AIRFIX MAGAZINE - January 1975. Contains much on aircraft plus well illustrated articles on 54mm figure conversion (Balaclava); Renaissance Warfare - the Swedish Army; 1:76 scale Rocket-firing Hannomag; German Fortifications in Jersey; British Army Uniforms 1660-1900; Wargamers column; also reviews of latest books, kits, etc.
JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY FOR ARMY HISTORICAL RESEARCH - Winter 1974. Contains articles on the following - The 14th King's Light Dragoons in India by W.Y.Carman (with an excellent colour plate); Army Life 1757; Service Dress and Equipment 1902-1908; The British Army in 1850; Lieutenant-Colonel J.Pennyquick (with his son killed at Chilianwallah in 1849); plus excellent book reviews, notes, etc, a very good issue.
ARQUEBUSIER - Issue No. 10. This is the journal of the Pike and Shot Society and is always full of interesting articles such as Memoirs of a Cavalier by Daniel Defoe; The English Civil War - action at Powick, the assault on Cirencester and the capture of Shrewsbury; The Civil War as it affected North Wales 1642-45; Naval Warfare in the Mediterranean 1530-1573; English County Levies; Military Paintings in the Amsterdam Rijksmuseum; The Pike and Shot period; Why did Constantinople fall and a contemporary description of Turkish forces. There are also letters, figure reviews, etc.
BATTLE - January 1975. This beautifully produced "modern" magazine includes fine articles on the latest aircraft, ships and equipment of the British Army; The Atlantic Partnership; Remotely piloted vehicles; Tank Training; review of the book "Wellington in the Peninsular; Mines in the Dardanelles; The Israel Navy; Western Europe Under Soviet Pressure; ~ plus- book -Pviews and letters and some very fine pages in colour.
BATTLEFLEET - Volume 8. This magazine of the Naval Wargames Society contains articles on South American warships in the 19th century; Evolution of the game "Seastrike"; 1:3000 scale modelling; general notes, reviews of models, letters, etc.
THE BULLETIN OF THE MILITARY HISTORICAL SOCIETY - November 1974. Contains good authoritive articles on Dress Regulations for Officers of the Army in the 19th century; Crimean Uniforms; Gunners; Boer War Reserve Regiments; The Bengal Regiment of Artillery 1840-1858; plus numerous contributions on buttons, badges, etc; book reviews, letters.
THE COURIER - Volume VI-6. This fine American wargaming magazine contains articles on Trajan's Army in the Parthian War; The U.S. Army in the Spanish-American War to 1895-1910; Crimean War rules; A Battle Report; National Differences; notes on rules; Renaissance wargaming plus reviews of books, rules, etc.
DISPATCH - The Journal of the Scottish Military Collectors Society - Autumn 1974. Has illustrated articles on The Black Watch 1855-56; French Foreign Legion in Mexico 1863-7 plus book reviews.
THE AVALON HILL GENERAL - November-December 1974. Contains a most interesting article revolving around the game Panzerblitz, explaining in detail each weapon, position, etc., involved in the game - this is valuable for other than board-wargamers as there are pictures of all the equipment. There are also other articles of interest and value to board-wargamers including one on a sophisticated mechanical JUTLAND.
MANCHESTER AREA WARGAMES SOCIETY Club Magazine - DECEMBER 1974. Very creditably keeps going in difficult days, this one includes all the usual letters, reviews, etc., plus articles on the SpanishAmerican War in Cuba; The Italian-Imperial Guard as Reserves.
MILITARY MODELLING - January 1975. A fine issue fabulously produced as always and containing well illustrated articles on the Confederate forces in the American Civil War; modern diorama; uniforms of the S.S.; Motor Torpedo Boats; The Blunderbuss; A.C. Armoured Cars 1915; plus extremely full reviews of the latest books, figures, plastic kits, etc., etc.
PANZERFAUST - No.64. This is said to be a special miniatures edition and contains articles on the Wargamer's Guide to the American Civil War; The Battle of Middleton set up as a wargame; Russo-German wargame; Chainmail Fantasy Variant; December 1941; reviews of various boardgames plus book reviews and letters.
RANK AND FILE - Newsletter of the Tunbridge Wells Wargames Society. This enthusiastic Club seems to be going great guns and their Newsletter is full of reports of wargames and arrangements for future battles. It also contains kit reviews and articles on manufacturing a pillbox plus a controversial article on the American Civil War and notes on the British Armoured Division during the Desert Campaign.
SLINGSHOT - November 1974. Packed with authoritative information as always, this issue contains the usual Question and Answer arguments which in themselves contain a vast amount of information plus articles on Byzantine Formations and Drill in the 6th and early 7th centuries by Phil Barker; The Imperial Chinese Army 480 BC to 220 AD; Scipio Africanus; The Destruction of London Bridge plus all the usual stimulating features. The society has also put out a supplementary issue which contains the best articles from early issues of Slingshot. These are The War Chariots of the Egyptians by Deryk Guyler; and Assyrian War Chariots by the same author; Ancient Japanese Wargames; An Ideal Ancient Army; The Mongols; Medieval Sieges as a Wargame; Artillery of the Ancients; A Concise History of the Known Legions; Roman Military Awards; The Army of Xerxes and The Use of Elephants in the Ancient World. Everyone a gem!
SOLDIER January 1975. This modern magazine of the British Army is packed as usual with interesting pictures plus reviews of the Royal Armoured Corps Tank Museum; an illustrated article on training in the Canadian Prairies; The REME Support Group; reviews of military records; a military model review; correspondents and very full book reviews.
SWORD AND LANCE Issue No-5. Contains illustrated articles on Prussian Infantry in the Waterloo Campaign; The Guards Camel Regiment in the River War 1884-1889; The Battle of Cambrai 1917; Converters Corner; The Polish Winged Hussars 16th-18th century; Club News; The Japanese Battle of Nagashino 1575; Forming a Persian Army for Wargaming; The Chasseurs Britannique; Helmets and Headdresses Throughout the Ages; review of the latest figures and model kits, etc; a game - Elizabethan Sea Dogs, plus letters, book reviews, etc., etc., - a good issue.
WAR MONTHLY Issue No.12. This well produced and beautifully illustrated magazine contains some fine articles - The Japanese Battleships Yamato and Musashi; The Battle of Maida 1806 (ideal to reproduce on the wargames table); Wadi Akarit; The Hurricane/Spitfire; The Winter War 1939; Aachen 1944 everyone most readable.
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