World War II Battlefield Communications
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Description
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.
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.
Table of Contents
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
Product details
| Published | 20 Jun 2010 |
|---|---|
| Format | Paperback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 64 |
| ISBN | 9781846038471 |
| Imprint | Osprey Publishing |
| Illustrations | 29 b/w; 8 col |
| Dimensions | 248 x 184 mm |
| Series | Elite |
| Short code | ELI 181 |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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