David Doyle Books - Cleveland Tank Plant

Built during WWII to construct B-29s, the facility originally known as Fisher Aircraft Plant 2 instead produced the ill-fated XP-75A Eagle fighter, as well as countless components for the B-29, supplying subassemblies to Boeing, Bell and Martin. Closed...

Visual History B-17F Flying Fortress

The B-17F was the first truly combat-capable Flying Fortress to arrive in Europe in large numbers. As such, this type was key to launching the bomber into aviation super-stardom. Explore this famed aircraft inside and out through this 120-page,...

Visual History M42 Duster

A Visual History of the U.S. Army's Modern Mobile Anti-Aircraft Platform By David Doyle One hundred pages, soft cover, over 260 black & white and color images. Complete coverage of the M42 "Duster" during its development phase and later during its...

Visual History M10 Achilles

A Visual History of the U.S. Army's WWII Tank Destroyer In late 1941 the concept of a separate tank destroyer force began to jell. This force would be armed with specialized weapons. While the army’s primary antitank weapons of the late 1930s were 37mm...

Visual History Flying Wings

A Visual History of the Northrop XB-35 & YB-49 Flying Wings By David Doyle One hundred twenty eight pages, soft cover, over 260 black & white and color images. This highly unique title provides complete coverage of the aircraft that would become the...

Visual History The Churchill Tank Volumes 1 & 2

The 120-page Volume 1 is packed with images of the Churchill in development and in action. The Churchill features over 150 large, clear photos of the Churchill gun tank, both in training and in combat. Authored by David Doyle and with a forward by David...

Visual History The Staghound

T17E1 • T17E2 • T17E3 • Staghound II • Staghound III This 128-page volume contains over 220 photographs of the Allies' T17E series armored cars, including factory images, period photos and extensive walk around images of contemporary restorations. Also...

Visual History German Motorcycles of WWII

A Visual History in Vintage Photos and Restored Examples, Part 1 The Germans developed and used the motorcycle as an instrument of offensive warfare, perhaps more than any other nation in WWII. The major tasks of these units were mopping-up for the...

Visual History 251 Half-Track

A Visual History of the German Army’s Sd.Kfz. 251 Armored Half-tracks The very first in an exciting new series of value-priced hard cover horizontal format books on German armor in the Second World War. Part of the “Extended” Visual History format, this...

Visual History German Panzer II

A Visual History of the German Army's World War II Light Tank The Panzer II was Germany’s first cannon-armed tank in the post World War I era. Designed and initially produced under the code name of 100-horsepower Farm Tractor, owing to the restrictions...

Visual History German Panzer I

A Visual History of the German Army’s WWII Early Light Tank Clandestinely developed during the post WWI-era during which Germany was forbidden from developing, producing or owning armored combat vehicles, the Panzer I served as a proof of concept...

Visual History Six-Ton Trucks

From Prime Mover to Truck-Tractor One hundred twenty eight pages, soft cover, over 260 black & white and color images. Coverage of the Prime Mover, K-56 Radar Van, Bridge Erector, Crane Carrier, Tanker, Fire Truck and the Truck Tractor in period photos...

Visual History The Big Macks -Revised Edition

This volume covers the Mack artillery prime movers of WWII and the 1950s, the NO and the M125. (the similar tractor, the M123 is covered in our Dragon Wagon Part 2. One hundred twenty eight pages, over 180 color and b&w photos. This edition varies from...

Visual History HMMWV High Mobility

A Visual History of the U.S. Army's Modern High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle, Part 1 By David Doyle One hundred twenty pages, soft cover, over 260 color images. Complete full-color walk-around coverage of the M1038, M1025, M1044, Avenger,...

Squadron Signal The GMG CCKW Truck in U.S. Service Historical Reference

For more than half of the 20th century, the 2½ ton 6x6 truck was the backbone of U.S. military tactical transport. The pace-setter for this type of vehicle was the GMC CCKW, which not only served as a transport, but also formed the basis for a myriad of...

Squadron Signal The Complete DUKW Historical Reference

Hurriedly developed in 1942 under the auspices of the National Defense Research Committee, a think tank comprised of many of the leading scientists in the United States, the DUKW became arguably the most successful amphibious vehicle ever produced...

