World War II Battlefield Communications

Informationen zum Autor Gordon L. Rottman Klappentext Osprey's examination of technological advances in communications during World War II (1939-1945). Perhaps the biggest difference in the fighting between the two World Wars lay in the invention of the man-portable radio that allowed for a greater degree of tactical coordination than ever before. Gordon L. Rottman provides an informative study of the use of small radios, field telephones, signal flares and ground-to-air signaling that revolutionized the battlefield. Vorwort For the first time, an accessible, illustrated explanation of the specifics of how soldiers in World War II were able to communicate in battle - with each other, with tanks, and with supporting artillery and aircraft. Zusammenfassung Perhaps the biggest difference in the fighting between the two World Wars lay in the invention of the man-portable radio that allowed for a greater degree of tactical coordination than ever before. This book provides an informative study of the use of small radios, signal flares, and ground-to-air signaling that revolutionized the battlefield. Inhaltsverzeichnis The state of the art in 1939 / The basic means: messengers, manpack radios, vehicle radios, field telephones, signal pistols and flares, colored smoke, air/ground signals / Capabilities and limitations / Basic procedures / Countermeasures: interception and jamming / National specifics of equipment and procedures: US, UK, Soviet, German, Japanese and wartime developments

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Gordon L. Rottman

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Gordon L Rottman, Gordon L. Rottman, Rottman Gordon L.
• Con la collaborazione di: Peter Dennis (Illustrazione)
• Editore: Osprey Publishers
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 20.06.2010
• EAN: 9781846038471
• ISBN: 978-1-84603-847-1
• Pagine: 64
• Dimensioni: 184 mm x 248 mm x 7 mm
• Serie: Elite; Elite; Print on demand
• Categorie: Saggistica; HISTORY / Military / General, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, Warfare & defence, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), Modern warfare, War and defence operations, War & defence operations, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General