FLAK JACKETS: 20TH CENTURY MILITARY BODY ARMOUR (MEN-AT-ARMS)

Dunstan, Simon

ISBN 10: 0850455693 / ISBN 13: 9780850455694

Verlag: Osprey Publishing, 1984

Beschreibung

1ST 1984. Slightly better than very good condition. Card wraps. B/w illustrations. Colour plates. Some browning to spine and cover edges. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched! Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 2134748

Bibliografische Details

Titel: FLAK JACKETS: 20TH CENTURY MILITARY BODY ...

Verlag: Osprey Publishing

Erscheinungsdatum: 1984

Einband: Softcover

Illustrator: Volstad, Ron

Zustand: Very Good

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Jacket

Auflage: First edition.

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Beginning in World War I, with the introduction of the steel helmet this book charts the development of protective equipment for soldiers and security forces. Initially body armour was seen as a military luxury that could be ill-afforded. However, the success of 'flak suits' as worn by some bomber crews during World War II convinced the armed forces of the need to develop protection for the ground soldier against small arms fire. The scientific development of the modern flak jacket is traced as are the field trials conducted in Korea and later Vietnam. Extensive illustrations and photographs accompnay the text.