Squadron Signal M19-M20 Tank Transporter Detail In Action

Collectively known as the M19 Heavy Tank Transporter, this truck and trailer combination was conceived at the behest of British in 1941, and was later used by the United States Army as well. The prime mover for the combination was the Diamond T model 980...

Squadron Signal USS Lexington CV-2 At Sea

Squadron Signal USS Saratoga CV-3 At Sea

Faced with the restrictions of the Washington Navy Treaty, the US Navy had a choice: either scrap their partially complete, battlecruiser Saratoga, which along with her sister ship Lexington were intended to be the most powerful in the world; or convert...

Squadron Signal USS Texas BB-35 At Sea

The USS Texas proudly saw combat in both World Wars I and II, and since 1948 has been preserved in her namesake state as memorial to American servicemen. Armed with 10 14-inch guns and displacing 32,000 tons, the battleship is still a formidable sight...

Squadron Signal USS North Carolina At Sea

Squadron Signal USS BB-39 Arizona At Sea

Packed with rare photographs unearthed from sources throughout the country, this volume follows the history of one of America's most iconic naval vessels. View her keel laying under the watchful eye of (then) Undersecretary of the Navy, Franklin D...

Squadron Signal Higgins PT Boat On Deck

Andrew Jackson Higgins's New Orleans boat-building firm, Higgins Industries, constructed numerous vessels for the US war effort during World War II. Among these were 78-foot Patrol Torpedo (PT) boats. While not as well-publicized as the 80-foot Elco PT...

Squadron Signal Iowa Class Battleships On Deck

The Iowa-class battleships were America's – and the world’s – last active battleships, serving as recently as 1995. Back in the World War II era, six of the class were ordered, and four completed: Iowa, New Jersey, Missouri and Wisconsin. The Missouri...

Squadron Signal M1 Abrams In Action

The Abrams family of tanks has been America's premier main battle tank for over 30 years, and remains arguably one of the most formidable tanks in the world. The first tank to boast a power plant with a 1,500-h.p. gas turbine, the M1 also features air...

Squadron Signal M151 MUTT In Action

The M151 was intended to be a lightweight, high-mobility replacement for the M38A1, itself a successor to the famed World War II jeep. Dubbed the Military Utility Tactical Truck or MUTT by the military - GIs almost universally referred to the vehicle as...

Squadron Signal CH-47 Chinook In Action

With its tandem, contra-rotating rotors whirling above an aluminum fuselage punctuated by round porthole windows, the Boeing Vertol CH-47 Chinook heavy-lift helicopter has become something of an icon – a status it owes in no small part to its long...

Squadron Signal F-104 Starfighter In Action

Born from encounters with capable Communist aircraft during the Korean War, the F-104 took shape on Lockheed's drawing boards in late 1952. Engineered by a team led by famed designer Kelly Johnson the aircraft, dubbed the Starfighter, first flew on 4...

Squadron Signal F-105 Thunderchief In Action

The largest single-seat, single engine combat aircraft to enter production, the Republic F-105 Thunderchief was conceived as supersonic, low altitude fighter-bomber capable of delivering a nuclear payload. While thankfully never used as intended, the...

Squadron Signal A-20 Havoc In Action

The Douglas A-20 Havoc was a light bomber, attack, and intruder aircraft of World War II. Used by the American Army Air Forces, nearly one-third of the aircraft served with the Soviet military. In fact the Soviet air forces had more A-20s than the USAAF...

Squadron Signal SBD Dauntless In Action

Squadron Signal SB2C Helldiver In Action

Squadron Signal PBY Catalina In Action

Squadron Signal TBF/TBM Avenger In Action

Squadron Signal B-25 Mitchell In Action

The North American B-25 Mitchell was one of the premier US warplanes of World War II. It gained immortality early in the United States' involvement in the war when a small group of B-25Bs under Lt Col. Jimmy Doolittle took off from the deck of the USS...

