Conventional Books


The Illustrated Directory of 20th Century Guns	Pillar of Fire: Dunkirk 1940 Best Price: $14.77 The German advance of 1940 and the miraculous rescue of the British Expeditionary Force from the...	MiG 17 and MiG 19 Units of the Vietnam War (Osprey Combat Aircraft 25) Best Price: $13.21 Now,I introduce a Review on this book from Young Ki Moon,Seoul,Korea. This is chronologically...	Infantry Mortars of World War II (New Vanguard) Best Price: $24.99 This book provides decent coverage of the subject, although I was surprised that coverage of any...	Panther Medium Tank 1942-45 (New Vanguard) Best Price: $7.99 Stephen Hart does a great job of describing the development history, combat performance, and...



British Artillery 1914-19: Field Army Artillery (New Vanguard) Best Price: $17.95 British graduate student Dale Clarke has produced a nice summary of British artillery in the...	Modelling the IS Heavy Tank (Osprey Modelling) Best Price: $12.57 I have picked up a few of the different modeling manuals over the years from Osprey. Some are...	Modelling the Marder Self-Propelled Gun (Osprey Modelling) Best Price: $7.99 .....for Marders this is a must have book for your shelves. If you are a fan of German armor of...	Crossbow Best Price: $33.00 The standard history of the crossbow - (slower and clumsier than the longbow but punchier and...	The History of Pistols, Revolvers &, Submachine Guns: The development of small firearms, from 12th-century hand cannons to modern-day automatics, with 180 color photographs and illustrations Best Price: $11.24 This is an essential book for all gun enthusiasts. With information and pictures gathered by...



Modelling the Late Panzerkampfwagen IV (Osprey Modelling) Best Price: $14.62 Books as gifts for Christmas, Father's Day and birthdays cannot be beat! I recently...	Germany's Secret Weapons in World War II	Tank Killing: Anti-tank Warfare By Men And Machines Best Price: $10.79 I read this good book, here in Brazil. This book was writen by Ian Hogg(1911-2003). This good...	The Half-Ton Military Land Rover The first book to record the full story of the "Lightweight" military Land Rover....	McDonnell Douglas F-15E Strike Eagle Pilot's Flight Operating Instructions Best Price: $32.94 Developed as a derivative of the F-15 Eagle air superiority fighter, McDonnell Douglas' (now...

The Curtiss P-40: From 1939 to 1945 (Planes and Pilots, 3) Best Price: $49.99 200 color images showing the aircraft markings and all the variants of this classic American...	Arms of the Spanish Republic: A Nationalist Overview, 1938 (AFV Collection) Best Price: $12.42	THE K98K RIFLE (Propaganda Photo) Best Price: $26.42 The first volume of the Propaganda Photo Series, a unique series of books on World War II small...	Modelling the Late Panzerkampfwagen IV (Osprey Modelling) Best Price: $14.62 Books as gifts for Christmas, Father's Day and birthdays cannot be beat! I recently...	Germany's Secret Weapons in World War II

Tank Killing: Anti-tank Warfare By Men And Machines Best Price: $10.79 I read this good book, here in Brazil. This book was writen by Ian Hogg(1911-2003). This good...	The Half-Ton Military Land Rover The first book to record the full story of the "Lightweight" military Land Rover....	McDonnell Douglas F-15E Strike Eagle Pilot's Flight Operating Instructions Best Price: $32.94 Developed as a derivative of the F-15 Eagle air superiority fighter, McDonnell Douglas' (now...	The Curtiss P-40: From 1939 to 1945 (Planes and Pilots, 3) Best Price: $49.99 200 color images showing the aircraft markings and all the variants of this classic American...	Arms of the Spanish Republic: A Nationalist Overview, 1938 (AFV Collection) Best Price: $12.42

THE K98K RIFLE (Propaganda Photo) Best Price: $26.42 The first volume of the Propaganda Photo Series, a unique series of books on World War II small...	Hitler's Terror Weapons: From Doodlebug to Nuclear Warheads Best Price: $13.26 In describing the likely existence of "low yield" German atomic bombs (V4), the role...	The 32-Gun Frigate Essex (Anatomy of the Ship)	"Gun Digest" Book of Gun Accessories	"Gun Digest" Book of Firearms Assembly/Disassembly: Automatic Pistols Pt. 1 You become an instant gunsmithing expert when you have this new edition on your bench. Numerous...

