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Illustrated with detailed artworks of modern military aircraft and their markings with exhaustive captions and specifications, Modern Military Aircraft is an extensively researched review of the military aircraft deployed by the world’s air forces in recent conflicts in the Balkans, the Caucasus, Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria and elsewhere. Organised alphabetically by manufacturer, this book includes every type of aircraft in use in the world today, from the F-22 Raptor through the Dassault Mirage 2000 to the MiG-29 and Su-33. The book includes multirole fighters, ground attack aircraft, high-level bombers, reconnaissance aircraft, carrier aircraft, and unmanned drones. The guide is illustrated with 12 fold-out gatefold artworks as well as profile artworks, three-views, and special cutaway artworks of the more famous aircraft in service, such as the F-15E Strike Eagle, Sukhoi Su-27 and Eurofighter Typhoon. Illustrated with more than 120 artworks, Modern Military Aircraft is an essential reference guide for modellers and enthusiasts with an interest in modern military aircraft.

Organized by type, World War II Military Aircraft includes more than 50 of the best- known aircraft to fly for all nations from 1939 to 1945, from classic fighters such as the Messerschmitt 109, Supermarine Spitfire and North American P-51 Mustang, through the great bombers of the era, including the Avro Lancaster, Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress and Heinkel He 111H, to the aircraft that fought across the vastness of the Pacific Theatre, such as the Mitsubishi A6M Zero, Grumman F4F Wildcat and Douglas SBD Dauntless torpedo bomber. World War II Military Aircraft also features 12 large-scale gatefolds of key types, including the multirole German Junkers Ju-88 fighter-bomber, the British rocket-armed Hawker Typhoon, which proved essential in winning the battle for Normandy, and the Soviet Yak fighter, the first in one of the longest-running aircraft production programs in history. Each entry includes a dozen annotations detailing aspects of the type’s technology, from powerplant and armament to crew compartment and aerodynamic elements. Featuring the greatest aircraft of World War II, this book is the perfect gift for military aviation enthusiasts and modellers.

From the 16th century until World War II, big gun battleships were the core fighting component of the world’s navies: the more battleships a country possessed, the greater power they could project around the world.Organized chronologically, this book includes 50 of the greatest battleships to have sailed. Find out about the 17th century Vasa, built by Gustavus Adolphus, the legendary king of Sweden; learn about the actions of Mikasa, the flagship of the Japanese fleet that defeated the Russian navy at the battle of Tsushima in 1905; and find out why the German battleship Tirpitz proved an omnipresent threat to Allied shipping across the North Atlantic, despite spending most of World War II stationed in the Norwegian fjords.Battleships also features 12 large-scale gatefolds of key ships, including the ironclad warship Italia, which broke with tradition by valuing speed over armour; the super- dreadnought Nagato, the only Japanese battleship still afloat at the end of hostilities in 1945; and HMS Rodney, famous for its unique “all-forward” main battery arrangement and its pivotal role in sinking the German battleship Bismarck. Each entry includes a dozen annotations detailing aspects of the type’s technology, from powerplant and armament to crew and speed.Featuring the greatest battleships from history, this book is the perfect gift for naval enthusiasts and military modellers.