From the beginning of the armour-led German blitzkrieg in September 1939 to the dropping of the atomic bomb on Nagasaki in August 1945, World War II Encyclopedia of Aircraft, Tanks & Warships is an accessible reference guide to the most important aircraft, armoured fighting vehicles, artillery and ships deployed by all armies during mankind’s most destructive war. The book ranges from the mighty Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress which led the strategic bombing of Nazi-occupied Europe to the ever-adaptable Supermarine Spitfire and the Me 262 jet fighter, the first jet aircraft to see combat; from classic battleships such as the German Bismarck to the great aircraft carriers of the Pacific Fleet, such as the USS Enterprise; from the Red Army’s T-34 tank – perhaps the war’s most effective armoured fighting vehicle – to the King Tiger, the conflict’s most powerful tank. Each weapon is illustrated with one or two accurate artworks – some of them cutaways – an authentic photograph, an authoritative history on its development, production and service history and a box panel of essential specifications. Featuring more than 400 entries, World War II Encyclopedia of Aircraft, Tanks & Warships is a fascinating reference work on the most important tanks, guns, warships and aircraft from 1939 to 1945.
CONTENTS TO INCLUDE:
Introduction
AIRCRAFT
Polikarpov I-16 Blackburn Skua PZL P.11c Fiat G.50 Freccia Fiat CR.32 Mitsubishi Ki-21 Supermarine Walrus Macchi C.200 Saetta Mitsubishi G3M 'Nell' CANT Z.1007 Alcione Caproni Ca.133 Mitsubishi A6M Zero Douglas C-47 Skytrain Ilyushin Il-2 Shturmovik Heinkel He 111 North American B-25 Mitchell Messerschmitt Bf 109 Dewoitine D. 520 Hawker Hurricane Arado Ar 196A-5 Junkers Ju 87 Stuka Dornier Do 17P Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress Aichi D3A A5M Claude Nakajima Ki.43 Hayabusa Supermarine Spitfire Polikarpov I-153 Junkers Ju 88 Curtiss P-40 Kittyhawk Messerschmitt Bf 110 Lockheed Hudson Mk.1 Consolidated Catalina Ilyushin Il-4 Savoia-Marchetti SM.79 Sparviero Blackburn Roc Tupolev SB-2 Boulton Paul Defiant Fairey Swordfish Douglas A-20 Havoc Morane-Saulnier MS.406 Fairey Albacore Nakajima B5N Martin PBM Mariner Bristol Blenheim Mk IV North American P-51 Mustang Gloster Gladiator Yakovlev Yak-1 Fieseler Fi 156 Storch SBD-3 Dauntless Ilyushin DB-3 Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Condor Douglas TBD Devastator Mitsubishi Ki.46 Dinah Vought SB2U Vindicator Petlyakov Pe-8 Dornier Do 24 Avro Manchester Henschel Hs 126 Bristol Beaufighter TF.Mk X Blohm und Voss BV 138 Handley Page Halifax Curtiss SBC Helldiver Short Stirling Vought OS2U Kingfisher Douglas Boston III Curtiss P-36 & Hawk Model 75 Grumman F4F Wildcat Blackburn Skua Lavochkin-Gorbunov-Gudkov LaGG-3 Short Sunderland Mk III Yak-3 Handley-Page Hampden Fairey Fulmar Brewster F2A Buffalo Vickers Wellington Dornier Do 217 Macchi C.202 Folgore Mitsubishi G4M 'Betty' Nakajima Ki-49 Donryu P-38 Lightning Focke-Wulf Fw 190 Republic