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Infantry Small Arms of the 21st Century: Guns of the World's Armies by Leigh Neville 9781473896130
RRP: $38.70$28.32Soldiers in today's modern armies have access to ever more advanced infantry weapons; lighter, more compact and more accurate than anything seen in the last century. These include combat pistols, personal assault rifles, sub-machine guns, sniper rifles,... -
Boesinghe by Stephen McGreal 9781848840461
RRP: $16.76$11.73In the aftermath of the War the war-ravaged countryside was restored and the trenches of the Western Front were filled in. 75 years after the War a group of Belgians, known as the Diggers, excavated a classic trench system at Boesinghe, discovering many... -
Badges and Uniforms of the Royal Air Force by Malcolm Hobart 9781848848948
$21.00Throughout the relatively short yet highly distinguished history of the Royal Air Force there has been a tendency for the men and women of the Service to be overshadowed by the glamour of the aircraft. Nonetheless it is surprising that there has never... -
Soviet Pistols: Tokarev, Makarov, Stechkin and others by Leroy Thompson
RRP: $19.34$14.13This is the absorbing story of the development, combat use and legacy of the influential sidearms used by the armed forces of the Soviet Union. Featuring archive and present-day photography and specially commissioned artwork, this is the story of the... -
Roman Legions, the (europa Militaria Special 2) by Peterson
RRP: $19.29$15.83Military historian and museum curator Daniel Peterson has been active in the field of 'living history' for may years, and has marched and ridden hundreds of miles across Europe to recreate the day-to-day experiences of the Roman soldiers of 2,000 years... -
Walther Pistols: PP, PPK and P 38 by John Walter
RRP: $19.34$14.13While the PP and PPK were intended for police work, the Walther P 38 was produced for the Germany military; all three pistols have garnered a formidable international reputation since the 1930s. The innovative Walther PP (Polizeipistole), a... -
Knives 2023, 43rd Edition by Joe Kertzman
RRP: $37.40$24.82Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781951115746Author Joe KertzmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 312Imprint Gun Digest BooksPublisher Krause Publications -
Puukko: Finnish Knives from Antiquity to Today by Anssi Ruusuvuori
RRP: $52.88$35.69For a Finn, the puukko is the most important tool and at the same time the most feared weapon. You could almost say the puukko has the same importance for a Finn as the samurai sword has for the Japanese. It is a 2,000-year-old mystical weapon that has... -
Centurian Tank: Images Of War by Pat Ware 9781781590119
RRP: $19.34$15.84Few tank designs have been as effective, versatile and long-lived as that of the British Centurion. Conceived during the Second World War as the answer to the superior German Tiger and Panther tanks and to the lethal 88mm gun, this 52-ton main battle... -
Tiger I and Tiger II Tanks: German Army and Waffen-SS The Last Battles in the East, 1945 by Dennis Oliver 9781526791221
RRP: $21.92$15.84By the first weeks of 1945 the Eastern Front had been pushed back to the Carpathian mountain passes in the south and Warsaw on the Vistula River in the centre while in the north the German army was fighting in East Prussia. The Wehrmacht's armoured and... -
Arms and Armour of the First World War by Jonathan Ferguson 9780948092787
RRP: $12.89$8.84The First World War was a watershed in global history. Both terrible and terrifying, it shredded the social order and ushered in a bleak new world. Inevitably, the war led to major advances in military strategy and tactics that were reflected in the... -
Wellington's Infantry: British Foot Regiments 1800-1815 by Gabriele Esposito 9781526786678
RRP: $25.79$18.42The period covered in this book is one of the most famed and glorious for the British Army and the infantry were its backbone. Gabriele Esposito examines how the foot regiments were reformed and evolved to absorb the lessons of defeat in America and... -
Sniping Rifles in World War I by Martin Pegler
RRP: $19.34$14.13While Germany and Austria-Hungary were well-equipped with sniping rifles in 1914, their Allied opponents were not. This highly illustrated volume tells the inside story of the rifles carried by snipers of all the major powers during World War I. ... -
Battle Colors: Insignia and Aircraft Markings of the Eighth Air Force in World War II: Vol 1: (VIII) Bomber Command by Robert A. Watkins
