Militaria, Arms & Armour

J. Howard Wert was a recent college graduate when the armies of the North and South converged near his family's homestead just three miles outside ...

For the first time in print a book identifies each regiment and illustrates the change in uniforms, the colour of the facings and the nature and sh...

An introduction and overview to the arms and armor of the Indian region. The book is designed for easy use with pull out details from objects and t...

This is an invaluable resource. Clear explanations and frank opinions enable readers to evaluate the condition of a blade, determine whether it is ...

This comprehensive guide to the appreciation and appraisal of the blades of Japanese swords still offers an English translation of a definitive Jap...

This book gathers together for the first time all the wheeled armoured vehicles in the world with their various modifications, modernisations along...

Armour Never Wearies is the first volume to bring together all the hitherto scattered evidence archaeological, literary and artistic for the form...

Films and television programmes have made the public much more familiar with the handgun as it features in many dramas and thrillers, but unfortuna...

For the British army, the cap badge is the most easily identifiable form of insignia. It represents a distillation of the pride of the regiment, it...

As long ago as 1961 a young Terry Parsons, then still in his twenties, began his long search for lost aircraft and memories of the Battle of Britai...

This essential book for gun owners and collectors boasts dozens of new entries and includes a complete index and a guide on how to properly and eff...

Created by a long-forgotten Austrian nobleman, Adolf Odkolek von Augezd, the air-cooled Hotchkiss machine gun was the first to function effectively...

Badges of Kitchener's Army is based on thirty years research in museums, archives and collections. It is an exhaustive study of the development of ...

The development of cavalry firearms and the widespread disappearance of armour from the European battlefield saw a decline in the use of the cavalr...

Technologically sophisticated and powerful, the crossbow has long enjoyed a popular reputation for villainous superiority because it could be used ...

Maximizing firepower has always been a primary goal of firearms designers, as experience of warfare has shown that this provides a decisive advanta...

With over 300 stunning photographs and woodblock prints along with extensive historical and cultural commentary, Japanese Swords is the ultimate au...

In this eighth Militaria Guide, combat infantry WWII models are illustrated in colour, showing outfits and equipment. These are authentic pieces fr...