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Tunnel Warfare Series

 

Tunnel Warfare Vol.1: A Treatise on Mines by I.Landmann ....[Details]
102 Pages, condensed from the original 240 pages, in 8˝ x 11 inch format, plus 16 Plates with over a hundred illustrations, bibliography and index; ISBN: 1-886848-12-2 {Item No.12} Price 20.00 

A reprinting of a 1802 classic on Military Mining by I. Landmann, F.A.S., the first manual published in the English Language on this subject. A state of the art manual of its time, it contains the knowledge of hundreds of years of siege tunnel operations.

 

Tunnel Warfare Vol.1: A Treatise on Mines, Book Supplement.....[Details]
12 References, 76 pages, 34 illustrations. {Item No.12s} Price $8.00 [Published in a our Research Packet format (loose leaf photocopies with dividers)

A collection of photocopied documents supplementing the volume 1 of our Tunnel Warfare Series. Adding an article on the history of Tunnel Warfare and an article Tunnel Warfare technique in the first half of the Nineteenth Century (1800-1850).

 

Tunnel Warfare Vol.2: Early Military Mining ....[Details]
122 Pages, hundreds of illustrations, in an 8˝ x 11 inch format, with bibliography and index
ISBN: 1-886848-13-0 {Item No.13} Price 20.00

Volume two is a collection of detailed instructions in military mining for military engineers, written in the last half of the 1800’s. A detailed look at procedures, tools and operations, it is a must for anyone who wants to understand the technology of military mining, tunnel warfare, and tunnel shelters.

 

Tunnel Warfare Vol.2: Early Military Mining, Book Supplement ....[Details]
3 References, 93 pages, 35 illustrations. {Item No.13s} Price $10.00 [Published in a our Research Packet format (loose leaf photocopies with dividers)

A collection of photocopied documents supplementing the volume 2 of our Tunnel Warfare Series. Adding extracts from 3 books on the technique of Tunnel Warfare in the second half of the Nineteenth Century (1850-1900).

 

Tunnel Warfare Vol.3: U.S.Army Manuals....[Details]
168 Pages, in a 8˝ x 11 inch format, with over a hundred illustrations.
ISBN: 1-886848-14-9 {Item No.14} Price 20.00

Volume three contains twelve reprints from U.S.Army manuals documenting the evolution of the U.S.Army’s interest in Tunnel Warfare from 1900 to 1980. Part One contains a wealth of information on the technology of Tunnel Warfare, as learned from the experience of World War One. While Part Two shows the rapid decline in interest after World War Two, a decline which the U.S.Military paid for dearly in Vietnam. 

 

Tunnel Warfare Vol.3: U.S.Army Manuals, Book Supplement....[Details]
11 References, 292 pages, 233 illustrations. {Item No.14s} Price $30.00 [Published in a our Research Packet format (loose leaf photocopies with dividers)]

A collection of photocopied documents supplementing the volume 3 of our Tunnel Warfare Series. Adding various articles and extracts on the subject of Tunnel Warfare technology in the twentieth Century.

 

Tunnel Warfare Vol.4: Asian Tunnel Warfare....[Details]
146 Pages, in an 8˝ x 11 inch format, with over a hundred illustrations.
ISBN: 1-886848-15-7 {Item No.15} Price 20.00 

A description of the technology developed in the twentieth century in Asia. Covering Chinese, Japanese, and Viet Cong Tunnel Warfare techniques, this volume contains six reprints from U.S.Army and Marine Corps documents showing the details of Asian Tunnel Warfare systems, especially Japanese and Viet Cong Tunnels. This supplement has over a hundred illustrations to clarify the details.

 

Tunnel Warfare Vol.4: Asian Tunnel Warfare, Book Supplement....[Details]
10 References, 167 pages, 84 illustrations. {Item No.15s} Price $18.00 [Published in a our Research Packet format (loose leaf photocopies with dividers)]

A collection of photocopied documents supplementing the volume 4 of our Tunnel Warfare Series. Adding an articles and extracts on the technology of Tunnel Warfare in Asia.

 

Bunker and Fallout Shelter Series

 

Bunker Design...[Details]
230 Pages, in a 8˝ x 11 inch format, with hundreds of illustrations.
ISBN: 1-886848-10-6 {Item No.10} Price 30.00 

This book consists of ten selections extracted from U.S.Army fortification manuals which were originally printed between 1917 and 1972. It both documents the evolution of U.S.Army battlefield bunkers design and is also a very detailed technical manual on how to design and build bunkers. Covering both fighting bunkers, and shelter bunkers, it is primarily concerned with surface cut-and-cover type bunkers. This book details every aspect of bunker construction including standard building materials, bills of material, underground water problems and even gas proofing.

