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• Author(s): David Doyle • Publisher: Schiffer Military • Publisher Imprint: Schiffer Military • BISAC: Military - Aviation & SpaceThe McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle is one of the most successful fighter designs of the 20th century. The type fi...

• Author(s): David Doyle • Publisher: Schiffer Military • Publisher Imprint: Schiffer Military • BISAC: Wars & Conflicts - Vietnam WarDesigned to counter the threat of a massed Soviet armored assault, the M50 Ontos showed its merit in the jun...

• Author(s): David Doyle • Publisher: Schiffer Military • Publisher Imprint: Schiffer Military • BISAC: Military - WeaponsAnzio Annie, Anzio Express, "Leopold"; known by many names, the German 8 cm Kanone 5 Eisenbahngeschütz (railway gun), commo...

• Author(s): Steven A. Brandt • Publisher: Schiffer Military • Publisher Imprint: Schiffer Military • BISAC: Military - Aviation & SpaceThis is the little-known story of the 406th Fighter Group, a famous but unsung P-47 unit in the European t...

• Author(s): David Doyle • Publisher: Schiffer Military • Publisher Imprint: Schiffer Military • BISAC: Military - Aviation & SpaceWith a midengined configuration, sturdy tricycle landing gear, and nose-mounted 37 mm cannon, the Bell P-39 was...

• Author(s): David Doyle • Publisher: Schiffer Military • Publisher Imprint: Schiffer Military • BISAC: Military - Aviation & SpaceThe Douglas Invader has the distinction of being used by the United States in a combat role in WWII, Korea, and...

• Author(s): David Doyle • Publisher: Schiffer Military • Publisher Imprint: Schiffer Military • BISAC: Military - Aviation & SpaceAs of 2023, the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird is the fastest manned jet aircraft ever produced. It set the record in...

• Author(s): David Doyle • Publisher: Schiffer Military • Publisher Imprint: Schiffer Military • BISAC: Military - Aviation & SpaceThe Grumman F8F was a fast, agile, carrier-borne fighter aircraft developed as the ultimate dogfighter for the ...

• Author(s): Peter W. Merlin • Publisher: Schiffer Military • Publisher Imprint: Schiffer Military • BISAC: Military - Aviation & SpaceArea 51, a top-secret military installation hidden in the desert northwest of Las Vegas, has been shrouded ...

• Author(s): David Doyle • Publisher: Schiffer Military • Publisher Imprint: Schiffer Military • BISAC: Military - Aviation & SpaceThe PBY Catalina, designed and produced by Consolidated Aircraft, whose production was supplemented by that of ...

• Author(s): Joshua Havill • Publisher: Schiffer Military • Publisher Imprint: Schiffer Military • BISAC: Wars & Conflicts - Afghan War (2001-2021)War and Coffee is a first-person account of being deployed to Afghanistan as a helicopter pilot...

• Author(s): David F. Brown • Publisher: Schiffer Military • Publisher Imprint: Schiffer Military • BISAC: Military Science"Tomcat Alley" contains over seven-hundred images depicting the venerable F-14 Tomcat, bureau number by bureau number. Each...

• Author(s): David Doyle • Publisher: Schiffer Military • Publisher Imprint: Schiffer Military • BISAC: Military - NavalUSS Kidd (DD-661) is the only Fletcher-class destroyer preserved in WWII configuration. With 175 total ships launched, the Fle...

• Author(s): David Doyle • Publisher: Schiffer Military • Publisher Imprint: Schiffer Military • BISAC: Wars & Conflicts - World War II - GeneralDuring WWII, Germany fielded a variety of six- and eight-wheeled armored cars, which were used in...

• Author(s): Dominic Etzold • Publisher: Schiffer Military • Publisher Imprint: Schiffer Military • BISAC: Military - NavalWhen America declared war on Germany in 1917, it unleashed a resumption of unrestricted submarine warfare off the North Ame...

• Author(s): Tommaso Chiussi • Publisher: Schiffer Military • Publisher Imprint: Schiffer Military • BISAC: Wars & Conflicts - World War II - GeneralAfter occupying the Balkans early in the war, the Axis powers constantly struggled to police ...