On Armor
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On Armor
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Author : Bruce I. Gudmundsson
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 2004-10-30
On Armor written by Bruce I. Gudmundsson and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-10-30 with History categories.
On Armor tells three important and interconnected stories. The first is a tale of a technology, in particular, the rise and fall of the main battle tank—a type of armored vehicle that came to dominate land warfare in the middle of the 20th century but is now obsolete. The second is a history of ideas. The problem that armored vehicles created for 20th-century armies was as much about concepts of operation as it was about technology. Those who got the philosophy right did well. Those who lacked either the imagination or the intellectual capital to understand the rapidly evolving potential of the armored vehicle failed miserably. The third story is one of organization. Gudmundsson pays particular attention to how armored vehicles were combined with other forces to form an extraordinarily rich variety of units and formations. He also comments on the current and future roles various types of armor will play on the battlefield. The main battle tank is probably the single most important fighting vehicle of the 20th century. At the same time, as Gudmundsson makes clear, it is only one of the many different types of armored vehicle that have played an important role in recent warfare. Neither the past glory nor the current obsolescence of the main battle tank can be understood without reference to vehicles such as the armored car, assault guns of various kinds, armored engineer vehicles, and armored personnel carriers. This text also explores the role that mobile operations in World War I played in fostering the development of armored warfare; the rapid decline of the French Army from its highpoint as the leading tank army in the world; the role that weapons other than the tank played in the rise of the German armored force; and the relationship between British ideas of armored warfare and the growth of the American armored force in World War I.
Armor
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Author : John Steakley
language : en
Publisher: Astra Publishing House
Release Date : 1984-12-04
Armor written by John Steakley and has been published by Astra Publishing House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1984-12-04 with Fiction categories.
The military sci-fi classic of courage on a dangerous alien planet The planet is called Banshee. The air is unbreathable, the water is poisonous. It is home to the most implacable enemies that humanity, in all its interstellar expansion, has ever encountered. Body armor has been devised for the commando forces that are to be dropped on Banshee—the culmination of ten thousand years of the armorers’ craft. A trooper in this armor is a one-man, atomic powered battle fortress. But he will have to fight a nearly endless horde of berserk, hard-shelled monsters—the fighting arm of a species which uses biological technology to design perfect, mindless war minions. Felix is a scout in A-team Two. Highly competent, he is the sole survivor of mission after mission. Yet he is a man consumed by fear and hatred. And he is protected, not only by his custom-fitted body armor, but by an odd being which seems to live within him, a cold killing machine he calls “The Engine.” This is Felix’s story—a story of the horror, the courage, and the aftermath of combat, and the story, too, of how strength of spirit can be the greatest armor of all.
Armor Piercing Ammunition And The Criminal Misuse And Availability Of Machineguns And Silencers
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Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Crime
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1986
Armor Piercing Ammunition And The Criminal Misuse And Availability Of Machineguns And Silencers written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Crime and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986 with Bullets categories.
Putting On The Armor
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Author : Chuck Lawless
language : en
Publisher: Lifeway Church Resources
Release Date : 2007-02-01
Putting On The Armor written by Chuck Lawless and has been published by Lifeway Church Resources this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-02-01 with Bible categories.
Putting on the Armor is an excellent 7-session study for new and growing believers seeking practical application of personal spiritual disciplines in order to defeat the enemy in times of temptation.
Armor
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1959
Armor written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1959 with Armored vehicles, Military categories.
Putting On The Armor Of God
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Author : Steven A. Cramer
language : en
Publisher: Cfi
Release Date : 2000
Putting On The Armor Of God written by Steven A. Cramer and has been published by Cfi this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Religion categories.
Putting on the Armor of God discusses these and many more adversarial whisperings, their origins, effects, and defenses.
Price Of Armor Plate
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1898
Price Of Armor Plate written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1898 with Armor-plate categories.
Ak646 American Armor In Vietnam
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Author :
language : en
Publisher: AK-INTERACTIVE, S.L.
Release Date :
Ak646 American Armor In Vietnam written by and has been published by AK-INTERACTIVE, S.L. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with Art categories.
Armor Plate Bought From The Carnegie Steel Company And The Bethlehem Iron Company Etc
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Author : United States. Navy Dept. Bureau of Supplies and Accounts
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1897
Armor Plate Bought From The Carnegie Steel Company And The Bethlehem Iron Company Etc written by United States. Navy Dept. Bureau of Supplies and Accounts and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1897 with categories.
Islamic Arms And Armor In The Metropolitan Museum Of Art
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Author : David G. Alexander
language : en
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Release Date : 2015-12-31
Islamic Arms And Armor In The Metropolitan Museum Of Art written by David G. Alexander and has been published by Metropolitan Museum of Art this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-12-31 with Social Science categories.
Armor and weaponry were central to Islamic culture not only as a means of conquest and the spread of the faith, but also as symbols of status, wealth, and power. The finest arms were made by master craftsmen working with the leading designers, goldsmiths, and jewelers, whose work transformed utilitarian military equipment into courtly works of art. This book reveals the diversity and artistic quality of one of the most important and encyclopedic collections of its kind in the West. The Metropolitan Museum's holdings span ten centuries and include representative pieces from almost every Islamic culture from Spain to the Caucasus. The collection includes rare early works, among them the oldest documented Islamic sword, and is rich in helmets and body armor, decorated with calligraphy and arabesques, that were worn in Iran and Anatolia in the late fifteenth century. Other masterpieces include a jeweled short sword (yatagan) with a blade of "watered" steel that comes from the court of Süleyman the Magnificent, a seventeenth-century gold-inlaid armor associated with Shah Jahan, and two gold-inlaid flintlock firearms belonging to the guard of Tipu Sultan of Mysore. Presenting 126 objects, each handsomely photographed and richly documented with a detailed description and discussion of its technical, historical, and artistic importance, this overview of the Met's holdings is supplemented by an introductory essay on the formation of the collection, and appendixes on iconography and on Turkman-style armor.