Joe
Elite and Warrior in 2012!
November 1, 2011 12:00 AM
More tactics, more Byzantines, and more military history goodness than you can shake a stick at! Here's the Elite and Warrior line-up for 2012!
ELI 119: Apache Tactics 1830–86 (January)
ELI 129: World War II US Cavalry Units: European Theater (July)
ELI 187: Byzantine Imperial Guards AD 925–1025 (July)
ELI 188: Napoleonic Heavy Cavalry Tactics (April)
ELI 189: European Medieval Tactics (2) (September)
ELI 190: US Marine Infantry Combat Uniforms and Equipment 2000–10 (September)
WAR 161: Tunnel Rat in Vietnam (February)
WAR 162: Roman Republican Legionary 298–105 BC (April)
WAR 163: Spartan Warrior 735–331 BC (July)
WAR 164: RAF Fighter Command Pilot (September)
WAR 165: US Army Paratrooper in the Pacific Theater, 1943–45 (November)
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will definitely be getting WWII US Cav Euro and UsA para Pacific!
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Interesting the title on US Marines equipment. Is it a starting of a new "sub series" like "tactics"?
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Great titles! I am looking forward to US Cavalry Units: European Theater, Tunnel Rat in Vietnam, RAF Fighter Command Pilot, and US Army Paratrooper in the Pacific Theater.
Like Alessio, I too am curious about the US Marine Infantry Combat Uniforms and Equipment title. If its another sub series, I think its a great idea. The MAA US Army Equipment and Flak Jacket titles are 20-25 years old, and this equipment series is a great way to rectify that. I also hope we see titles about US Army, British Forces, and Russian infantry combat equipment not just from 2000-2010, but from 1990-1999 as well.
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Hi all:
yeah I'm very intrigued by the American Marian s uniforms and combat equipment. Sounds like a great subseries and one that I would welcome.
I've been begging Osprey to update the Flack jackets book to take into account the ballastic vest/kevlar/cermaic inserts revolution.
Perhaps the editors will eventually publish such a title
xavier
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An excellent batch of titles! Though I was under the impression that the ETO sequel to WW II U.S. Cavalry was planned for further into the future. I would not have normally thought a title on U.S. Paratroopers in the PTO would warrant it's own title but there we go! The Elite on modern USMC combat gear is a really good one too. Is it me or is the Warrior title on RAF Fighter pilots seriously overdue? LOL
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Byzantine Imperial Guards AD 925-1025 sounds like an excellent title to tie up the Byzantine subject within the MAA, ELI and WAR series.
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I'm also interested in the idea of a 'sub-series' around Combat Uniforms and Equipment... I think the MAA titles on German and US web equipment are some of the best (and most-useful to the collector) Osprey titles and had hoped Osprey would take this further.
I have often suggested in the monthly poll a title on gas masks (hopefully a couple of different volumes covering either different periods or different countries). Soviet/Warsaw Pact web equipments is a title I would love to see (illustrated by the great Ron Volstad of course!).
Xavier, you might be interested in this book released this year that covers modern body armour:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Modern-Body-Armour-Martin-Brayley/dp/1847972489/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1320234806&sr=1-1
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