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Featured battle : Casaglia
Part of The French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars
Date : 12 April 1815
The Austrians, breaking out of their bridgehead at Occhiobello, attacked two villages held by the Neapolitans. One village [Ravale] was taken quickly but Casaglia was not taken until nightfall. Figures for the neapolitans engaged are not available.
Featured image :
PIAT infantry anti-armour weapon
The Projector, Infantry, Anti Tank weapon or PIAT for short was used by British forces during and after World War 2, particularly by paratroopers when no other anti-tank guns were available for example at Arnhem and Pegasus Bridge. It had to be loaded by standing on the shoulder plate and heaving to cock the spring, then inserting the round through the rectangular space in the top of the forward section. This particular weapon is a training version used by RAF Regiment personnel in their airfield protection role.
Gallery updated : 2022-04-04 08:33:43
Featured review :
The Long Range Desert Group in Action 1940-1943
Brendan O'Carroll
Here is another of the Images of War series from Pen & Sword. All of the others of the series have had good reviews on this site but, for me, this book stands out. The author, Brendan O’Carroll, admits that over twenty years of research went into this book. Dozens of people gave permissions, support and their stories. All of this was not in vain for here we have a superb, unique visual record of the men and their exploits. Every photograph contains more than at first meets the eye.
The Long Range Desert Group punched far above its weight and as the first of Britain’s Special Forces was a large influence on the present S.A.S. As with other books of this series there is very little text other than annotations. What text there is makes one want to read the other books on this subject by this author.
We highly recommend this book to both the browser and the ‘studier’.
Pen & Sword Military, 2020
Reviewed : 2020-10-29 09:31:13
