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The new look at tank tactics and strategy explains the international development and deployment of the tank against itself and a background of technical achievements.

A highly illustrated study of the T-55 Main Battle Tank and its variants that formed the backbone of the Soviet Army during the years of the Cold War.The T-55 is one of the most iconic weapons created by the Soviets during the Cold War and also one of the most widely deployed weapons in history. Like its younger brother, the T-54, the T-55 enjoyed a long career in the Red Army and even into the early days of the reformed Russian Army. Under their control it saw very little combat use or deployments, but it was widely sold to other nations and participated in many of the wars and combat operations from the mid-1960s to the present. The T-55 has been employed in almost every conflict in the Middle East and Africa from its introduction into service. Even today the tank is still employed by both sides in the Syrian Civil War, and they are also in service with Kurdish forces in the struggle against ISIS in the northern part of Iraq.

The world of the samurai - the legendary elite warrior cult of old Japan - has for too long been associated solely with military history and has remained a mystery to the general reader. In this exciting new book, Stephen Turnbull, the world's leading authority on the samurai, goes beyond the battlefield to paint a picture of the samurai as they really were. Familiar topics such as the cult of suicide, ritualised revenge and the lore of the samurai sword are seen in the context of an all-encompassing warrior culture that was expressed through art and poetry as much as through violence. Using themed chapters, the book studies the samurai through their historical development and their relationship to the world around them - relationships that are shown to persist in Japan even today.

Las colecciones de armas y armaduras constituyen una parte fundamental pero poco conocida del legado cultural europeo, desde las grandes armerías dinásticas o los museos militares a las colecciones publicas o privadas. En su mayor parte son custodiadas en todo el continente por un reducido numero de instituciones entre las que destacan los principales conjuntos dinasticos. Por ello la presentacion de un nuevo conjunto poco conocido constituye por si misma una novedad destacable. En este caso se trata de las armaduras renacentistas y barrocas de Santa Maria de Ocaña, en la provincia de Toledo. En ellas llama la atencion que, a pesar del reducido numero de elementos del conjunto, compuesto por apenas diez armaduras heterogeneas, se hallan piezas destacadas por su calidad, tipologia o la relevancia de sus autores. Entre estos ultimos se encuentran armeros como los alemanes Desiderius Helmschmid de Augsburgo o Wolfgang Grosschedel de Landshut, que trabajaron al servicio del emperador Carlos V y de Felipe II. La utilizacion de estas armaduras hasta la actualidad con fines liturgicos durante la Semana Santa es uno de los rasgos mas destacados de este grupo. Por ello se relacionan con las de las numerosas hermandades que en la geografia española continuan formando guardias pretorianas acompañando a la imagen de Jesus ...