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S&T MAGAZINE WITH GAME – Issues 28-100

S&T MAGAZINE WITH GAME – Issues 28-100 – OMM just acquired a large collection of S&T magazines. All are in excellent condition and most are unpunched. Although some are duplicate issues, majority issues are only one copy. First come, first served.

28: Lost Battles (punched) – $60 USD
30: Combat Command – American Army (punched) – $30 USD
34: Armageddon (punched) – $10 USD
36: Destruction of Army Group Center (unpunched) – $50 USD
38: CA (unpunched) – $25 USD
39: The Fall of Rome (unpunched) – $25 USD
40: Panzer Armee Afrika (punched) – $15 USD
44: Tank! (unpunched) – $10 USD
45: Operation Olympic (unpunched) – $20 USD
46: Combined Arms (unpunched) – $10 USD; (punched, no magazine) – $5 USD
48: Sixth Fleet (punched) – $25 USD
49: Frederick the Great (unpunched) – $20 USD
50: Battle for Germany (punched) – $30 USD
51: World War I (unpunched) – $20 USD
52: Oil War (unpunched) – $10 USD
53: The Punic Wars (unpunched) – $20 USD
57: Panzergruppe Guderian (unpunched) – $40 USD
58: Conquistador (unpunched) – $15 USD
59: The Plot to Assassinate Hitler – (unpunched) – $10 USD
61: October War (unpunched) – $20 USD
63: Veracruz (unpunched) – $30 USD
64: Raid! (unpunched) – $10 USD
65: Cobra (unpunched) – $10.00 USD
66: The Siege of Constantinople (unpunched) – $20 USD
68: Kharkov (unpunched) – $35 USD
69: Tannenberg (unpunched) – $20 USD
70: The Crusades (unpunched) – $35 USD
71: The Battle for Cassino (unpunched) – $10 USD
72: Armada (unpunched) – $5 USD
73: Panzer Battles (unpunched) – $15 USD
74: Ney vs Wellington (punched) – $20 USD
77: Paratroop (unpunched) – $20 USD
79: Berlin '85 (unpunched) – $50 USD
81: Tito (unpunched) – $10 USD; (punched, no magazine) $5 USD
82: Fifth Corps (unpunched) – $15 USD
83: The Kaiser's Battle (unpunched) – $20 USD
84: Operation Grenade (unpunched) – $10 USD
85: Fighting Sail (unpunched) – $10 USD
87: The Desert Fox (unpunched) – $20 USD
88: British Army of the Rhine (unpunched) – $20 USD
89: Sicily – The Race to Messina (unpunched) – $15 USD; (punched, no magazine) – $10 USD
91: Rapid Deployment Force (unpunched) – $30 USD
92: Iwo Jima (unpunched) – $20 USD
94: NORD KAPP (unpunched) – $30 USD
95: Soldiers of the Queen (unpunched) – $10 USD
97: Trail of the Fox (unpunched) – $10 USD
98: Central Command (unpunched) – $20 USD
100: Superpowers at War (unpunched) – $20 USD

And now, the new items.

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MINIATURES …

TEAM YANKEE: Swedish Strv 103 S-Tank Company Starter Force

TEAM YANKEE: Swedish Strv 103 S-Tank Company Starter Force
Charlie's Chieftains box is the perfect jump-off point for starting a British army for Team Yankee. If your players want Chieftain tanks and Lynx helicopters, this box is the only way that they can get them until late November. This set includes: 5 x Chieftain Tanks (plastic), 2 x TOW Lynx Helicopters (plastic), 2 x decal sheets, 2 x flight stands, 1 x British tank commander sprue, 1 x Salvo/Artillery Template, 8 x rare earth magnets, 6 x Unit Cards, and 1 x Team Yankee mini rulebook. This box is the first to contain a new, pocket-sized version of the Team Yankee rulebook (the book only contains the rules and missions – no army lists are included, so a hardback copy is still necessary to run either a U.S. or Soviet force). $110.00 USD

