Military Vehicles

Drones quite possibly represent the most transformative military innovation since jet engines and atomic weaponry. No longer do humans have to enga...

Recent scholarship has challenged the assumption that military commanders during the First World War were inflexible, backward-looking and unwillin...

This book provides a detailed general overview of the human factors and performance limitations associated with flying fast jets, integrating all t...

The story of HMCS Oakville, a corvette that fought U-boats in WWII and remains a hero to its hometown in Oakville, Ontario. This is an in-depth lo...

Aimed at military model makers and wargamers who are interested in the armoured fighting vehicles of the United States as used throughout World War...

In Europe, World War II was four months old by Christmas 1939. The City of Flint, an American freighter, had been instrumental in rescuing 1200 ...

From unstable and frightening machines, helicopters have evolved into incredibly sophisticated aircraft that can fly forward, backward, sideways an...

This expertly researched volume focuses on the history of destroyers, frigates and submarines. Country-bycountry directories cover the key chronolo...

Soviet Tank Units 1939–45 offers an highly-illustrated guide to the main armoured fighting vehicles used by the Red Army during World War II. This ...

Germany’s legendary Atlantic surface war was fought by Naval Group West. Superbly illustrated, this unpacks the details of how it operated and foug...

As World War I ended, the victors were developing a powerful new generation of 'hyper-dreadnoughts' and battlecruisers. Fully illustrated, this stu...

This new book on Bismarck offers a forensic analysis of the design, operation and loss of Germany s greatest battleship and draws on survivors acco...

Pre-order the story of the legendary Hercules plane, told through the lens of 47 squadronAnytime, Anywhere, Anyhow. Whether it’s war, natural disas...

This book concentrates on how to model accurately not just postwar technical developments but also changing tactical uses.After its successful deve...

A detailed history of the pioneering Bell X-1, the first manned craft to break the sound barrier. Brought to life with dazzling digital art, this r...

A vivid history, packed with first-hand accounts, of the US Eighth Air Force's VIII Fighter Command from its foundation in 1942 through to its vict...

Michael Napier describes the naval air power deployed by NATO, Warsaw Pact and neutral countries throughout the Cold War.In 1949, an Iron Curtain w...

Although designed and built for the US Navy, the F2A fought in only one major US engagement, the battle of Midway, in which F2A pilots managed to s...

Launching Osprey's 'X-Planes' series is a fascinating examination of Hitler's secret weapon. This title is a must-have for modellers, aviation hist...

In The Tank Debate, John Stone highlights the equivocal position that armour has traditionally occupied in Anglo-American thought, and explains why...

The North American B-45 Tornado was America's first jet bomber and was used in a number of vital missions for nearly a decade. Drawing from decl...

During World War II, Germany, Japan, and Italy built approximately 2,000 small, inherently stealthy, naval craft to perform special operations and ...

For more than 30 years the Nile river gunboat was an indispensable tool of empire, policing the great river and acting as floating symbols of Briti...

This book, first published in 1982, brings together for the first time accounts of the fates of some of those extinct monsters of the seas – the ba...

An in-depth illustrated study of the T-64 Battle Tank, the Soviet Union's most secret and controversial Cold War weapon.The T-64 tank was the most ...