Ordnance, Weapons Technology

This is the absorbing story of the development, combat use and legacy of the influential sidearms used by the armed forces of the Soviet Union. Fe...

This volume offers an innovative and counter-intuitive study of how and why AI-infused weapon systems will affect the strategic stability between n...

An in-depth analysis of how drones have revolutionized ground combat, including combat experience from recent wars. In 2020, Azerbaijan used drone...

A concise history of the development and use of incendiary weapons--flamethrowers, incendiary bombs, napalm, and more--by the American military in ...

A study of the Soviet and NATO armored forces that faced each other off in Central Europe in the early Cold War, and how their technology, tactics,...

A comprehensive overview of the work of the Military Vehicles Research and Development Establishment on Chobham Common, which provided armoured veh...

The Z handgun models 50 and 70 are available to Western collectors today but were both developed and produced behind the Iron Curtain. In the years...

This book provides readers with an in-depth understanding of the professional development of two notable and highly accomplished naval officers and...

Compared to the fighting in Northwest Europe or the epic battles in the Soviet Union, the battles for the possession of the Italian peninsula seem ...

One of the most famous and spectacular events of the Second World War was the destruction of two dams in the Ruhr by Avro Lancaster bombers of 617 ...

This highly illustrated title details the history of the Panzer IV throughout World War II, where it saw service on the front line from Poland in 1...

How the character of war is changing and how militaries can successfully adapt to meet the challenge   This book by military strategist Andrew F. K...

The summer of 1958 was a nerve-racking time. Ever since the Soviet Union proved that it possessed an operational intercontinental ballistic missile...

Former secretary of defense Leon Panetta once described cyber warfare as the most serious threat in the twenty-first century, capable of destroying...