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TOP SECRET Descriptive Catalogue of Special Devices and Supplies: 1944
Paperback
ISBN13: 9781977621405
Publisher: Createspace
Published: Sep 24 2017
Pages: 128
Weight: 0.52
Height: 0.27 Width: 7.00 Depth: 10.00
Language: English
This publication reproduces the 1944 Special Operations Executive Descriptive Catalogue of Special Devices and Supplies
There's no expert foreword droning on for 50 pages, just a facsimile of an original document in our possession.
The catalogue describes the various items of equipment, including weapons, available to SOE operatives during the Second World War
- Demolitions switches,
- Disguised charges,
- Silenced special weapons,
- Parachuting euipment,
- Underwater equipment,
- and more!
It's a rare glimpse into a once-Top Secret world
Publications in this series include -
- Descriptive Catalogue of Special Devices and Supplies, 1944 - SOE
- Descriptive Catalogue of Special Devices and Supplies Volume II, 1945 - SOE
- Secret List of Agent's Equipment and Operational Stores, 1944 - SOE
- Illustrated List of Special Equipment Produced by CCO for Amphibious Operations, 1944 - Combined Operations Command
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