Monday, August 12, 2002

On-Demand Printing for Wargamers

Wargames at Data Source now has wargames rules available to print on demand, including Fistful of TOWs and Battleground WW2.

Modern US Army Docs

The General Dennis J. Reimer Training & Doctrine Digital Library has a lot of recent US Army documents including a number of Field Manuals.

Friday, August 9, 2002

Making Terrain Boards

The guys at Panzer War have an informative overview of how they make terrain boards.

MERDC Camouflage Patterns

If you're looking to paint modern US vehicles, make sure you know your MERDC Camouflage Patterns.

Thursday, August 8, 2002

Chronology of War

If you need a timeline of the wars of the last 200 years, check out OnWar.com.

Wednesday, August 7, 2002

IBIS TEK Security Vehicles

The IBIS TEK Security Vehicle looks like a fun conversion to put on the gaming table. Also check out their Instantaneous Personal Protection System.

Tuesday, August 6, 2002

The Facts on Lead Rot

The Curator of Navy Ship Models at the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division has an excellent article about research on lead corrosion, a.k.a. lead rot.

Air University Library Bibliographies

The Australian Air University library has compiled many bibliographies of military topics. This could be a great help if you are looking for references for a particular conflict.

Monday, August 5, 2002

Urban Operations Journal

The Urban Operations Journal contains a wealth of information on modern urban warfare. It includes a variety of information on topics such as specific tactics and regions around the world.

Naval R/C Combat

Check out the Allied R/C Combat web site. These guys take remote controlled 1/144th scale battleships mounted with CO2 powered BB canons and try to sink each other. Sounds like a blast!

Friday, August 2, 2002

Wargame Campaigns

Wargames Campaigns by C.S. Grant is a broad work covering the many aspects of wargaming campaigns of any era. Being so broad, though, it lacks depth in any particular area.

Thursday, August 1, 2002

Terrorism and Political Violence in the World

Political Violence in the World: An International Bibliography looks like an excellent resource for finding books on various world conflicts. It's not complete (for instance, there is no listing for Sierra Leone which has had plenty of well-publicized political violence), but I was able to find several things I was interested in. Note that I was unable to actually read the listings without highlighting them with my mouse, but it's worth the effort.