Best Selling Books by Chris McNab

Shuttles and Space Missions examines topics on space exploration, from early orbital missions to the first astronauts on the moon. Detailed illustrations and clear charts help explain these complicated topics.

The machine gun story

The Elite Forces Wilderness Survival Guide introduces the core skills needed to survive in a wilderness environment. With tips and techniques based on special forces practice, the book is divided into seven convenient chapters, dealing with equipment and clothing, water and plant food, hunting and cooking, shelter and camp skills, dangers, first aid, and navigation. Clearly illustrated throughout, the book offers useful tips on a vast array of topics, including: *packing a survival kit *finding water *foraging for plant food *avoiding poisonous plants *building a snow shelter *making a fire plow *tracking animals *making a bird trap *mountain climbing *controlling bleeding *finding a pulse *navigating without a map With more than 250 easy-to-follow artworks and handy pull-out lists of key tips, The Elite Forces Wilderness Survival Guide is the definitive pocket guide for anyone stranded in the wilderness—it could save your life.

Naval.

The Haynes Falklands War Operations Manual looks at the planning and logistics that made the whole operation possible. It considers how the naval Task Force was raised and assembled in rapid time, the adaptation and conversion of the liners QE2, Canberra and Uganda for war service in the South Atlantic, the logistics of the long voyage south, how Ascension Island became a 24/7 staging post and operations 'hub' for the Task Force, the use of air power (in particular the RAF Harrier and RN Sea Harrier), the RAF’s air-to-air refuelling tanker aircraft that made much of the air component of the operation feasible, the epic Black Buck Vulcan bomber raid on Stanley; ships, landing craft, helicopters, weapons and equipment, and how the re-supply operation kept the fuel, food and ammunition flowing across 7,878 miles of ocean.

Subtitled: The Illustrated History of the Fallschirmjager in World War II. An pictorial record of Germany's airborne troops, both as they developed as a unit in the run-up to war, and as they were deployed once it had commenced. Rarely-seen images show their spectacular, glider-borne deployments in the Low Countries during the early campaigns of the war in western Europe, their dramatic airdrop and costly seizure of Crete, and their stunning and daring missions at Monte Rotondo and Gran Sasso later in the war. Hdbd., 8 1/2 x 11 1/2, 176 pgs., 264 b&w ill.

Qual é o nível de segurança de sua rede? A melhor maneira de descobrir é atacá-la usando as mesmas táticas que os invasores empregam, de modo a identificar e explorar seus pontos fracos. Com a edição atualizada deste livro prático, você aprenderá a fazer testes de invasão (pentest) em redes de forma estruturada. O especialista em segurança Chris McNab apresenta vulnerabilidades comuns e os passos que você deve executar para identificá-las em seu ambiente. A complexidade dos sistemas e as superfícies de ataque continuam aumentando. Este livro descreve um processo para ajudá-lo a atenuar os riscos aos quais a sua rede está sujeita. Todo capítulo inclui uma checklist que sintetiza as técnicas dos invasores, junto com medidas de proteção eficazes que podem ser utilizadas de imediato. Aprenda a testar os componentes de seu sistema de modo eficiente, incluindo: Serviços comuns como SSH, FTP, Kerberos, SNMP e LDAPServiços Microsoft, incluindo NetBIOS, SMB, RPC e RDPServiços de email SMTP, POP3 e IMAPServiços IPsec e PPTP que oferecem acesso seguro à redeProtocolos TLS e recursos que oferecem segurança no transporteSoftware de servidores web, incluindo Microsoft IIS, Apache e NginxFrameworks, incluindo Rails, Django, Microsoft ASP.NET e PHPServidores de banco de dados, protocolos de armazenagem e repositórios de chave-valor

From Pripyat in Ukraine to Bodie in California to English villages requisitioned by the Ministry of Defence during World War II, from Greek leper colonies to deserted Italian mountain villages, Abandoned Towns is a fascinating visual history of the mysteries of lost worlds illustrated in 150 striking colour photographs.

I Panzer dispiegati in tutta Europa erano le forze più famose dell’esercito tedesco, e costituiscono tuttora un simbolo indimenticato della Seconda guerra mondiale. Tuttavia, agli albori della guerra, i carri armati tedeschi non avevano ancora acquisito la loro forza eccezionale e fu solo dopo le prime operazioni, quando si ritrovarono davanti ai T-34 sovietici durante l’operazione Barbarossa, che si decise di potenziarne lo sviluppo. Le innovazioni tattiche sul campo diedero ai tedeschi un vantaggio che permise loro di sopperire alle lacune dello sviluppo tecnologico, rendendo i carri armati di Hitler un formidabile e implacabile nemico. Ne I carri armati di Hitler. I Panzer tedeschi della Seconda guerra mondiale Chris McNab descrive in maniera puntuale lo sviluppo e la storia delle operazioni dei primi carri armati leggeri – il Panzer I e il Panzer II, prodotti a partire dagli anni ’30 –, dei carri medi, che costituivano la colonna portante della Divisione Panzer – la prima divisione corazzata tedesca –, dei carri pesanti Tiger e del formidabile King Tiger, il più pesante dei carri armati che abbiano combattuto nella Seconda guerra mondiale. Lavorando sui ricchissimi archivi sui mezzi corazzati della Osprey Publishing, Chris McNab descrive abilmente la storia dei temibili Panzer che hanno trasformato l’arte della guerra corazzata, rivoluzionando per sempre il metodo dei combattimenti via terra.

Almost 300 small arms featured from the twentieth century, each one illustrated by a full-color artwork ...

Illustrates the uniforms of the units and irregular forces engaged in combat around the world since 1945.

Twice every year, 150 recruits gather at SAS (the Brit. Special Air Service) hdqtrs. in the U.K. to try to become an SAS soldier. Yet between arriving & receiving the famous SAS badge, stands four months of the toughest military selection process in the world. This book shows you how you can rise to this challenge of mind & body. It covers fitness training & map-&-compass navigation, & then explores the 4-week Selection course itself. Then comes Continuation Training, where the recruits acquire such skills as handling foreign weapons, surviving the jungle, & parachute training. Also the Escape & Evasion test & the Resistance to Interrogation exercise. Also learn about life in the Regiment, incl. the famous Counter Revolutionary Warfare training. illustrated.

Un guide, richement illustré, sur les uniformes militaires de la fin du XVIIIe siècle à nos jours. Cet ouvrage présente les tenues de combat portées pendant la guerre de Sept Ans, la guerre de Sécession, les Première et Seconde guerre mondiale ou encore la guerre du Vietnam et les conflits récents en Asie centrale. Chaque uniforme est accompagné, d'une fiche technique clé renseignant le pays, la date, l'unité, le grade, le théâtre d'opération et le conflit durant lequel le soldat a été impliqué. Plus de 1 000 dessins réalistes et précis présentent chaque vêtement militaire.