Grabenkrieg - Volume 2, World War One No 1006, Tankograd

TANKOGRAD - WORLD WAR ONE Series: Imperial German Army Weapons and Soldiers of the Great War 1914-1948.

No 1006: GRABENKRIEG - German Trench Warfare Vol. 2

The stalemate in the trenches is for many the very definition of warfare in World War One. Only months after the hostilities had started the opposing armies began to dig in along the Western Front. Thus began a type of warfare completely unexpected by those in command.

The war in the trenches demanded the development of new skills for the infantry and artillery and the development of new weapons capable of blocking the enemy‘s advance over no mans land. Medieval tactics and equipment such as mining warfare and body armour would soon meet with most modern formations and tactics such as the assault forces and combined forces operations. Consequently, more than anything else World War One is the benchmark of modern warfare.

This publication will for the very first time give a highly pictorial overview on the German trench warfare on all frontlines 1914-18, with its weapons and technology explained and illustrated in unprecedented detail and with many photographs hitherto unpublished.

Chapters:

German Trench Warfare - Introduction
Close Combat Weapons
Pistols and Revolvers
Rifles
Snipers and Sniper Rifles
Rifle Grenades
Bergman Submachine Gun
Machine Guns
Mine Launchers
Infantry Guns / Assault Accompanying Guns
Flame Throwers
Gas Warfare
Mining Warfare
Anti-Tank Weapons
Summary
Trench Warfare in Colour 

Author: Oliver Richter

Publisher: Tankograd Publishing (2012).

ISBN: 978-3-936519-27-3

Description: 104 pages, Paperback, A4 size, approx. 200 b/w age & 70 colour photographs. Full english text.

Condition: NEW COPY.

Shipping weight: 0.67 Kg.

Tags: WORLD WAR 1