Ordnance, Weapons Technology

Small arms have developed hugely since the introduction of the machine gun in the 1870s. Magazine-fed rifles, submachine guns, automatic pistols an...

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...