Tag: Infantry

Infantry Antiaircraft Missiles Man-Portable Air Defense Systems


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English | January 17, 2023 | ISBN: 1472853431 | 80 pages | MOBI | 12 Mb
Noted authority Steven J. Zaloga charts the development, combat use, and influence of man-portable air defense systems, from the late 1960s to the present day.

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Infantry Small Arms of the 21st Century Guns of the World’s Armies


Free Download Infantry Small Arms of the 21st Century: Guns of the World’s Armies by Leigh Neville
English | December 27, 2019 | ISBN: 1473896134 | 320 pages | PDF (Converted) | 31 Mb
Soldiers in today’s modern armies have access to ever more advanced infantry weapons; lighter, more compact and more accurate than anything seen in the last century. These include combat pistols, personal assault rifles, submachine guns, sniper rifles, shotguns, light machine guns and squad automatic weapons.

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US Marine Infantry Combat Uniforms and Equipment 2000-12


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English | 2012 | pages: 66 | ISBN: 1849087997 | PDF | 3,1 mb
The US Marine Corps has been a key part of the US presence in a host of combat zones in the first years of the 21st century, from Iraq to Afghanistan. With a front-line strength of over 200,000 active-duty personnel, the USMC is significantly larger than the entire armed forces of some countries. It fulfils a vital component of the United States’ military capability, uniquely being able to deploy a combined-arms task force to almost anywhere across the globe in a matter of days. The infantry role is at the heart of USMC thinking; all Marines are trained as riflemen, and other components of the USMC, such as Marine aviation, have always been tasked first and foremost with supporting the infantry on the ground.

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US Infantry in the Indian Wars 1865-91


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English | 2007 | pages: 51 | ISBN: 1841769053 | PDF | 13,2 mb
Thanks to Hollywood’s many portrayals of the US Cavalry, it is little understood that the infantry played as great a part in the Indian Wars of the 1860s-80s, and were more consistently successful.

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Sturmartillerie Spearhead of the infantry


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English | 2016 | pages: 290 | ISBN: 1472811283 | PDF | 152,5 mb
The Sturmartillerie was a key part of Germany’s armored arsenal throughout World War II. Its armored assault guns were designed to support the artillery on the battlefield, largely using the purpose-built Sturmgeschütz infantry support gun.

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Landing Craft, Infantry and Fire Support


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English | 2009 | pages: 52 | ISBN: 1846034353 | PDF | 19,6 mb
Described by one soldier as "a metal box designed by a sadist to move soldiers across the water," the Landing Craft, Infantry was a large beaching craft intended to transport and deliver an infantry rifle company to a hostile shore, once the beachhead was secured. The LCI, or as it was more commonly known, "Elsie Item," and its vehicle-delivery counterpart, the Landing Ship, Medium (LSM), were widely used by the allies during amphibious operations during World War II. They were mid-sized beaching craft filling the gap between the much larger LST and the many types of smaller bow-ramped, open cargo compartment landing craft. The LCI and LSM were the smallest landing ships assigned a Bureau of Ships hull number.

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