Self-Propelled Howitzers (Tanks Illustrated, 18)	The Tiger Tanks Best Price: $23.42 By British tankman Peter Gudgin, this book goes into great detail about the Tiger's design...	Knives 2000 Best Price: $74.99 Knives 2000 is definitely better than last years issue. The first improvement is a cross...	Rifles of the World: The Definitive Illustrated Guide to the World's Centre-Fire Rifles, from 1875 to the Present Day Best Price: $64.49 This book covers almost all common and obscure rifles from the 1860's to the 1980's,...	Infantry Weapons of World War II Best Price: $24.99 Ok, i purchased this book because from what it looked liked, it was gonna be good. Wow, was i...

Keepers of the Keys - A Historical Review of the NuclearStockpile Development and Operational Readiness During the Cold War Colonel Clark's book provides an insight rarely seen on the birth of the nuclear stockpile....	Longbow: A Social and Military History Best Price: $41.01 I was excited to get this book as I have been wanting it for some time. The book is everything...	Hunters in the Shallows: A History of the Pt Boat Best Price: $29.95 Mr. Nelson has produced a well researched and thoughtful, objective look at a topic that has...	The Official Soviet AKM Manual Best Price: $10.53 I have a number of different manuals for the Kalashnikov assault rifle and The Official Soviet...	Fighting Submachine Gun, Machine Pistol, and Shotgun: A Hands-On Evaluation Best Price: $28.12 This is an excellent book. It is well written with plenty of good factual data. Rarely are we...

Home Workshop .50-Caliber Sniper Rifle	Weapons And Tactics: Hastings to Berlin Battles are won not by great commanders or vast armies with the best ordnance and supply systems...	The Official Soviet RPG Manual Best Price: $269.04 More than 40 years after its fielding, the RPG-7 remains a deadly force to be reckoned with. A...	Sharpshooting in the Civil War Best Price: $11.12 The American civil war was the most lethal land-combat on American soil from its founding down...	The Pistol As A Weapon Of Defence In The House And On The Road Best Price: $13.95 "The Pistol as a Weapon of Defence in the House and on the Road" was published by an...

Samurai: The Weapons and Spirit of the Japanese Warrior Best Price: $127.96 This should probably be considered the best book to buy when interested in Japanese swords. It...	Unmanned Combat Air Systems: A New Kind of Carrier Aviation Best Price: $33.36 Norman Friedman introduces readers to the newest generation of weapon systems to join the...	Armour and Weapons Best Price: $10.25 This classic compact book, originally published in 1909 by Oxford was written by Charles...	Artillery of World War II	21st Century Submarines: Undersea Vessels of Today's Navies Best Price: $3.95 Twenty-First Century Submarines includes the undersea vessels currently in use with navies...

Edged Weapons of Hitler's Germany Best Price: $156.22 Hitler's Germany produced the largest selection of official edged weaponry ever authorized...	P-51 Mustang (Combat Legends) Best Price: $1.29 I thought it is a combat history book, but disappoint me	World War 2 Tanks & AFVs -Vital G (Vital Guides) Best Price: $12.55 The British invention of the Tank during World War I revolutionized land warfare. Twenty years...	B-2 Spirit: Combat Legends The Northrop B-2 Spirit was developed in great secrecy as a multi-role bomber capable of...	Japanese Hand Guns

9mm Parabellum: The History & Development of the Worlds 9mm Pistols & Ammunition (Schiffer Military History) Best Price: $25.95 A big, beautiful, well bound book: lovely endpapers, thick, slick pages, and excellent black and...	Armor Attacks: The Tank Platoon - An Interactive Exercise in Small-Unit Tactics and Leadership Best Price: $4.48 Armor Attacks is an attempt to help people who are not in the military understand some of what a...	Ringed in Steel: Armored Cavalry, Vietnam 1967-68 Best Price: $16.82 COL Michael D. Mahler served as the personnel officer (S-1) of the 1st Brigade/1st Infantry...	The Gun Digest Book of Assault Weapons Best Price: $15.75 I have generally enjoyed reading the previous editions of the "Gun Digest Book of Assault...	Boeing B-29 Superfortress - Warbird Tech Vol. 14 Best Price: $29.95 I purchased this title thinking it would be a much more technical analysis of the B-29. While a...