 

Artificial Cave Shelters (3rd Edition)...[Details]
204 Pages, with 219 illustrations, in an 8˝ x 11 inch format, .
ISBN: 1-886848-44-0 {Item No.44} Price 30.00

This book is a collection of reprints from U.S.Army military manuals on the subject of Artificial Cave Shelters. It should be of interest to military historians, military engineers and anyone else interested in the construction of underground protected shelters. 

 

Bunker Design Collection (2nd Edition)...[Details]
218 Pages, with over 100 illustrations, in a 8˝ x 11 inch format.
ISBN: 1-886848-31-9 {Item No.31} Price 25.00 

Bunker Design Collection (2nd edition) contains 32 “cut and cover” plus 4 other types of military bunker designs as well as appendixes with many other design examples of German and Japanese World War Two bunkers. It is both a collection of historic examples as well as a series of working plans. The plans are fully detailed, most include blueprints and bills of material. This book is the companion book to our Bunker Design manual and is supplemented by our Artificial Cave Shelter manual which details the design and construction of tunnel type bunkers.

 

Fallout Shelter Design Collection (2nd Edition)...[Details]
206 pages, with many illustrations, in a 8˝ x 11 inch format.
ISBN: 1-886848-32-7 {Item No.32} Price 25.00

Fallout Shelter Design Collection (2nd Edition) has been completely revised. It now contains most of the fallout shelters designs published by U.S. Office of Civil defense and FEMA over the past forty years, both an historic resource and working plans. 

 

Fallout Shelter Design Collection (2nd Edition), Shelter Design Supplement...[Details]
4 References, 162 pages, 65 illustrations. {Item No.32 SDS} Price $16.00 [Published in a our Research Packet format (loose leaf photocopies with dividers)]

A collection of photocopied documents supplementing our Fallout Shelter Design Collection with over 17 of additional designs 

 

Fallout Shelter Design Collection (2nd Edition), Shelter Living Supplement...[Details]
7 References, 317 pages, 133 illustrations. {Item No.32 SLS} Price $30.00 [Published in a our Research Packet format (loose leaf photocopies with dividers)]

A collection of photocopied documents supplementing our Fallout Shelter Design Collection with information on living in fallout shelters. Including information on stocking a shelter, emergency medical instructions, and radiation monitoring basics.

 

Fallout Shelter Design Collection (2nd Edition), Basic Fallout Shelter Survey...[Details]
4 References, 306 pages, 114 illustrations. {Item No.32 BFSS} Price $30.00 [Published in a our Research Packet format (loose leaf photocopies with dividers)]

A collection of photocopied documents supplementing our Fallout Shelter Design Collection with Information on doing a basic fallout shelter survey. Which supplies detailed evaluation of urban and rural structures for radiation shielding.

 

Advanced Protective Shelter Design...[Details]
225 Pages, in a 8˝ x 11 inch format, with over a hundred illustrations.
ISBN: 1-886848-17-3 {Item No.17} Price 30.00

This book is primarily a reprinting of the U.S.Army’s TM 5-311 Military Protective Construction (Nuclear Warfare and Chemical and Biological Operations) (May 1965). A very detailed manual it covers most aspects of fallout shelter design.

 

Advanced Protective Shelter Design, Basic Supplement...[Details]
2 References, 466 pages, 244 illustrations. {Item No.17 B} Price $45.00 [Published in a our Research Packet format (loose leaf photocopies with dividers)]

A collection of photocopied documents supplementing our Advance Protective Shelter Design book. For Students of Engineering who wish to further orientate themselves on the subject.

 

Advanced Protective Shelter Design, Professional Supplement...[Details]
3 References, 2430 pages, 186 plus illustrations. {Item No.17 P} Price $240.00 [Published in a our Research Packet format (loose leaf photocopies with dividers)]

A collection of photocopied documents supplementing our Advance Protective Shelter Design book. For professional engineers working on projects only. Very complex manuals.

 

Weapons Effects (1944)...[Details]
309 Pages, 276 illustrations, in a 8˝ x 11 inch format
ISBN: 1-886848-39-4 {Item No.39} Price 35.00 

This is a reprint of War Department, TM 9-1907 Ballistic Data, Performance of Ammunition (23 September 1944).

