Offering a blueprint for transforming military depot workload and processes into those of high-performance commercial facilities, this title provides tools for enhancing the ability of the military to perform MRO on its weapon systems. It focuses on availability of required parts, facilities, tools, and manpower.

Presenting an illustrated story of weaponry, this book covers edged weapons, clubs, projectiles and firearms. It presents weapons from various era and explains the mechanisms that operate them. It also profiles fighting forces, from the Greek hoplite to the Navy Seal and reveals the weapons they have wielded.

Weapons of mass destruction, especially in the hands of radical states and terrorists, represent a major threat to US national security interests. Multilateral regimes were established to restrict trade in nuclear weapons and missile technologies, and to monitor their civil applications. This book provides background information on these regimes.

From Marius to Commodus.

Booby traps laid by troops in war zones in World War II are largely neglected in histories and memoirs, and rarely examined in detail. This work offers a comprehensive study of World War II battlefield sabotage equipment, covering both Allied and Axis practice to identify, illustrate and describe the vintage munitions used in World War II.

A keris (or kris) is a unique knife or sword that has been constructed for magical as well as practical purpose. This work illustrates, describes and catalogues the entire corpus of Malay weaponry. It focuses on the origins of the Kris and its close association with the Occult in Malaya.

The numerous wars and constant tensions among the states of the Middle East have made the region fertile ground for the development of weapons of mass destruction (WMD). Some Middle Eastern countries are trying to acquire WMD to compensate for conventional weapons imbalances or to match WMD programs undertaken by neighbouring states. This book examines the different countries of the Middle East ..

A comprehensive and authoritative account of the global movement to ban landmines. This text examines and draws lessons from the Ottawa Process that culminated in December 1997 when over 120 states signed a convention to ban the use, sale and production of landmines.

Discusses the key role that artillery played in the English Civil War, when many campaigns were fought by siege.

The Scud has become a symbol of the nature of warfare in the aftermath of the Cold War, as its original development was part of a Soviet plan to fight a nuclear war in the heart of Europe. This book covers the transformation of the Scud into a weapon able to deliver destruction where no other weapons are effective.

A comprehensive guide to nearly 4000 years of sword making from all over the world. Providing an introduction to the weapons and presenting their historical background, this is a survey of a vast body of superb craftsmanship. It is a useful reference work for weapons enthusiasts, collectors and lovers of military history and fine art.

A study of the Warrior Company, the building block of British heavy infantry. It looks at how the infantryman fights on foot, but rides into battle in an armoured vehicle. The Warrior provides a kind of mobile home for the seven-man squad and three crew, carrying their kit, rations and weapons.

As politicians anticipate and pave the way for military action, readers are reminded of the horrors that could be perpetrated by Saddam Hussain's weapons of mass destruction. As servicemen and women prepare to become engaged in a war to rid the Middle East of such weapons (and leadership), readers are made aware of the military strengths and weaknesses of both sides. Although Saddam's forces ...

Provides readers with the information they need to recognise and respond to terrorist and criminal use of unconventional weapons. This book outlines detailed checklists and procedures to enable responders to plan for, respond to and recover from incidents involving unconventional threats, including the use of IEDs (improvised explosive devices).

Discusses the security problem of China's role in weapons proliferation and issues related to the US policy response since the mid-1990s.

Charts the rise and fall of the weapons that helped change the course of Great Britain's history. This book presents the tales of weapons such as saxon sea axe, the longbow, the claymore, the brown bess, and the maxim gun. It places each one in historical context and outlines its construction, use, prevalence and effectiveness.

The Matchlock Musketeer follows the lives of soldiers armed with this weapon from its adoption by the English in Queen Elizabeth's reign until its replacement with the flintlock at the end of the 17th century.