouring petrol over the engine casings and igniting it; pushing graneades down the barrels of tanks; and dropping bombs through open turrets to kill crews. As well as descriptions of hand-held anti-tank weapons, included in the book are anti-tank guns, mobile tank destroyers and anti-armour ordnance used by the tanks themselves. There are also chapters on the aircraft that have been developed and modified since World WQar II to kill tanks, such as the A-10 Thunderbolt and the Russian SU-25 Frogfoot.

Tank Killing Anti Tank Warfare By Men

Engineering & Transportation

Ian Hogg

Engineering

Sidgwick Jackson Ltd

Great Land Battles of World War II

History

Military

DOUBLEDAY

From the earliest cannon to the latest recoilless weapon, the development of the big gun has been of abiding interest in the technology of warfare. This book, written by a Master Gunner and illustrated by one of the finest technical artists working today, unfolds the story of artillery from its beginnings in the 14th century to the radical changes of the last century.

Artillery

John Batchelor

Charles Scribner's Sons., NY

Fascinating survey of the use of railroads to move ordinance. The book outlines the history of this area, from an 1853 English article proposing a national defense system using railways and the first actual use of military railroads during the Civil War through the firm establishment of their use during World War I. There are separate chapters discussing the American, French and English use of railways to move artillery guns. Illustrated with black and white photos and numerous diagrams. Printed on blue-green paper. 62 pages.

Rail gun

John Batchelor Limited

Robert E. Lee (Great American Generals)

Biographies & Memoirs

Longmeadow Press

Rail Gun

Model and Allied Publications

"300 artillery pieces featured from 1900 to the present day, each one illustrated by a full-colour artwork."

Twentieth-century Artillery

Prospero Books

Modern Artillery: 300 Artillery Pieces

Modern Artillery: 300 Artillery Pieces

Amber

Battlefields: Exploring the Arenas of War 1805 - 1945

Connaught

The phrase 'German Secret Weapons' immediately conjures up images of the V-1 and V-2 missiles which bombarded London in 1944. But what of the V-3 and V-4? What of Schmetterling, the Rochling shell, the Kurt bomb, the Hs293? These, and many other devices, were all part of the German secret armoury but are relatively unknown except to a handful of specialists. What of the German nuclear bomb? And the question of chemical warfare? The sheer magnitude of the secret weapon projects of the Third Reich is revealed in this comprehensive study written by one of the world's great experts on weaponry. The book explores the various fields in which the Germans concentrated their weapon development and discusses the multiplicity of ideas, the difficulties, and, in several cases, how these ideas were subsequently exploited by the victors. Although much of the German wartime development was not completed before the war's end, it nevertheless provided a foundation for a great deal of the munitions development which has since taken place. Comparisons with Allied projects are also drawn. This book explodes some of the myths surrounding Hitler's secret weapons to reveal a truth all the stranger for being fact.

German Secret Weapons of World War II: The Missiles, Rockets, Weapons and New Technology of the Third Reich

Europe

Frontline Books

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