RRP: $52.88$34.92Relying heavily upon visuals, Battle Colors fills a long standing void in the annals of the Eighth Air Force during World War II. This volume focuses on all forty-eight Bomb Groups comprising the Eighth and features color illustrations depicting the... -
No Cloak, No Dagger: Allied Spycraft in Occupied France by Benjamin Cowburn 9781848327764
RRP: $16.76$11.73The memoir of SOE agent Benjamin Cowburn is rightly regarded as a classic of wartime literature. In simple, gripping detail Cowburn explains the methods of special agents who were dropped into France during the war and the ways that agents would set... -
Smithsonian Civil War: Inside the National Collection by Neil Kagan 9781588343895
RRP: $49.02$43.06Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781588343895Author Smithsonian InstitutionFormat HardbackPage Count 368Imprint Smithsonian BooksPublisher Smithsonian BooksWeight(grams) 2g -
Royal Navy Uniforms 1930-1945 by Martin Brayley
RRP: $32.25$26.14Royal Navy Uniforms 1930 - 1945 uses over 400 illustrations - both period images and new colour photographs of original items - to show the clothing of both Officers and Ratings in World War II and during the years leading up to it, when Naval uniforms... -
Armies and Enemies of Louis XIV: Volume 1: Western Europe 1688-1714 - France, England, Holland by Mark Allen
RRP: $38.64$27.50Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911628057Author Mark AllenFormat PaperbackPage Count 206Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
Hammer Gun by Diggory Hadoke
RRP: $38.70$28.32Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910723258Author Diggory HadokeFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint Merlin Unwin BooksPublisher Merlin Unwin BooksWeight(grams) 1158g -
Treasures of the Royal Armouries: A Panoply of Arms by Dr Edward Impey
RRP: $51.60$35.18Treasures of the Royal Armouries is a photographic journey through Britain's national museum of arms and armour. It reflects the diversity of the Royal Armouries' collection, which was assembled over many centuries at the Tower of London and now spans... -
Napoleon's Imperial Guard: Organization, Uniforms and Weapons by Gabriele Esposito
RRP: $25.79$18.42A detailed analysis of the organization, uniforms and weapons of the French Imperial Guard created by Napoleon I. The author describes how this large military body evolved from the Consular Guard created by Bonaparte as early as 1799 and how this came to... -
Badges of the Regular Infantry, 1914-1918 by David Bilton
RRP: $38.70$28.32_Badges of the Regular Infantry, 1914-1918_ is based on over thirty years research in museums, archives and collections. It is an exhaustive study of the development of the battalion, brigade and divisional signs of the twelve divisions that formed the... -
The Medieval Cannon 1326-1494 by Jonathan Davies
RRP: $16.76$11.73The first illustration of a cannon in Europe can be dated quite precisely to 1326. This book explores the development of gunpowder, the earliest appearance of cast-bronze cannon in Western Europe, followed by the design and development of the... -
Tanks on the Somme: from Morval to Beaumont Hamel by Trevor Pidgeon 9781848842533
RRP: $25.79$18.42On 15 September 1916 during the Battle of the Somme, tanks - one of the decisive weapons of twentieth-century warfare - were sent into action for the first time. In his previous books Trevor Pidgeon, one of the leading authorities on the early tanks, has... -
Operation Dingo: The Rhodesian Raid on Chimoio and Tembue 1977 by Dr J.R.T. Wood
RRP: $21.87$18.38Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912866816Author Dr J.R.T. WoodFormat PaperbackPage Count 72Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
Samurai Armour: Volume I: The Japanese Cuirass by Trevor Absolon
RRP: $51.60$39.72For beauty, precision and strength, nothing has ever matched the combination of form and function found in the armour of the samurai. For a samurai, the consummate warrior, his suit of armour was so much more than 'just' protective equipment that could... -
Royal Flying Corps Kitbag: Aircrew Uniforms and Equipment from the War Over the Western Front in WWI by Mark Hillier 9781526752994
RRP: $32.25$23.25The Royal Flying Corps was formed by Royal Warrant on 13 April 1912, and came into being a month later when the Air Battalion was absorbed into the Military Wing of the new Corps in May. In the days following the outbreak of war in 1914, the programme... -
