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THE RUGER MINI 14-THE OTHER ASSAULT RIFLE

Article by Nick Jacobellis                                                                                                             The first time I trained with a Ruger Mini 14 was while serving as a U.S. Customs Patrol Officer back in the 1980s. When I transferred from New York City to Miami, during The Miami Vice Era of the Drug War, I was issued a Colt …

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Sniping Rifles in the war against Japan 1941-45

Review by Martin Koenigsberg Sniping Rifles in the War Against Japan 1941-45, pretty much goes like the title tells you. John Walter, the author is a weapons expert and military history writer and he’s focused on the major players, so if you want information on Dutch, Thai or French Imperial weapons you will be out …

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Futile Exercise? The British Army’s Preparations for War 1902-1914 by Simon Batten

     The popular notion of the British Expeditionary Force in 1914, as it prepared to embark for France in 1914, is of a small, professional Army comprised of regulars, experienced in practical soldiering from years of warfare throughout the British Empire. While this Army may have experienced hard campaigning in South Africa against the …

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Mosquito Intruders- Target Burma

Review by Martin Koenigsberg When the RAF finally got the Mosquito over to the India/Burma theatre, it was a significant upgrade over the Beaufighter it replaced and supplanted as a two engine Intruder in WWII. The Intruder mission is basically to travel all along the enemy’s line of communications and wreck shop. The Mosquito, faster …

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F-4 Phantom II Wild Weasel Units in Combat

Review by Martin Koenigsberg Early in the Cold War, Anti Aircraft suppression had to be done with ECM- jamming- or full missions dedicated to flak suppression. Radars were things to be noted and avoided, or whole side missions designed to destroy them were scheduled. Korea led to Vietnam- the whole time strategic requirements had to …

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Proposed Airborne Assaults during Operation Overlord Cancelled Allied Plans in Normandy and Brittany by James Daly

Esteemed historian Clay Blair described the airborne operations that comprised part of the Allied assault on Normandy in World War II, as “the stuff of instant legend” in his 1985 masterpiece “Ridgway’s Paratroopers”. Blair’s assessment is accurate as the exploits of the sky soldiers captured the public imagination and their achievements have been discussed in …

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Atlas of the Battles and Campaigns of the American Revolution, 1775-1783 by David C. Bonk and George Anderson

David C. Bonk and George Anderson have produced an outstanding work of scholarship and art with their Atlas of the Battles and Campaigns of the American Revolution, 1775-1783. The volume is a comprehensive summary of the conflict, written chronologically and covering 119 separate engagements or campaigns. Every entry is accompanied by narratives that are both …

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