P-47 Thunderbolt De Havilland Mosquito Avro Lancaster B-24 Liberator Mikoyan-Guryevoich MiG-1 Petlyakov Pe-2 Supermarine Seafire Martin B-26 Marauder Messerschmitt Me 210/410 Bell P-39 Airacobra Yermolaev Yer-2 Grumman F6F Hellcat Vought F4U Corsair Northrop P-61 Black Widow Hawker Typhoon Kawasaki Ki.45 Toryu Kawasaki Ki.61 Hien Curtiss SB2C Helldiver Grumman TBF1-C Avenger Heinkel He 177 Lavochkin La-5 Fairey Barracuda Nakajima Ki-44 Shoki Mitsubishi J2M Raiden Nakajima B6N 'Jill' Me 323 Gigant Fiat G.55 Centauro Bell P-63 Kingcobra Messerschmitt Me 262 Boeing B-29 Superfortress Arado Ar 234B-2 Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet Mitsubishi Ki.67 Hiryu Yokosuka MXY7 Okha Lavochkin La-7 Tupolev Tu-2 Hawker Tempest Dornier Do 335 Pfeil Nakajima Ki-84 Hayate Kawasaki Ki-100 Bachem Ba 349 Natter Heinkel He 162 Focke-Wulf Ta 152 Junkers Ju 88 Mistel Douglas A-26 Invader
TANKS & AFVs TK Tankette (Polish) BT-5 T-26 Model 1933 light tank T-37 L-3-35/Lf sIG 33 Char de Cavalerie 38H Type 95 Kyugo Light Tank Universal Carrier/Bren Carrier SdKfz 222 SdKfz 231 Panzer I Ausf F T-35 Hotchkiss H-35 Light Tank Mark VIB Panzer II Ausf F Panzer 35(t) Somua S35 M2 Light Tank Renault R35 Matilda II Char B1 bis Type 97 Chi-Ha BT-7 T-28 Model 1938 SdKfz 251 series Cruiser Tank Mark II, A10 Mark IA T-40 amphibious light tank T-38 Panzer 38(t) M3 Scout Car Pantserwagen M39 M2 halftrack KV-2 Mk III Valentine Infantry Tank Fiat-Ansaldo M11/39 Cruiser Tank Mk IV A13 Panzer III early SdKfz 250 series Panzer IV early StuG III assault gun KV-1 Marmon-Herrington Armoured Car Mark II Chevrolet WA Daimler Armoured Car M3 halftrack M3 Stuart LT / M3A1 Satan T-60 T-34 Model 1941 Panzer IV Ausf F1 Carro ArmatoL6/40 AEC Mk III Armoured car Mk VI Crusader I Cruiser Tank Cruiser Tank Mark VI, Crusader MkIII Churchill Mk IV M3 Lee/Grant Howitzer Motor Carriage T12 / T30 Ram Kangaroo LVT-1 LVT-2 LVT(A)-1 DUKW Carro Armato M15/42 SdKfz 138 – 15cm infantry gun Grille Marder I & II T17E1 Staghound I M5 Stuart M22 Locust SU-76 KV-1S T-70 T-34 Model 1942 T-34 Model 1943 Panzer VI Tiger Ausf E Panzer VI Tiger Ausf H M4A4 Sherman Panzer III Ausf J Hummel Semovente DA 75/18 105mm Howitzer Motor Carriage M7 Priest Howitzer Motor Carriage M8 155mm Gun Motor Carriage M12 T19 Howitzer Motor Carriage (HMC) Sdkfz 135/1 Lorraine Schlepper Wespe Sherman DD SdKfz 234 Marder III Panzer III Ausf M / Ausf N M5 halftrack M8 Armoured Car M20 Armoured car Panzer V Panther Ausf D Panzerjager IV Nashorn Panzerjager Tiger Elefant Sturmpanzer IV Brummbar SU-122 SP gun SU-85 SP gun KV-85 Heavy Tank SU-152 SP gun M10 Wolverine M18 Hellcat Churchill AVRE ISU-122 SP gun ISU-152 SP gun StuG IV Sherman VC Firefly Panzer V Panther Ausf G Jagdpanzer IV Jagdpanzer IV/70 Jagdpanther Jagdpanzer 38(T) Hetzer M4A3E2 Jumbo assault tank LVT-4 LVT(A)-4 Churchill Crocodile T-34/85 SU-100 SP gun IS-2 Sherman Crab Mine-Clearing Tank Cromwell Mk VIII Archer SP gun Tiger II ‘King Tiger’ Jagdpanzer VI Jagdtiger M36 tank destroyer M-24 Chaffee Sturmmorser Tiger T-44 IS-3 M26 Pershing / Super Pershing Tank, Cruiser, Comet I (A34)
