Weapons of WarCrowell, 1968 - Всего страниц: 224 "The story of man as warrior from the first Stone Age man with his wooden club to modern man with his proverbial "push button" is told h ere through a precise and illuminating survey of the development of weaponry"--Jacket excerpt. |
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... target break . This ingenious I.F.F. ( Identification : Friend or Foe ) device , which became available for use in 1939 , also found extensive employ- ment in ground beacons as a navigational aid . The concept of airborne radar in due ...
... target break . This ingenious I.F.F. ( Identification : Friend or Foe ) device , which became available for use in 1939 , also found extensive employ- ment in ground beacons as a navigational aid . The concept of airborne radar in due ...
Стр. 188
... target . At the appropriate moment , the release of the bomb load is automatically triggered by a train of pulses from a second station ( the Mouse ) . pre - selected target . When the calculated release point was reached , this ...
... target . At the appropriate moment , the release of the bomb load is automatically triggered by a train of pulses from a second station ( the Mouse ) . pre - selected target . When the calculated release point was reached , this ...
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... target and there must have been many such occurrences until the advent , in 1944 , of the variable time or proximity fuse . This lethal device , which converted near misses into hits and represented one of radar's most spectacular ...
... target and there must have been many such occurrences until the advent , in 1944 , of the variable time or proximity fuse . This lethal device , which converted near misses into hits and represented one of radar's most spectacular ...
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Acknowledgements | 13 |
Bloodshed and Bronze | 28 |
Metal from Heaven | 52 |
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