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El tratado de Versalles reguló la composición de las fuerzas militares alemanas tras la Primera Guerra Mundial. Según este tratado, el Reichswehr alemán, sucesor del Ejército Imperial Alemán del Kaiser, no podia construir, comprar o poseer ningun tipo de vehiculos armados blindados. El material belico ya existente debia ser destruido o entregado a los paises victoriosos. A pesar de estas regulaciones, el tratado pronto fue alterado por el Zusatz von Bologne, un añadido al tratado que permitia a Alemania encuadrar vehiculos, acorazados destinados estrictamente a tareas policiales como control de disturbios. La razon de que estos fueran permitidos fue el descontento politico y las numerosas revueltas que se produjeron en 1919. Los vehiculos acorazados de la policia apenas tenian capacidad de maniobrar en todo tipo de terreno. Eran vehiculos comerciales a los que se adaptaron unas planchas a modo de blindaje, aunque no muy resistentes, y estuvieron disponibles en una pequeña cantidad esta era tan pequeña que no podia ser usada por el ejercito. El mas comun de estos vehiculos acorazados utilizados por la policia fue la pequeña serie de veinte Ehrhardt, , pero, partir de 1932, Daimler-Benz, en la factoria de Berlin-Marienfelde empezo a producir el Machinengewehrkaraftwagen Kfz.13, armado con una MG 13 de 7,92 mm sobre el chasis de un automovil Adler de seis asientos y un motor de 60 cv de potencia. Un derivado del Kfz.13 fue el Kfz.14 Funkkraftwagen; este estaba desarmado pero llevaba una antena abatible. Los Adler Kfz.13 y Kfz.14 se pueden considerar como los primeros Panzerspahwagen a pesar del hecho de que el blindaje solo era efectivo contra armas de infanteria de pequeño calibre. Fueron utilizados por los regimientos de caballeria y, posteriormente, en destacamentos motorizados de reconocimiento de la Wehrmacht. A pesar de sus limitaciones para el combate, se utilizaron en la campaña de Polonia, en septiembre de 1939.

This book synthesizes for the first time ever the information from various Soviet archives (military, governmental, economic, public, etc.) about the creation and development of chemical weapons in the Soviet Union, and provides data about the wide-ranging and secret preparation of USSR for an offensive chemical warfare against a potential enemy. Additionally, the book offers a general analysis about the influence of chemical warfare on the environment. The book is intended for scientists, military experts, chemical and medical specialists, environmental activists and a wide range of readers with an interest in chemical warfare and chemical safety.

The medium bomber workhorse of the Ninth Air Force, Martins much-maligned B-26 Marauder recovered from its poor start with the Eighth Air Force to go on and equip no less than eight bomber groups in the ETO.Although initially dubbed the widow maker, a change of tactics from low- to medium-level bombing for the Marauder soon improved the crews chances of survival - indeed, by wars end it boasted a lower loss-per-sortie ratio than any other twin-engined bomber in the USAAF.This volume covers all aspects of Marauder operations in Western Europe, featuring first hand accounts from surviving B-26 crews, plus an analysis of the tactics employed.

Truly an example of engineering ingenuity born out of the desperation of war, the legendary all-wooden Mosquito was perhaps the best twin-engined fighter-bomber of its size to see action in World War 2.The first bomber variant to enter service was the B Mk IV, initial examples of which were issued to No 2 Groups No 105 Sqn at Swanton Morley, in Norfolk, in November 1941.Considerably faster than the units previous Blenheim Mk IVs, powered by inline rather than radial engines, and made of wood instead of metal alloy, the Mosquito initially proved a challenging mount for both air- and groundcrew alike.

Built in large numbers in the years leading up to World War 2, Bristol''s Blenheim saw use as both a fighter and bomber thanks to its high speed in relation to the biplane types it was then replacing.Aside from its work as the staple medium RAF bomber from 1939 through to 1942, Blenheims also served as pioneer radar-equipped nightfighters in 1940/41 and long-range patrol aircraft with Coastal Command. Obsolete in Europe by the end of 1940, the Blenheim continued to serve as a frontline bomber in North Africa, the Mediterranean and the Far East well into 1943.

Known to its pilots as the ''last of the gunfighters'' due to its quartet of Colt-Browning Mk 12 20 mm cannon, the F-8 Crusader was numerically the most populous fighter in the US Navy at the start of America''s involvement in the Vietnam conflict in 1964 - some 482 F-8C/D/Es equipped 17 frontline units.It enjoyed great success against North Vietnamese Mig-17s and Mig-21s during the Rolling Thunder campaign of 1965-68, officially downing 18 jets, which represented 53 per cent of all Mig claims lodged by Navy squadrons during this period.

The battle for Cassino was probably the most bitter struggle of the entire Italian campaign. The dominating peak of Montecassino crowned by its magnificent but doomed medieval monastery was the key to the entire Gustav Line, a formidable system of defences that stretched right across the Italian peninsula. This position completely dominated the Liri valley and Route 6, the strategically vital road to Rome. Between January and May 1944 the Allies struggled amid inhospitable terrain and dreadful weather to dislodge the German paratroops that tenaciously defended the vital mountaintop. Ken Ford's book details the dramatic events of the battle to break the Gustav Line.

Mark Adkin Goose Green was the first land battle of the Falklands War. It was also the longest, the hardest-fought, the most controversial and the most important to win. What began as a raid became a vicious, 14-hour infantry struggle, in which 2 Para - outnumbered, exhausted, forced to attack across open ground in full daylight, and with inadequate fire support - lost their commanding officer, and almost lost the action. This is the only full-length, detailed account of this crucial battle. Drawing on the eye-witness accounts of both British and Argentinian soldiers who fought at Goose Green, and their commanders' narratives, it has become the definitive account of most important and controversial land battle of the Falklands War. A compelling story of men engaged in a battle that hung in the balance for hours, in which Colonel 'H' Jones' solo charge against an entrenched enemy won him a posthumous V.C., and which for both sides was a gruelling and often terrifying encounter.

Guía técnica de todos los submarinos que prestan servicio actualmente con ilustraciones y fotografías a todo color y fichas explicativas con todas las características técnicas de cada máquina.