Видавництво: Osprey Publishing Ltd
Серія: New Vanguard 151
Автор(ы): Gordon Williamson
Мова: English
Рік видання: 2009
Кількість сторінок: 52
ISBN: 978-1-84603331-5
Формат: pdf OCR OGON
Розмір: 17,3 mb
While the 'pocket battleships' and U-boats attract much of the attention paid to the wartime German Navy, the coastal and support branches represented by far the greater number of vessels and men, and the great majority of sea-duty. This book describes the most important of these neglected minor warships - the characteristics, organization, deployment and war service of minesweepers, patrol and escort craft and torpedo boats; but also the vital fleet auxiliary supply ships such as the famous Altmark, ccomodation ships such as the ill-fated Wilhelm Gustloff, the depot tenders for U- and S-boat flotillas, and even the majestic pre-war sail training vessels.

Видавництво: Paladin Press
Автор(ы): John L. Plaster
Мова: English
Рік видання: 2008
Кількість сторінок: 684
ISBN: 978-1-58160-632-4
Формат: pdf OCR
Розмір: 93,7 mb
Thirty-six months in combat. Twenty-four years as a sniping instructor. Twenty years of exhaustive research, including decades spent seeking out hundreds of historic volumes long out of print, test-firing historic firearms, walking Revolutionary and Civil War battlefields with a laser rangefinder, and visiting military museums in the United States and Europe. Only Major John Plaster, author of the highly acclaimed The Ultimate Sniper, has the background and knowledge to bring you this authoritative history of sniping and sharpshooting the first such book from a combat rifleman's unique perspective. In The History of Sniping and Sharpshooting, John Plaster has assembled the most comprehensive combat history ever published on the subject. It begins in the 15th century with the first use of -precision- musket fire in Europe and continues into the 21st century with the significant role sniping is playing in Iraq and Afghanistan and the global War on Terror. Detailing major engagements and minor skirmishes over five centuries of warfare, Plaster has unearthed hundreds of incidents where calculated precision rifle fire has changed the course of battles- and, sometimes, of history. He fittingly addresses well-known sharpshooters and snipers- Hiram Berdan, Vasili Zaitsev, Carlos Hathcock- but also pays tribute to forgotten riflemen such as John Burns, Benjamin Forsyth, and Arthur Wermuth, to name but a few. He also explains how the evolution of firearms and optical technology has intertwined with sniping on the battlefield and how it has influenced tactics, organization, and capabilities- a subject that has never before been addressed adequately. What sets The History of Sniping and Sharpshooting apart from other books on sniping are the author's unique knowledge of combat and long-range shooting, the sheer volume of his research, and his determination to ensure that the sniper's role in battle be recognized and appreciated.