GERMAN PARATROOPERS
UNIFORMS AND EQUIPMENT 1936-1945:
VOLUME II HELMETS, EQUIPMENT AND WEAPONS
by
Kasrl Veltze
In this second of the projected three volumes of German
Paratroopers, the author, Karl Veltzé, not only takes a very
detailed look at the Fallschirmjager helmets, but also deals
with the paratroopers' special equipment (gasmask bags, hand
grenade bags, ammunition bandoleers, medical equipment).
Standard field equipment is also covered, followed by a
chapter devoted to the individual and crew-served weapons
utilized by the German airborne forces. Among these are both
versions of the special FG 42 paratrooper rifle. The
parachutes used by the German paras are examined, whilst the
last chapter looks at their drop containers.
New in d/w - Large Format, 368pp, c1000 colour &
c300 b/w photos
The story of Bomber Command's elite
squadrons. Twenty five minutes was what it took to run the
gauntlet of the Berlin air defences from end to end at full
stretch. The flak barrage put up from the ground was
merciless and, if your plane was caught in the searchlights,
you had little chance of survival. The Luftwaffe night
fighters were waiting for you on the way home as well. This
new history of the RAF Pathfinder Squadrons outlines the
increasingly successful role they played in bringing
accuracy and effectiveness into the air war waged by Bomber
Command against the Third Reich during 1942-1945.
New in card covers - 192pp, numerous
b/w photos & illustrations
OSPREY RAID 45: KILLING
BIN LADEN - OPERATION NEPTUNE SPEAR
by PeterPanzeri. Illustrated by Johnny Shumate
On May 2, 2011 a ten-year manhunt
drew to a deadly end as the men of the US Naval Special
Warfare Development Group (SEAL Team Six) closed in on their
prey, Osama Bin Laden, the mastermind of the 9/11 World
Trade Center attack. Flown from Afghanistan by Army Special
Operations Command's 160th Special Operations Aviation
Regiment, two US MH-X helicopters flew towards the compound
where they believed Bin Laden to be. Forty minutes later one
helicopter had crashed and five enemy were dead, including
Bin Laden. In this book the story of the raid is told using
specially commissioned full-colour artwork, photographs, and
maps. The operation, codenamed Neptune Spear, is expertly
analyzed and the events are told in a concise and clear
account of its build-up, execution, and aftermath.
New
in card cover - A4 format, 80pp, numerous colour
illustrations, plans, maps & b/w photos
The MIL design bureau, led by
Mikhail Leonteyevich Mil, was one of the leading soviet
aviation plants. Mil concentrated on armed the rotorcraft
and clearly showed that helicopters can play an important
role in front line units. The Mi-1 helicopter became the
first mass produced soviet helicopter with vide variety of
special variants both for civil and military applications.
The Mi-28 is the latest derivation of Soviet armed
helicopters. The volume is packed with detail, colour
photographs and will be an invaluable aidto modellers.
New in card cover - A4 format, 80pp,
c220 colour photos
In August 1914 the German 2nd Army
had the mission of taking the vital fortresses of Liège and
Namur, and defeating the Anglo- French-Belgian forces in the
open plains of northern Belgium. The attack on the fortress
at Liège from 5 to 16 August 1914 had tremendous political
and military importance, and yet there has never been a
complete account of the siege. Making use of both German and
Belgian sources, and supported by tactical maps, this book
for the first time describes and evaluates the construction
of the fortress, its military purpose, the German plan and
the conduct of the attack.
New in d/w - 271pp, numerous b/w
photos, maps & plans