ARTILLERY, MORTARS, ANTITANK & AA GUNS 37mm Anti-Tank Gun M3 76mm Zis-3 AT gun 8in Howitzer M1 15cm sFH18 152mm Howitzer M1937 76.2mm Model 1942 10.5cm leFH 18 88mm Flak 88mm Flak 41 Ordnance QF 25 pdr 88mm PaK 43/41 105mm Howitzer M2A1 Type 35/75mm 105mm Flak 38 QF 3in 20 CWT 5cm Flak 41 40mm Bofors Flak 43 QF 2 pdr Mk VII 75mm Pak 40 QF 6 pdr 7 CWT Gun Mk 2 QF 17 pdf 15cm Panzerwerfer 42 Panzerkampfwagen 35(H) mit 28/32cm Katyusha rocket launcher BM-13-16 Katyusha rocket launcher BM-31-11 ChTZ S-65 towing 152mm ML-20 Model 1937 7.5cm le.IG 18 28.cm sPzB 41 28/32cm Wurfkorper Sdkfz 251 80cm Schwerer Fustav Flakpanzer I Flakpanzer 38(t) Flakpanzer IV (Wirbelwind) 2cm Flakvierling 38 37mm 61-K M1939 AA gun Red Army trucks Multiple Gun Motor M19 MGMC AA: M13 / M14 / M16 Ordance ML 3in Mortar 120mm Model 1938 mortar 82mm mortar Type 35/75mm Gun 3.7in QF gun Mk 1 76.2mm M1942 105mm Howitzer M3 75mm Type 88 155mm M1 and M2 Oerlikon 20mm 60mm Mortar M1 SGrW 34 81mm Mortar 120mm M1938 Mortar Ordnance ML 3in Mortar
WARSHIPS Queen Elizabeth Conte di Cavour HMS Warspite USS Navada USS Mississippi Revenge class Ise HMS Walker (W class) HMS Hood Nagato Gunboats IJN Ataka, Saga, Seta, Tatara V-boats HMS Eagle (1924) Akagi (1927) HMS Rodney Oberon & Odin classes Cruiser Chervonia Ukraina USS Lexington Dekabrist class Pisani & Mameli classes Kaga Koln HMS Glorious USS Pensacola HMS Storm (S-class) Akatsuki class HMS Exeter Alberto di Giussano class Leander Class cruiser Leninets class series XIII Giovanni delle Bande Nere Cruiser Krazny Kavkaz Argonaute (600 series) USS Indianapolis Schchuka class Pola KMS Deutschland/Lutzow Algerie (cruiser) River class Type IA Types II Pravda class series IV De Ruyter Town class light cruiser HMS Penelope HMS Porpoise (Grampus class) Duca Degli Abruzzi class cruisers Zuiho Salmon class Hiryu Dunkerque HMS Cossack U-Class USS Yorktown Adua class Type KD6 HMS Eskimo USS Enterprise Gneisenau Gascogne Types IX Brooklyn Class cruiser Marcello class HMS Ark Royal Leonardo da Vinci (Marconi class) Yukikaze (Kagero class) Katori class Karl Galster (Z20) HMS Kelly Sovetskiy Soyuz HMS Audacity USS Sangamon HMS Indomitable USS Wasp Vittorio Veneto Prinz Eugen Littorio Bismarck HMS Howe HMS Jervis Bay merchant cruiser Tashkent-class destroyer HMS Prince of Wales Richelieu Types VIIC USS Ray (Gato class) Type C-1 Yamato Tirpitz HMS Anchusa (Flower class) Fairmile Type C MBT Ariete Class CAM and MAC ships Type XIV Shokaku USS Indiana HMS Jamaica USS Independence USS Bogue USS Piper (Balao class) X-class LST LCI (L) Type XXI Escorts Matsu, Mikura, Type C, Type D The Sullivans (Fletcher Class) Johnston (Fletcher Class) River class frigates Unryu USS Intrepid USS Princeton Taiho Type I-400 HMS Vagabond Type XXIII USS Tang (Tench class) LST Mk3 LSM rocket USS Missouri (Iowa class) USS Guam Type I-201 submarine
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