List of Changes in British War Materials: 1918-1926 Vol 5: Incl. Master Index for Vols 1-5	Small Arms Training, 1937 - Pamphlet Manual	Military Rifles of Japan Best Price: $45.00 This is a must have for anyone interested in collecting Japanese weapons of the pre 1946 time...	Warrior Culture of the U.S. Marines Best Price: $23.99 The Marines are a brotherhood, or so i am told. I believe they are the best men on earth,...	Arms and Armor in Colonial America, 1526-1783 Best Price: $168.66 Students of period weaponry will already be familier with the late Harold Peterson's works....

Siegecraft - No Fortress Impregnable Best Price: $18.39 It has been said that the taking of a fortress depends primarily on the making of a good plan to...	Armoured Warfare J.P.Harris and F.H.Toase present a documented account of armoured warfare worldwide and look...	British Iron Age Swords And Scabbards Best Price: $170.00 This is an outstanding book that provides a high level of very technical detail on Insular Iron...	The Big Bang: A History of Explosives Best Price: $127.08 A bigger difference than between this book and "History of Greek fire and...	Weapons of Delta Force Best Price: $7.94 Weapons of Delta Force is a fine 'must' for any military collection. It packs in color...

German Heavy 24 Cm Canon: Development and Action 1916-1945 (Schiffer Military/Aviation History) Best Price: $7.45 Although the cover of this volume in Schiffer's military history says "German Heavy 24...	The Tiger I in Combat Best Price: $8.50 The book "The Tiger I In Combat" by Wolfgang Fleischer has 48 pages of some very nice...	Argentine Mauser Rifles: 1871-1959 (Schiffer Military History Book) Best Price: $58.09 The writer of this book has gathered the most incredible amount of documentation on Mausers that...	Encyclopedia of Rifles & Handguns: A Comprehensive Guide to Firearms Best Price: $5.50 A comprehensive guide for collectors and individuals with an interest in firearms highlights...	The Social History of the Machine Gun Best Price: $10.00 "The only thing harder than putting a new idea into a military mind is taking an old idea...

Marksmanship in the U.S. Army: A History of Medals, Shooting Programs, and Training Best Price: $59.57 The author has written a panoramic,detailed history of marksmanship, with many little-known...	Weapons of Choice: The Development of Precision Guided Munitions Best Price: $32.92 This is a very good book. Like the previous reviewer I was drawn to the description of TI's...	Weapons of Choice: The Development of Precision Guided Munitions History and deployment of smart weapons. In the United States, efforts to develop precision...	Arms For The Horn: U.S. Security Policy in Ethiopia and Somalia, 1953-1991 (Pitt Series in Policy and Institutional Studies) Best Price: $80.00 Through massive documentation and extensive interviewing, Jeffrey A. Lefebvre explains what...	Iaido: History, Teaching & Practice Of Japanese Swordsmanship Best Price: $68.40 Interesting book on the Yagyu Shinkage-Ryu style of Iaido. This style claims to be...

British Cavalry Equipments 1800-1941 (Men-at-Arms) Best Price: $50.49 The author served after the British Cavalry was dismounted so he has no more experience with...	Guns Illustrated 2003: The Standard Reference for Today's Firearms (Guns Illustrated, 35th ed) Best Price: $2.50 The sporting firearms industry's standard reference features the latest, greatest rifles,...	U.S. Army Sniper Training Manual Best Price: $15.15 This manual is informative and explains the training techniques needed to become an accurate...	Super Shotguns: How To Make Your Shotgun Into A Do-Everything Weapon Best Price: $25.70 Duncan Long provides clear, easy-to-follow instructions and illustrations for transforming a...	The Ruger 1022 Exotic Weapons System Best Price: $12.00 I'll keep this short. I was contracted to draft the images in this book, for reproduction....

CIA Catalog Of Clandestine Weapons, Tools, And Gadgets Best Price: $38.28 Basic to the CIA agent's mission are the ever-present threats of discovery and apprehension....	Rolling Thunder: Turning Junk Into Automobile Weaponry Best Price: $44.85 Although this book has some good ideas in it most of them could have been designed better. ...	The Art Of Throwing Weapons (Exotic Weapons) Best Price: $46.15 Being a self-tought thrower, I found alot of useful information as far as grip and stance. The...	Improvised Modified Firearms: Deadly Homemade Weapons Best Price: $18.00 Apart from some poor proof reading in parts (the one reason it only gets 4 stars instead of 5),...	Silent But Deadly: More Homemade Silencers From Hayduke The Master Best Price: $8.18 This book just passes as average or an OK guide. If you are after exact dimensions &...

The Official SKS Manual Best Price: $6.99 Being a translation of the original Russian Army SKS manual, this book contains a good deal of...

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