Exploring the evolution of rifles from the musket to the M-16, this book examines their significant impact on warfare, highlighting instances where these weapons changed the course of battles. It also critiques the consequences of poor decision-making and misguided innovations that led to unsuitable firearms being used by inadequately trained soldiers, resulting in disastrous outcomes.
The Type VII U-boat was the backbone of the fighting strength of Nazi Germany's U-boats at the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939. The first submarine sinking of the war was by a Type VII boat, and some of the most dramatic events of the first year of the war involved a Type VII - the sinking of HMS Courageous by U29 in the Atlantic in September 1939 and the sinking of HMS Royal Oak by U47 in Scapa Flow a few weeks later. The 'Anatomy of the Ship' series aims to provide the finest documentation of individual ships and ship types ever published. What makes the series unique is a complete set of superbly executed line drawings, both the conventional type of plan as well as explanatory views, with fully descriptive keys. These are supported by technical details and a record of the ship's service history.