Tag: Javelin

Free Download M.C. Bishop, "The Pilum: The Roman Heavy Javelin "
English | ISBN: 1472815882 | 2017 | 80 pages | AZW3 | 8 MB
A heavy javelin, normally used as a shock weapon immediately before contact, the pilum was designed with a particular specialty: it could penetrate a shield and carry on into the individual behind it. Relying on mass rather than velocity, at short range a volley of pila had much the same effect on a charging enemy as musketry would in later periods. The design was not uniform, with a wide diversity of types throughout the developmental history of the weapon, but for more than four centuries it remained a vital part of the arsenal of weapons at the disposal of the Roman legionary.

Free Download Empire Javelin, D-Day Assault Ship: The Royal Navy vessel that landed the US 116th Infantry on Omaha Beach
by Philip Kay-Bujak
English | July 30, 2024 | ISBN: 1399035819 | 240 pages | EPUB | 7.19 Mb

Free Download Peter Caygill – Javelin from the Cockpit: Britain’s First Delta Wing Fighter
Pen & Sword | 2011 | ISBN: 1848846568 | English | 264 pages | PDF | 108.46 MB
The Gloster Javelin was designed to be a night/all-weather fighter. It was first introduced into RAF service in 1956 and was retired in 1967. It was a large two-man, twin-engined and delta-winged aircraft. Although extremely rugged in construction pilots were banned from spinning as test flights had proved it impossible to recover. During its service nine different marks were introduced. At first it was armed with four wing-mounted cannon but as technology advanced air-to-air missiles replaced them. In its role as a night/all-weather fighter it bristled with Britain’s latest radar and interception devices.

Free Download Gloster Javelin: An Operational History by Michael John W Napier
English | March 30, 2016 | ISBN: 1473848814 | 336 pages | PDF | 12 Mb
The RAF’s only delta-winged fighter – the Gloster Javelin was also Britain’s first true All-Weather Fighter. Based in the UK and in Germany, the RAF’s Javelin squadrons formed the front line of Britain’s air defenses in the late 1950s and early 1960s. During this time Javelin crews pioneered the operational use of guided missiles and air-to-air refueling by fighter aircraft. In the Far East, Javelins were involved in operations during the Indonesian Confrontation and the aircraft was also deployed to Zambia during the Rhodesian UDI Crisis.