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  • NATO SAMs at the Iron Curtain 1959–91

    by Marc Romanych, Jacqueline Scott ...
    Series Book 354 - New Vanguard
    With detailed illustrations, this is the first book to survey the technology and deployment of the NATO missile systems that protected Western European airspace during the Cold War.For more than three decades, the first line of defence at the Iron Curtain was a huge network of medium- and long-range NATO surface-to-air missile systems. Beginning in 1959, Nike and Hawk SAMs, later reinforced by ... Read more

    $15.19 USD

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  • The HAWK Air Defense Missile System

    by Marc Romanych, Jacqueline Scott ...
    Series Book 309 - New Vanguard
    The first history of the legendary US Army's HAWK missile system, the world's first mobile air-defense missile system, which saw service and combat around the world.Designed to counteract the threat posed by advanced 1950s Soviet-built aircraft, the first HAWK unit became operational in 1959. At its peak, it saw frontline service in the Far East, Panama, Europe, and in the Middle East. Units were ... Read more

    $14.49 USD

  • World War II German Super-Heavy Siege Guns

    by Marc Romanych, Martin Rupp ...
    Series Book 280 - New Vanguard
    As the outbreak of World War II approached, Nazi Germany ordered artillery manufacturers Krupp and Rheimetall-Borsig to build several super-heavy siege guns, vital to smash through French and Belgian fortresses that stood in the way of the Blitzkrieg.These 'secret weapons' were much larger than the siege artillery of World War I and included the largest artillery piece of the war, the massive 80cm ... Read more

    $15.19 USD

  • Maginot Line 1940

    Battles on the French Frontier

    by Marc Romanych, Martin Rupp ...
    Series Book 218 - Campaign
    The failure of the Maginot Line shocked the world and lead to the sudden collapse of organized French resistance against Germany.Constructed throughout the 1930s, the Maginot Line was supposed to form the ultimate defence against a German invasion of France. However, different sections of the line were built at different times and the strength of various sections varied widely. During their ... Read more

    $16.39 USD

  • The Hindenburg Line

    by Patrick R. Osborn, Marc Romanych ...
    Series Book 111 - Fortress
    Jagging across north-western Europe like a scar, the Hindenburg Line was Germany's most formidable line of defence in World War I.Its fearsome reputation was matched only by its cunning design, with deep zigzagging trenches, concrete fieldworks, barbed wire and devilish booby traps forming an intimidating barrier for any attacking army.Through meticulous research, this volume explores each of the ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • 42cm 'Big Bertha' and German Siege Artillery of World War I

    by Marc Romanych, Martin Rupp ...
    Series Book 205 - New Vanguard
    In the early days of World War I, Germany unveiled a new weapon – the mobile 42cm (16.5 inch) M-Gerät howitzer.At the time, it was the largest artillery piece of its kind in the world and a closely guarded secret. When war broke out, two of the howitzers were rushed directly from the factory to Liege where they quickly destroyed two forts and compelled the fortress to surrender.After repeat ... Read more

    $15.19 USD

  • Railway Guns of World War I

    by Marc Romanych, Greg Heuer ...
    Series Book 249 - New Vanguard
    World War I was the Golden Age of the railway gun.Even though at the start of the conflict none of the armies possessed any railway artillery pieces and the very idea was comparatively new, more railway guns were used during this war than in any other conflict. Designed to break the stalemate of trench warfare, the first railway guns were simple, improvised designs made by mounting surplus coastal ... Read more

    $15.19 USD

  • 42cm 'Big Bertha' and German Siege Artillery of World War I

    by Marc Romanych, Martin Rupp ...
    Series Book 205 - New Vanguard
    In the early days of World War I, Germany unveiled a new weapon – the mobile 42cm (16.5 inch) M-Gerät howitzer.At the time, it was the largest artillery piece of its kind in the world and a closely guarded secret. When war broke out, two of the howitzers were rushed directly from the factory to Liege where they quickly destroyed two forts and compelled the fortress to surrender.After repeat ... Read more

    $13.59 USD