 

Weapons Effects Against Fortifications (1900-1980)...[Details]
110 pages, in a 8˝ x 11 inch format, with many tables and illustrations
ISBN: 1-886848-20-3 {Item No.20} Price 20.00 

This book is an anthology of extracts from various U.S.Military Manuals which were printed from 1900 to 1980. This book contains a wealth of information on the subject of what various weapons do against various types of materials used to build fortifications. This is the first book of our series on Weapons Effects.

 

 Tactical Books

 

Problems for Platoon and Company by Erwin Rommel ...[Details] [Out of Print]
74 Pages, with 66 tactical battlefield illustrations, in an 8˝ x 11 inch format
ISBN: 1-886848-01-7 {Item No.1} Price 20.00 

This is the first complete translation of Erwin Rommel’s “Problems for Platoon and Company” into English. Translated by Cyril Koob. Rommel wrote this collection of nineteen tactical exercises for small unit commanders, to help them set up their own unit training. The exercises are excellent examples of German tactical thinking.

 

Combat Skills of the Soldier...[Details]
260 pages, with many illustrations, in an 8˝ x 11 inch format
ISBN: 1-886848-34-3 {Item No.34} Price 30.00

Combat Skills of the Soldier is a reprinting of U.S.Army Manual FM 21-75 Combat Skills of the Soldier (3 August 1984). An manual which covers most of the modern combat techniques of the individual soldier except for patrolling. Half of the book is on the basics like cover, movement, observation, and the like. The rest of the book supplements the basics with subjects like landmines and urban combat.

 

Patrolling...[Details]
216 pages, illus. in 8˝ x 11 inch format
ISBN: 1-886848-12-2 {Item No.12} Price 25.00 

This is a reprint of U.S. Infantry School's manual ST 21-75-3 Dismounted Patrolling (January 1981).

 

Light Infantry Company...[Details]
140 pages, illus. in 8˝ x 11 inch format
ISBN: 1-886848-36-X {Item No.36} Price 20.00

This is a reprint of U.S. Army's FM 7-71 Light Infantry Company (August 1987).

 

Light Infantry Battalion...[Details]
122 pages, illus. in 8˝ x 11 inch format
ISBN: 1-886848-37-8 {Item No.37} Price 20.00

This is a reprint of U.S. Army's manual FM 7-72 Light Infantry Battalion (March 1987).  

 

Ambush: US Doctrine...[Details]
194 pages, with many illustrations, in an 8˝ x 11 inch format
ISBN: 1-886848-19-X {Item No.19} Price 20.00 

This book is a collection of eighteen reprints from U.S.Army manuals showing the evolution of U.S.Army ambush tactical doctrine from 1920 to 1980. Ambush will document from how U.S.Army in the 1920s hardly took any interest in ambush tactics to when the complexity of ambush tactics hit their peak during the Vietnam War and finally how it was simplified after that war.

 

Handbook for Active Service (1861) by Eghert I.Viele...[Details]
106 pages, illustrationed, in an 8˝ x 11 inch format
ISBN: 1-886848-25-4 {Item No.25} Price 20.00 

This book was published at the beginning of the American Civil War to instruct the many volunteers who joined the Union army with no idea of practical aspects of army life. It is a simple book of practical instructions, detailing the basics of what a soldier was expected to know and how a volunteer regiment of either infantry or artillery was supposed to run. It covers drill and cermonies, how to run a camp, feed the troops (complete with recipes), build field fortifications, and fire artillery pieces both light and heavy. A book for anyone who wants to learn the basic details of solider life during the American Civil War.

 

 US Armored Forces in World War Two Series

 

FM 17-30 Tank Platoon (October 1942)...[Details]
146 pages, with over 200 illustrations, in 8˝ x 11 inch format,
ISBN: 1-886848-26-2 {Item No.26} Price 20.00

This volume is a reprint of FM 17-30 Tank Platoon (October 1942). It contains hundreds of illustrations of the basic common sense of the do’s and dont’s of armored warfare. Being designed to instruct tens of thousands of new soldiers, it is remarkably clear and down to earth. An excellent book for anyone who wants to learn the basics of tank tactics, especially in World War Two.

 

FM 17-32 The Tank Company (August 1942)...[Details]
60 Pages, with over 50 illustrations, in a 8˝ x 11 inch format
ISBN: 1-886848-28-9 {Item No.28} Price 7.50 

This manual contains numerous pictures and clear instructions, it is an example of manual writing at it’s best and gives a concise understanding of basic World War Two tank tactics. It is almost to simple showing picture by picture the do’s and dont’s of leading a U.S.Army World War Two Tank company. Clearly written for officers who have had no previous experience in armored warfare. 

