Автор: Nigel Thomas, G. Embleton
Издательство: Osprey
Год издания: 2003
isbn: 1-84176-565-1
Количество страниц: 51
Язык: english
Формат: PDF (scan)
In August 1914 the mobilization of Imperial Germany's 800,000-strong army (soon to be greatly expanded) ushered in the first great war of the modern age - a war which still stands as the greatest slaughter of soldiers in history. That German Army is also the best example of a particular period of military thought, when virtually the whole manpower of the European nations was integrated into mass conscript armies, supported by several age categories of reservists and by dedicated industrial and transport systems. In this first of three volumes the author offers an extraordinary mass of information, in text and tables, illustrated by photographs and by Gerry Embleton's splendid colour plates.
Автор: David Nicolle, Sam Thompson
Издательство: Osprey
Год издания: 2003
isbn: 1-84176-459-0
Количество страниц: 51
Язык: english
Формат: PDF (scan)
The medieval period was one of the most inventive in military history when it came to non-gunpowder machine development. During this period, the pre-existing military-technological traditions from the ancient worlds were brought together. Three civilisations; Graeco-Roman World, Persia, India, and China, were primarily responsible for this evolution - the Late-Roman or Byzantine Empire, the Islamic World, and latterly the Mongol «World Empire». This book examines the resulting stone-throwing machines that used assorted power sources from torsion «energy storage» systems, to manpowered and counterbalance sling devices, rockets et al.
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