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"Kamikaze: Japanese Special Attack Weapons, 1944-45".

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Although military rockets have been used since the Middle Ages, it was not until the Soviet Union pioneered the concept of Multiple Rocket Launchers (MRLs) in the late 1930s that they emerged as a decisive weapon. This book presents a survey of Soviet and Russian Federation MRLs from the beginning of their development in 1938 onwards.

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This volume on Germany's World War II U-boats traces their development through the early U-boats of the Kaiser's navy, the prohibition on Germany having U-boats following the Armistice in 1918 and the subsequent Treaty of Versailles to the formation of the 1st U-boat Flotilla in 1935.

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This title, following on from Volume One, charts the continuing development of the German U-boat. It covers the development of the Type IX as a long-range "cruiser" intended for solo operations in distant waters, and the revolutionary Type XXI, the first true submarine rather than submersible.

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This work examines the history of the KV series of Soviet tanks. It describes its development and combat history, and includes contemporary photographs and detailed colour plates and cut-aways.

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The Landing Craft, Infantry was a large beaching craft intended to deliver an infantry company to a hostile shore, once the beachhead was secured. The LCI and its vehicle-delivery counterpart, the Landing Ship, Medium were widely used by the allies during World War II. Later, the hulls of these ships were used as the basis for a fire support ship.

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West Germany began full production of the Leopard 2 tank in 1977. Since that time, like its predecessor, the Leopard 2 has undergone modifications as well as being exported to various European countries. This volume contains declassified reports of the tanks performance in Bosnia.

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This volume explores the M10 and M36 tank destroyers used between 1942 and 1952 by the Allied forces. They played a key role in the battles for Normandy, the Battle of the Bulge, the crossing of the Rhine and the final defeat of Germany, and continued to serve in Korea, Indochina and the Balkans.

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The T43 design represented the pinnacle of US Army tank engineering of the late 1940s. The heavy tank proved fairly popular with its crews, who above all respected the powerful armament it carried. The outbreak of war in Korea brought a rush order in December 1950 which led to a complete production run of 300 vehicles.

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Entering service in the early 1960s, the M109 Self-Propelled Howitzer has been in production for 34 years and forms the backbone of US Army and Reserve artillery units. This work details the versatile M109, which has served around the globe, seeing service in Southeast Asia, and Desert Shield.

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Developed for the US Army's Tank Destroyer Command, the M18 was the only tank destroyer deployed during World War II that was actually based on their requirements for speed and firepower. This book examines the need for such requirements, as well as the performance of the M18 in battle.

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The story of the second generation of America's legendary M1 Abrams tank, and its development and combat experience during the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.

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The M24 Chaffee light tank was one of the major armoured vehicles used during the Battle of the Bulge. This work traces the history of this design, its combat record in World War II, its many variants and its extensive combat record post 1945.

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The M26 was the most powerful US tank produced during World War II, comparable with the best German tanks. This title looks at the M26 and M46 Patton which formed the backbone of the armoured units of the post-war US army.

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The M3 and M5 family of light tanks was the culmination of American tank development in the 1930s. Although by the outbreak of World War 2 the emphasis was shifting to medium tanks, the Stuart saw action with the British in the western desert and with the US Army in Tunisia.

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A history of the US M3 halftrack, one of the most successful infantry vehicles in the history of armoured warfare, which came to symbolize the Allied armed forces of World War II, which also saw service in the post-war era. The book describes its development and combat history since the 1960s.