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Series Libro 17 - Weapon
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Series Libro 137 - New Vanguard
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Deception in High Places

Truman and the Bomb

The Lee-Enfield Rifle

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The Bazooka

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Japanese Tanks 1939–45

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Matilda Infantry Tank 1938–45

British Light Tanks 1927–45

American Civil War Artillery 1861–65 (2)

Riot Control Vehicles

The Gatling Gun

Browning .30-caliber Machine Guns

The Thompson Submachine Gun

Gods of Metal

The 10th Mountain Division in World War II

The Union Army 1861–65 (2)

Red Army Auxiliary Armoured Vehicles, 1930–1945

究極奇葩兵器圖鑑：74種令人哭笑不得的怪設計

Colonial Armies: Africa 1850-1918

Drawing the Samurai Sword