On Armor

Author : Bruce I. Gudmundsson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313038511
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book On Armor written by Bruce I. Gudmundsson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2004-10-30 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On Armor tells three important and interconnected stories. The first is a tale of a technology, in particular, the rise and fall of the main battle tank—a type of armored vehicle that came to dominate land warfare in the middle of the 20th century but is now obsolete. The second is a history of ideas. The problem that armored vehicles created for 20th-century armies was as much about concepts of operation as it was about technology. Those who got the philosophy right did well. Those who lacked either the imagination or the intellectual capital to understand the rapidly evolving potential of the armored vehicle failed miserably. The third story is one of organization. Gudmundsson pays particular attention to how armored vehicles were combined with other forces to form an extraordinarily rich variety of units and formations. He also comments on the current and future roles various types of armor will play on the battlefield. The main battle tank is probably the single most important fighting vehicle of the 20th century. At the same time, as Gudmundsson makes clear, it is only one of the many different types of armored vehicle that have played an important role in recent warfare. Neither the past glory nor the current obsolescence of the main battle tank can be understood without reference to vehicles such as the armored car, assault guns of various kinds, armored engineer vehicles, and armored personnel carriers. This text also explores the role that mobile operations in World War I played in fostering the development of armored warfare; the rapid decline of the French Army from its highpoint as the leading tank army in the world; the role that weapons other than the tank played in the rise of the German armored force; and the relationship between British ideas of armored warfare and the growth of the American armored force in World War I.

Author : John Steakley
Publisher : Astra Publishing House
ISBN 13 : 1101664290
Total Pages : 434 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Armor written by John Steakley and published by Astra Publishing House. This book was released on 1984-12-04 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The military sci-fi classic of courage on a dangerous alien planet The planet is called Banshee. The air is unbreathable, the water is poisonous. It is home to the most implacable enemies that humanity, in all its interstellar expansion, has ever encountered. Body armor has been devised for the commando forces that are to be dropped on Banshee—the culmination of ten thousand years of the armorers’ craft. A trooper in this armor is a one-man, atomic powered battle fortress. But he will have to fight a nearly endless horde of berserk, hard-shelled monsters—the fighting arm of a species which uses biological technology to design perfect, mindless war minions. Felix is a scout in A-team Two. Highly competent, he is the sole survivor of mission after mission. Yet he is a man consumed by fear and hatred. And he is protected, not only by his custom-fitted body armor, but by an odd being which seems to live within him, a cold killing machine he calls “The Engine.” This is Felix’s story—a story of the horror, the courage, and the aftermath of combat, and the story, too, of how strength of spirit can be the greatest armor of all.

Author : Perry Stone
Publisher : Charisma Media
ISBN 13 : 1621362485
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book There's a Crack in Your Armor written by Perry Stone and published by Charisma Media. This book was released on 2014 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers advice for utilizing the protective equipment provided by God in the spiritual struggles of life.

Author : Priscilla Shirer
Publisher : Lifeway Church Resources
ISBN 13 : 9781430040279
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Armor of God - Bible Study Book written by Priscilla Shirer and published by Lifeway Church Resources. This book was released on 2015-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Armor of God, more than merely a biblical description of the believer's inventory, is an action plan for putting it on and developing a personalized strategy to secure victory.

Author : Steven A. Cramer
Publisher : Cfi
ISBN 13 : 9781555172831
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Putting on the Armor of God written by Steven A. Cramer and published by Cfi. This book was released on 2000 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Putting on the Armor of God discusses these and many more adversarial whisperings, their origins, effects, and defenses.

Author : Chuck Lawless
Publisher : Lifeway Church Resources
ISBN 13 : 9781415832042
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Putting on the Armor written by Chuck Lawless and published by Lifeway Church Resources. This book was released on 2007-02-01 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Putting on the Armor is an excellent 7-session study for new and growing believers seeking practical application of personal spiritual disciplines in order to defeat the enemy in times of temptation.

Author : R. Ewart Oakeshott
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Knight and His Weapons written by R. Ewart Oakeshott and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Take an engaging journey back in time, when battles were fought with swords, lances, maces, and an array of well-crafted devices that could be elegant and ornate, brutal and efficient, or both. This accessible, lively, and informative book explores many facets of the medieval world of weaponry. Did you know, for instance, that in the fifteenth century "fight books" with drawings guided knights in the proper use of weapons? That the average medieval warrior became a full-fledged fighter by the time he was fifteen years old? Or that armor made by a master could, by modern standards, cost the price of a Rolls Royce?

Author : Liam Chambers
Publisher : Di Angelo Publications
ISBN 13 : 1955690065
Total Pages : 158 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Scars and Black Armor written by Liam Chambers and published by Di Angelo Publications. This book was released on 2021-09-16 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Achilles is a legendary hero and commander of the Myrmidon army, but a leader is defined by those who follow him. What manner of men fought beside Achilles in the crucible of war? Stelios, lifelong friend of Achilles, is summoned upon his death to Mount Olympus to share with the gods what fire guides the hearts of mortals. Stelios recounts his past—his liberation as a boy at the hands of the Myrmidons, his induction into their ranks, and the life-changing lessons they instilled within him. He trains and grows alongside Achilles, and watches as the meek boy he knew in his youth transforms into a relentless warrior. They become brothers, these men in black armor, defined by their decision to carry the most brutal burdens. In time, as violence scars their shields and bodies, they learn that the morals and creeds they were raised upon have begun to fracture. As Stelios grapples with the futility of a life lived only for war, he seeks solace in his wife and a young boy he rescues and takes in as his own—a boy who will one day face his own mysterious destiny. As the darkness in the Myrmidons deepens, Stelios battles to protect those he loves, even if they stand against him. In the pursuit of peace, Stelios must sacrifice everything.

Author : DK
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0756689511
Total Pages : 74 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book DK Eyewitness Books: Arms and Armor written by DK and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2011-08-15 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DK Eyewitness Arms and Armor is an original and exciting look at the history of weapons and armor through the ages. Stunning real-life photographs reveal the design, construction, and workings of armor, offering a unique "eyewitness" view of how methods of warfare have changed. Show your child the very first weapons ever made, the armor worn by medieval knights, the battledress of a Japanese samurai, and the guns used by the frontiersmen and outlaws of the Wild West. They'll also discover the weapons that were carried by the first police officers, how sword and pistol duels were fought and much more!

Author : Robert C. Woosnam-Savage
Publisher : Brassey's Incorporated
ISBN 13 : 1574884654
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Brassey's Book of Body Armor written by Robert C. Woosnam-Savage and published by Brassey's Incorporated. This book was released on 2002-04 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An illustrated history of the evolution of body armor, from ancient Egypt to the dawn of the twenty-first century