Description
| Product ID: | 9781861268327 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | EM33 Europa Militaria Series |
| Title: | EM33 American Web Equipment 1910-1967 |
| Subtitle: | Europa Militaria Series |
| Authors: | Author: Martin J Brayley |
| Page Count: | 64 |
| Subjects: | History of the Americas, History of the Americas, Second World War, Weapons and equipment, Militaria, arms and armour, Second World War, Weapons & equipment, Militaria, arms & armour, USA, c 1914 to c 1918 (including WW1) , c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period) |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Gives an illustrated overview of the webbing straps, holsters, carriers and haversacks used by American combat troops from before World War One to the Vietnam War. This book is useful for students of American uniform and equipment, modellers, re-enactors and collectors. In this book, a follow-up to the same author''s well-received study of British web equipment, Martin Brayley gives a detailed illustrated overview of the webbing straps, holsters, carriers and haversacks used by American combat troops from before World War One to the Vietnam War.Hundreds of different items are photographed, and the often small differences between suppliers and periods are pointed in the learned and informative text.This book offers collectors and students of militaria a detailed and authoritative review of the development of the US Army''s web equipment. It tells the story from the first M1910 set taken to France by the ''Doughboys'' of World War One to the M1956 and its M1967 replacement worn by the ''grunts'' in Vietnam. Superbly illustrated with more than 100 full-colour photographs. Martin Brayley is a prolific collector of military equipment and is a photographer by profession. |
| Imprint Name: | The Crowood Press Ltd |
| Publisher Name: | The Crowood Press Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2006-05-22 |
