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Basic Pistol Instruction
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Basic Pistol Instruction

L20240160
€18.96
Scope of competence for the pistol carrier Day / night shooting programme Simplified shooting stoppages Use of the bulletproof vest
SNIPER
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SNIPER

L20240158
€20.85
Effective, rugged and modern are certainly the adjectives that best define the author's approach to the instruction and employment of snipers. With this new work, Philippe Perotti provides the essential tools for making the most of the .338 Lapua Magnum calibre. He also develops a wide range of aspects of the specialty that significantly enhance the...
Immediate Action Techniques
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Immediate Action Techniques

L20240157
€27.49
This manual dedicated to "Immediate action techniques" complements the shooting technique manuals from the same publisher. The authors share their experience by describing, in this essentially practical work, a clear and precise method for teaching "small-unit combat techniques". Immediate Action Techniques (IAT) enable: 1 - to instruct collective...
The French Navy: A World of Contrasts
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In the French Navy, the daily life of crews is shaped by striking contrasts unknown in any other profession: modernity and tradition, obedience and command, storms and flat calms, night and day, communal life and solitary existence, vast expanses of ocean and the confinement of a closed world — all of these run through every mission and every life at sea....
The History of the 14 July Military Parade – In Paris,...
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For nearly 150 years, on 14 July, the French army has paraded through Paris — yet the history of this ceremony, followed each year by millions of French people, has never before been told. Drawing on more than 300 rare or unpublished photographs and a wealth of archival sources, Christian Benoit analyses this event, which symbolises the bond between the...
LECLERC TANK, FROM THE COLD WAR TO THE CONFLICTS OF TOMORROW
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Designed to destroy Soviet tank hordes on the plains of Germany, the Leclerc set the performance bar so high that, forty years after its conception, engineers the world over still dream of matching it when designing a new tank. Hitting seven moving targets at up to 3,000 m while travelling cross-country at 50 km/h in one minute is a feat achievable only...
THE COMPLETE HISTORY OF COMMANDO BADGES THE COMPLETE HISTORY OF COMMANDO BADGES 2
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This work explores the history of the 104 commando badges officially recognised by the Service historique de la défense, from the first issued in 1972 to the most recent in 2023. It provides an overview of the various patents and their evolution over the years, as well as the many unofficial badges. The authors, Vivien Bureu and Ronan Levesque, both...
HS Gazette Des Armes No. 28 — THE KALASHNIKOV — FROM THE... HS Gazette Des Armes No. 28 — THE KALASHNIKOV — FROM THE... 2
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Designed by a young Red Army sergeant, Mikhail T. Kalashnikov, who wanted to provide Soviet soldiers with a quality weapon, the Kalashnikov became the symbol of communist armies and of the guerrilla movements supported by China and the USSR during the Cold War. It has since become a commercial product, sometimes arming Russia's enemies or anti-communist...
THE FRENCH ARMOURED CORPS FROM 1916 TO THE PRESENT DAY
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The appearance of Leclerc tanks during the Bastille Day parade is always an event, as much for the spectators as for the men manoeuvring these steel giants. With its vehicles each more impressive than the last, the Arme Blindée et Cavalerie has been one of the major components of the French Army since the Second World War. Officially born in North Africa...
THE PANHARD EBR. A DISTINCTLY FRENCH INNOVATION THE PANHARD EBR. A DISTINCTLY FRENCH INNOVATION 2
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Emerging from the Second World War, the Panhard company successfully responded to an ambitious Army programme for an engin blindé de reconnaissance (armoured reconnaissance vehicle), abbreviated EBR. In doing so, it would quite literally make this EBR acronym its own, offering the armoured cavalry a mount that was both original and innovative. In post-war...
DICTIONARY OF FRENCH MILITARY HISTORY – From the Origins...
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As General de Gaulle expressed it in a celebrated and striking phrase: "France was forged by the sword." To study the history of France — and in many respects the history of Europe and the world — one must above all take into account the military history of our country. To avoid misreadings, anachronisms and other hazardous interpretations, here is — from...
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