PS Magazine, the Preventive Maintenance Monthly (1971 Editions)
The Preventive Maintenance Monthly published 12 editions in 1971. From May 1940 to…
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Combat Aircraft (published 1984)
Aircraft
It was a little over eighty years ago that the first "heavier than air" flying machine actually to take off from the ground was built. A few years later, at the beginning of World War I, combat aircraft appeared and added a new dimension to warfare. At first, military aircraft were used simply for spying on the enemy. Very quickly, however, they...
Military Planes (published 1985)
Aircraft
The first aerial combats took place over France in World War I. In the earliest combats, known as dogfights, pilots often were armed only with pistols. If the planes carried bombs, they were aimed and dropped by hand. The earliest planes were built as scouts, not fighting machines.
The first military helicopters to fly with the American Air Commando in 1944 during its operations in Burma were experimental machines. But the following year the Sikorsky R-4s came into service with the American army for reconnaissance. They had been developed by Ivan Sikorsky’s company.
The Official Dictionary of Military Terms (published 1988)
General Military Books
This hardbound edition contains the complete text of the official Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms and was compiled and prepared by The Joint Military Terminology Group under the direction and authority of The Joint Chiefs of Staff, in coordination with the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Military Service...
The USAMC Nuclear, Biological & Chemical Equipment Preventive Maintenance Manual is a comic style illustrated collection of articles and material related to NBC (nuclear, biological & chemical) equipment under one cover. The information was intended to help soldiers in the field to keep their equipment operationally ready.
In the midst of the devastating World War I - Battle of the Somme, at dawn on September 15, 1916. the British Army launched an attack on the German front line around the French town of Flers. The German soldiers were amazed as vehicles unlike anything ever seen charged forward. The very first tanks, the ancestors of today's deadly fighting machi...
Military Motorcycles (published 1997)
Motorcycles
The word "motorcycle" combines the words "motor" and "bicycle." A motorcycle is a bicycle with a motor. A military motorcycle is a special kind of motorcycle. It is made to carry soldiers. Military motorcycles carry soldiers in peacetime and in wartime. They perform many different jobs. Soldiers have found that military motorcycles are especiall...
Military Intelligence Blunders (published 1999)
Various Wars Books
The Falklands, Yom Kippur, Tet and Pearl Harbor? Avoidable intelligence blunders or much worse? Altogether a compelling read from someone who knows the business. "Military Intelligence", runs the old saying, "is a contradiction in terms". This weary old joke has about the same impact on professional intelligence officers as jokes about striking ...
You are an American soldier, having a long, hard day. You've been on patrol for hours on the streets of a foreign city. Your feet are sore, and you are baking under a hot sun. Sand and dust are everywhere - up your nose and clogging your throat. You wear goggles to protect your eyes. Bombs pose a constant and deadly threat to you. These explosiv...
The U.S. Navy SEAL Survival Handbook (published 2012)
General Military Books
Life can change in an instant. One moment you’re trekking along a mountain ridge, and then you’re suddenly struck by a rattlesnake. One minute you’re skiing down a mountain, the next you’re facing an oncoming avalanche. This handbook is all about developing the SEAL survival mind-set, and arming yourself with the appropriate survival techniques ...
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