 

FM 17-33 The Armored Battalion (September 1942)...[Details]
104 pages, with over 100 illustrations, in an 8˝ x 11 inch format
ISBN: 1-886848-29-7 {Item No.29} Price 15.00 

FM 17-33 The Armored Battalion, Light and Medium (September 1942) , is the third book in the Military/Info U.S. Armored Forces in WWII series, rounding off the basic tank orientated part of the series. It is a well illustrated manual which simply and clearly explains how to operate a U.S.Army World War Tank Battalion in battle.

 

FM 17-20 Recon Platoon and Company (May 1942)...[Details]
124 pages, with 76 illustrations, in 8˝ x 11 inch format
ISBN: 1-886848-30-0 {Item No.30} Price 15.00

FM 17-20 Recon Platoon and Company (May 1942), is a well illustrated manual which clearly explains the battle tactics of U.S.Army World War Two armored reconnaissance units in a series of detailed do’s and don’t examples. A very basic common sense book. Designed to explain the basics for armored reconnaissance operations to newly inducted soldiers who were completely ignorant of battlefield conditions. Many of the lessons of this book are even still good today. 

 

 Infantry Antiarmor Weapons Series

 

Antiarmor Close Combat...[Details]
132 Pages, 50+ illustrations, in an 8˝ x 11 inch format
ISBN: 1-886848-40-8 {Item No.40} Price 20.00

This book is the reprinting of a collection of articles and extracts from manuals on the tactics of antiarmor close combat. An extremely brutal type of combat. It illustrates the use of many improvised weapons which have been used against armored vehicles over the last 50 years. It includes very hard to find, extensive articles on WWII German and Japanese techniques.

 

Antiarmor Short Range Combat...[Details]
200 Pages, 50+ illustrations, in an 8˝ x 11 inch format
ISBN: 1-886848-41-6 {Item No.41} Price 25.00

This book is the reprinting of articles and extracts from manuals on subject of antiarmor short range combat. It focuses on the technique of using Light Antiarmor weapons, from the Bazooka to the AT-4, effectively against tanks and other armored vehicles. Including German WWII techniques.

 

US Rocket Launcher 2.36 inch M1A1 and M9...[Details]
52 Pages, 40 illustrations, in an 8˝ x 11 inch format
ISBN: 1-886848-02-5 {Item No.2} Price 15.00

Operating and training instruction for the World War Two Bazooka.

 

US Rocket Launcher 3.5 inch...[Details]
58 pages, 57 illustrations, in an 8˝ x 11 inch format
ISBN: 1-886848-03-3 {Item No.3} Price 15.00

Operating and training instructions for the Korean War Super Bazooka.

 

US Rocket Launcher 66mm M72 (LAW)...[Details]
97 pages, illustrated, in an 8˝ x 11 inch format
ISBN: 1-886848-04-1 {Item No.4} Price 15.00

Operating instructions on the famous U.S.Army Light Antiarmor Weapon.

 

US Recoilless Rifle 57mm M18A1...[Details]
64 pages, 74 illustrations, in an 8˝ x 11 inch format
ISBN: 1-886848-05-X {Item No.5} Price 15.00

Operating instructions for the first U.S.Army Recoilless Rifle.

 

US Recoilless Rifle 75mm M20...[Details]
68 pages, 56 illustrations, in a 8˝ x 11 inch format
ISBN: 1-886848-06-8 {Item No.6} Price 15.00

Operating instructions for the second standard U.S.Army Recoilless Rifle.

 

US Recoilless Rifle 90mm M67...[Details]
66 pages, 42 illustrations, in an 8˝ x 11 inch format
ISBN: 1-886848-07-6 {Item No.7} Price 15.00

Operating instructions for the US Army’s Vietnam Vintage Medium Antiarmor Weapon.

 

US Recoilless Rifle 105mm M27...[Details]
70 pages, 56 illustrations, in an 8˝ x 11 inch format
ISBN: 1-886848-08-4 {Item No.8} Price 15.00

Operating instructions for the Korean War Vintage US Army Heavy Antitank Weapon.

 

US Recoilless Rifle 106mm M40A2...[Details]
123 pages, over 100 illustrations, in 8˝ x 11 inch format
ISBN: 1-886848-09-2 {Item No.9} Price 15.00

Operating instructions for the U.S.Army Vietnam Vintage Heavy Antitank Weapon.

 

Soviet Antitank Rocket Launcher RPG-18...[Details]
47 pages, 29 illustrations, in an 8˝ x 11 inch format
ISBN: 1-886848-11-4 {Item No.11} Price 15.00

A translated East German manual, with complete operating and training instructions.

 

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