Squadron Signal P-47 Thunderbolt In Action

The P-47 Thunderbolt rose to fame during World War II, with the aircraft and its pilots and crews accumulating an impressive record against ground targets, destroying a myriad of enemy trains, trucks, armored vehicles, artillery, and aircraft on the...

Squadron Signal K5(E) Railgun Detail In Action

The German K5(E) 280mm railgun is arguably the most effective weapon of its type ever developed. Boasting an 11-mile range, the 24 massive guns of this type were deployed from Italy to the Russian Front, and even along the English Channel Coast. Today,...

Squadron Signal Valentine Tank Walk Around

The Valentine Infantry Tank III, a private venture design from Vickers-Armstrong, was the 3rd of Great Britain's infantry tank designs. Though not the 1st tank to go into battle against the Axis in WWII, the Valentine has the distinction of having the...

Squadron Signal M108/M109 Howitzer Walk Around

Squadron Signal GMG CCKW Truck Walk Around

As war spread in Asia and war clouds gathered over Europe in the late 1930s, the US Army Quartermaster Corps set out to acquire a tough, new 2-1/2 ton tactical truck that would be up to the task of hauling modern artillery as well as troops and supplies...

Squadron Signal M7 Priest Walk Around

The US M7 self-propelled 105mm Howitzer, known as the Priest, was originally developed on the basis of an M3 medium tank chassis. Nicknamed the Priest because of its pulpit-like anti-aircraft ring, the vehicle was intended to provide armored units with...

Squadron Signal M113 APC Walk Around

The M113 family of vehicles is arguably the most successful series of armored personnel carriers of all time. Produced in huge numbers, these 'tracks', served the US and its Allies from the early 1960s into the 21st century. The M113 has operated across...

Squadron Signal M3 Medium Tank Walk Around

The M3 Medium Tank was designed as an interim answer to European battlefield conditions at the start of World War II. The tank was required to have heavier armor and a gun twice the size of the M2A1. Additionally, plans needed to be ready in 60 days. The...

Squadron Signal Pre-Standardized Jeep Walk Around

Three distinct versions of a reconnaissance car were produced before they were standardized into the World War II-era Jeep. Bantam, Ford and Willys produced different models to win military contracts. Bantam delivered 70 pre-production units in December...

Squadron Signal GPA/DUKW Walk Around

The US military’s two primary wheeled amphibians during WWII were the 1/4-ton GPA and the 2-1/2 ton DUKW. Although the former was a Ford Motor Company product and the later carried the label of arch-rival General Motors, the 2 bore a similarity due to...

Squadron Signal WWII US Sherman Tank In Action

The iconic American tank of World War II, the M4 Sherman was known for its simple, reliable, and flexible design. Ten different companies contributed to the total output of 50,000 units produced in a myriad of variations. Even after it went into serial...

Squadron Signal M48A3 In Vietnam In Action

Just as the Sherman tank was the quintessential 'American tank' in WWII, the M48A3 Patton tank was the most prominent US battle tank during the Vietnam War years of the 1960s and 1970s. The US Marines, who arrived in Vietnam with M48A3s in March 1965,...

Squadron Signal M113 APC In Vietnam In Action

Developed in response to the need for a lighter armored personnel carrier, the M113 design was approved in 1959 and went into production in 1960. The M113 and its updated successors served as the standard US armored personnel carrier - known unofficially...

Squadron Signal HMMWV In Action

The High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (Humvee) lives up to its multipurpose use in modern combat. The vehicles are employed to move cargo and personnel, are armed with TOW missiles and smaller arms, and are configured as field ambulances...

Squadron Signal M551 Sheridan In Action

Beginning in 1966, the Allison Division of General Motors built 1,562 M551s with primary armament being a 152-millimeter gun/launcher capable of firing conventional ammunition or the Ford-built Shillelagh anti-tank missile. The Sheridan was indeed a...

CWP46 - Classic Warships Pictorial USS New Jersey BB-62

SHF362927 - Schiffer Publishing The MAT-49 Submachine Gun

The French Model 1949 9 mm submachine gun is most closely associated with France? decolonization campaigns, including Indochina and Algeria. The MAT 49 (Manufacture Nationale d?rmes de Tulle) is a simple, robust, compact, and reliable weapon that was...