Imperial German Field Uniforms WWI Reference V1 Soldier Weapons Field Equip More

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Imperial German Field Uniforms WW1 Vol 1 by: Johan Somers
ISBN:
0764322613
Book Title:
Imperial German Field Uniforms and Equipment 1907-1918, Volume 1
Author:
Johan Somers
Binding:
Hard Cover with dust jacket
Copyright:
2005
Pages:
384
Size:
9.25 x 12.38 in.
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This listing is for Volume I: Field Equipment, Optical Instruments, Body Armor, Mine and Chemical Warfare, Communications Equipment, Weapons, Cloth Headgear
This two-volume set provides the reader with an insight into the wide range of uniforms, weapons and field equipment used by the Imperial German Army during the First World War. The devastating and dramatic character of the war required many innovations in military clothing and equipment. New uniforms and adequate protection was a must, and steel helmets appeared on the battlefield, replacing the outdated spiked helmets. Even medieval-looking items, like steel breastplates and trench clubs, were produced, giving the soldiers a fearful appearance. The threat of poison gas caused the immediate development of gas masks. It was also the time of the tank, observation balloons, mine warfare, the Zeppelin, airplanes, flame-throwers, deadly machine guns, and other war machinery that saw service, sometimes for the first time. Using over 1,000 color and period photographs from private collections and museums, the author succeeds in showing a broad range of artifacts, together with full and to the point descriptions. This series is aimed towards the novice or advanced German World War I collector and enthusiast, military history student, modeller, researcher and re-enactor.
Over 500 b/w and color photographs
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