Author: Tamra B. Orr
Publisher: Rosen Central
Keywords: special, operations, inside, battalions, reconnaissance, usmc
Number of Pages: 64
Published: 2008-09
List price: $29.25
ISBN-10: 1404218467
ISBN-13: 9781404218468

Author: Gordon Rottman
Publisher: Osprey Publishing
Keywords: tactics, elite, reconnaissance, combat, war, world
Number of Pages: 64
Published: 2007-09-18
List price: $18.95
ISBN-10: 1846031370
ISBN-13: 9781846031373

Combat reconnaissance, the practice of sending small groups of soldiers ahead of the main body of forces was employed by all of the major armies in World War II. They would either creep through the landscape or speed through enemy territory in light armored vehicles or jeeps, bristling with machine guns, to report on the position and strength of the enemy.This book examines the often risky tactics and their devastating casualty rates. The equipment employed by combat reconnaissance groups during the war is investigated as are the rapid changes in tactics that resulted from operational failures

Author: Robert Notman
Publisher: Lulu.com
Keywords: reconnaissance, cars, ton, willys, ford, bantam
Number of Pages: 172
Published: 2006-07-09
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 1847281885
ISBN-13: 9781847281883

The 1/4-ton, 4x4, truck of World War Two started out in the hands of the Infantry and a little company called American Bantam Car Company. Bantam worked with the Army’s Quartermaster Corps to produce the pilot model that was accepted and then fulfilled their initial contract for 70 trucks. During testing of the pilot both Ford and Willys-Overland were invited to check out this new vehicle. The vehicles were studied in great detail. Soon, at their own expense, Ford and Willys-Overland submitted pilots for testing too. This book covers the production prototypes--Bantam BRC-40, Ford GP and

Author: J. H. Parry
Publisher: University of California Press
Keywords: settlement, exploration, discovery, reconnaissance
Number of Pages: 400
Published: 1982-01-08
List price: $27.95
ISBN-10: 0520042352
ISBN-13: 9780520042353

The Age of Reconnaissance, as J. H. Parry has so aptly named it, was the period during which Europe discovered the rest of the world. It began with Henry the Navigator and the Portuguese voyages in the mid-fifteenth century and ended 250 years later when the "Reconnaissance" was all but complete. Dr. Parry examines the inducements--political, economic, religious--to overseas enterprises at the time, and analyzes the nature and problems of the various European settlements in the new lands.

Author: Richard Doherty
Publisher: Osprey Publishing
Keywords: war, elite, world, corps, reconnaissance, british
Number of Pages: 64
Published: 2007-03-27
List price: $18.95
ISBN-10: 1846031222
ISBN-13: 9781846031229

Either creeping through the landscape or mounted in armored cars and Bren carriers, Reconnaissance Regiments became a vital addition to all British infantry divisions. After the disastrous defeat in France in 1940, at the hands of German forces with strong recce units mounted in light armored vehicles, the Bartholomew Committee called for the formation of a British equivalent. This was achieved by forming the new elite Reconnaissance Corps.Their spearhead role meant that they were consistently at the forefront of all dramatic action, and most famously served with the 1st and 6th Airborne at Ar

Authors:I.L. Kalikhman, K. I. Yudanov,
Publisher: CRC Press
Keywords: science, marine, reconnaissance, fish, acoustic
Number of Pages: 272
Published: 2006-03-21
List price: $179.95
ISBN-10: 0849323339
ISBN-13: 9780849323331

Until now, there has not been any work that systematically presents the subject of acoustic fish reconnaissance, details all major aspects of applying acoustic equipment in commercial fish reconnaissance, and offers sufficient analysis of the effectiveness of fish-finding techniques. Acoustic Fish Reconnaissance responds to this need by providing the first overview of the theoretical and practical aspects of acoustic search, detection, interpretation, and population estimation for commercial benefit.This book pays particular attention to the theory and practice of accounting surveys for quanti

Author: C.T. Russell
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: system, kuiper, belt, charon, pluto, horizons, reconnaissance, new
Number of Pages: 404
Published: 2009-05-05
List price: $169.00
ISBN-10: 0387895175
ISBN-13: 9780387895178

The New Horizons mission is the first spacecraft to reconnoitre the Pluto-Charon System and the Kuiper belt. This pioneering mission explores the outer edge of the solar system, arguably the last frontier of planetary exploration. This book describes the mission, its objectives, expected results, payload and data products in articles written by the scientists and engineers most closely involved. This mission has the potential of revolutionizing our understanding of the formation of the solar system. It is of interest to all research scientists, graduate students, and educated laymen who are in