U.S. Army Combat Equipments, 1910-1988 (Men-At-Arms Series, 205) [Paperback]

Gordon Rottman (Author), Ronald Volstad (Illustrator)

Book Description

Series: Men-at-Arms | Publication Date: January 26, 1989

Whether referred to as web gear, TE-21, TA50, LBE or LCE, the American soldier's individual combat equipment was seldom praised – except by its developers. Nevertheless, it has always been, and will continue to be an essential part of the fighting man's burden. With the aid of plenty of contemporary photographs, diagrams, and eight full page colour plates by Osprey veteran Ron Volstad, Gordon Rottman's text unearths a wealth of information on the changing nature of US combat equipments from 1910-1988.

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Packed with specially commissioned artwork, maps and diagrams, the Men-at-Arms series is an unrivalled illustrated reference on the history, organisation, uniforms and equipment of the world's military forces, past and present.

About the Author

Gordon L Rottman entered the US Army in 1967, volunteered for Special Forces and completed training as a weapons specialist. He was assigned to the 7th Special Forces Group until reassigned to the 5th Special Forces Group in Vietnam in 1969-70. He entered the Texas Army National Guard in 1974 and was the full-time Operations Sergeant of 2nd Bn., 143rd Inf., 36th Airborne Brigade until 1980, when he assumed a similar position with Co. G (Ranger), 143rd Inf. Reverting to part-time status in 1986, he is now the Opposing Forces Group Operations Sergeant in the Army Reserve's 75th Manoeuvre Area Command in Houston. He is a civilian contract Special Operations Forces Intelligence Specialist at the Army's Joint Readiness Centre, Ft Polk.

Product Details

• Paperback: 48 pages
• Publisher: Osprey Publishing (January 26, 1989)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0850458420
• ISBN-13: 978-0850458428
• Product Dimensions: 7.3 x 0.1 x 9.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,945,468 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This brought back some semi fond memories, June 6, 2005

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D. D Lawson (Pasadena, Calif. USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: U.S. Army Combat Equipments, 1910-1988 (Men-At-Arms Series, 205) (Paperback)

Another outstanding book by Mr. Rottman, It brought back memories of some of the junk that I use to have to hump back about 100 pounds ago. Good to go!

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Superficial Study, December 22, 2001

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El Cutachero (MD USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: U.S. Army Combat Equipments, 1910-1988 (Men-At-Arms Series, 205) (Paperback)

I have had this book for many years. Every paragraph is marked up with some error of interpretation or fact. I see no evidence that the author consulted an article that I wrote thirty some years ago on the development of infantry equipment. And he is careless with the proper nomenclature. He uses jargon such as "product improved", a modern term, which is not relevent to the period and was never used in the period 1910 to very recently.
The author simply did not do enough research nor understand what he read. The subject is simply too vast to cover in such a short format. But the illustrations are excellent, it is just the text that I cannot recommend.