Skean: The Distinctive Fighting Knife of Gaelic Ireland, 1500-1700 by Robert Gresh
RRP: $29.66$20.19This is the history of the distinctive fighting knife of the Gaelic Irish, the skean (Irish: scian). Author Robert Gresh has scoured primary sources for references to the weapon in use and traveled to examine the known surviving examples. The skean fell... -
The Mosin-Nagant Rifle by Bill Harriman
RRP: $20.63$14.98The Mosin-Nagant is the world's longest-surviving and most widely distributed military rifle, having armed the forces of Russia and many other countries for more than five decades. It has seen action from World War I to the present day, but is most... -
Jagdpanther by Krzysztof Mucha 9788366148772
RRP: $21.93$14.29Sd.Kfz. 173 Jagdpanther is a German tank destroyer developed by Krupp and Daimler-Benz. The order was placed in August 1943 and the vehicle entered service in the first months of 1944. It was armed with a very effective anti-tank tank gun. PaK 43 cal. 88... -
Soviet Cold War Weaponry: Aircraft, Warships and Missiles by Anthony Tucker-Jones
RRP: $19.34$14.13In this companion volume to his photographic history of Soviet tanks and armoured vehicles, Anthony Tucker-Jones provides a visual guide to the vast array of aircraft, warships and missiles the Soviet armed forces deployed at the height of the Cold War... -
The Luftwaffe Battle of Britain Fighter Pilots' Kitbag: An Ultimate Guide to Uniforms, Arms and Equipment from the Summer of 1940 by Mark Hillier 9781473849952
RRP: $19.34$14.13Reichsmarschall G ring told Hitler that it would take less than a month for his much-vaunted Luftwaffe to conquer the RAF and pave the way for the German invasion of Great Britain. His prediction was to prove disastrously wrong, but for four long months... -
German Fighter Aircraft in World War I: Design, Construction and Innovation by Mark C. Wilkins
RRP: $38.69$24.78Fighter aircraft were developed by during World War I at an unprecedented rate, as nascent air forces sought to achieve and maintain air supremacy. German manufacturers innovated at top speed, while constantly scrutinizing the development of new enemy... -
The Home Front: British Wartime Memorabilia, 1939-1945 by Peter Doyle
RRP: $32.25$26.91For those living in Britain between 1939 and 1945, the war was an ever-present reality; reminders were to be found everywhere. Huge numbers of objects relating to the war effort at home - some functional, like gas masks, ARP uniforms and ration books,... -
Challenger 1: British Main Battle Tank of the Gulf War by Robert Griffin 9781526756534
RRP: $21.92$15.84During the 1980s and early 1990s the Challenger 1 main battle tank played a central role in Britain's armoured forces and it achieved remarkable success in combat, destroying around 300 Iraqi tanks in the Gulf War. With its advanced Chobham armour and... -
Combat History of Sturmpanzer-Abteilung 217 by Timm Haasler
RRP: $58.04$41.01Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781908032201Author Timm HaaslerFormat HardbackPage Count 284Imprint Panzerwrecks LimitedPublisher Panzerwrecks Limited -
Sword: Myth and Reality: Technology, History, Fighting, Forging, Movie Swords by Thomas Laible 9780764348778
RRP: $59.33$39.63The history, manufacture, and ancient and modern uses of swords in Europe from the 5th century to today can be found here in one convenient source. Learn sword nomenclature and classification, discover sword physics secrets, and compare the history of... -
German Half-Tracks and Wheeled Vehicles by Alexander Ludeke 9781473824003
RRP: $16.76$11.73German armoured vehicles continue to generate great interest among historians and military vehicle enthusiasts alike. Many of these lightly armoured vehicles were used for transporting soldiers and in the provision of medical care. Alexander Ludeke has... -
Journal of the Waterloo Campaign by Cavalie Mercer 9781848843653
RRP: $32.25$24.02Mercer's journal is one of the most outstanding eyewitness accounts of the Waterloo campaign ever published. It is a classic of military history. This new, fully illustrated edition, featuring an extensive introduction and notes by Andrew Uffindell, one... -
EM37 American Web Equipment 1967-1991 by C. A. Monroe
RRP: $14.13$11.25From the beginning of the twentieth century, United States military individual load-carrying equipments were fabricated mainly of cotton duck and cotton webbing. Throughout the First and Second World Wars, as well as the Korean War, cotton-based...