OMM Discount 10%: Now $99.00 USD

RULES …

TEAM YANKEE: Nordic Force

TEAM YANKEE: Nordic Force
Background on World War III in Finland, Sweden, Norway and Denmark. Three scenarios featuring World War III: Nordic Forces. Instructions on how to build: Finnish T-72FM1, T-72FM2, or T-55M armored companies, and BMP-1 or BTR-60 Jaakari companies; Swedish Strv 103 S-Tank or Strv 104 Centurion tank companies, and Pbv 302 armored rifle companies; Norwegian Leopard 1 tank squadrons, and M113 Storm Squadrons; Danish Leopard 1 or Centurion DK tank squadrons, and M113 armored infantry companies. $25.00 USD

OMM Discount 10%: Now $22.50 USD

FOR A FISTFUL MORE: Scenarios for Fistful of Lead
These Western scenarios will be replaced later in 2023 with 25 generic scenarios that can convert to any period/genre. When they are gone, they are gone. Written with Fistful of Lead in mind, you can easily adapt these scenarios to your own rules. 20 scenarios for the Fistful of Lead Wild West wargaming rules. Contains: Two multi-part linked scenarios; Lots of one-off, stand-alone scenarios; Five character-driven scenarios; special Revenge of Boot Hill scenario which allows you to add a little weird to your Wild West. $12.00 USD

BOOKS…

Allied Forces in Blitzkrieg Europe, 1939-1940: British, French, Belgian, Dutch and Polish Forces
Professional figure painter Andy Singleton provides a concise guide for painting Polish, Belgian, Dutch, British and French forces for early WWII. Beginning with an introduction to the range of tools and materials commonly found in modeling, the main part of this book comprises concise guides for painting Polish, Belgian, Dutch, British and French forces. The step-by-step guidance covers all the common variations of uniform used during the period by the various nations, as well as tips on specialist forces such as Polish cavalry, French Colonial troops, and Dutch Marines. Illustrated with hundreds of photos, each stage of the guides has a combination of text description, photograph, and list of both paint and brush size used to make the steps as easy to follow as possible, as well as stunning images of the figures in period settings. $30.00 USD

OMM Discount 15%: Now $25.50 USD

THE HISTORY OF ROMAN LEGION VI Victrix: The Original Watches on the Wall
Brought over from Germany in 122 to assist in the building of Hadrian's Wall, the Sixth Legion remained in Britain until the end of Roman rule. The book will investigate the changing military organization, weapons, and warfare, as well as the many auxiliary units posted in the north of Britain. Profiles members of the Sixth Legion known from inscriptions and literary sources. From lowly legionaries helping to build Hadrian's or the Antonine Wall to Pertinax, tribune of the Sixth, and destined to become Emperor. Case studies include a praefectus castrorum, Lucius Artorius Castus, along with the legionary bases at York and Corbridge. $37.00 USD

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 THE KALMAR WAR 1611-1613: Gustavus Adolphus's First War

THE KALMAR WAR 1611-1613: Gustavus Adolphus's First War
Describes and analyzes the Kalmar War of 1611-1613 between Sweden and Denmark-Norway. Details the military systems of Sweden and Denmark-Norway in the early 17th Century and explains the development of the Swedish army and the military thought of Gustavus Adolphus before he used his reformed army with great success in the Thirty Years' War. Since Denmark controlled the Straits between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea, Sweden sought an alternative trade route through the sparsely populated Arctic Lapland – an option enabled by the 1595 Treaty of Teusina (Tyavzino) with Muscovy. In 1607, King Charles IX of Sweden declared himself King of the Lapps and sent men to collect taxes in what by tradition was regarded as Norwegian territory. In response, King Christian IV of Denmark and Norway in 1611 declared war upon Sweden and invaded Swedish territory from the south. Operations also took place along the Swedish-Norwegian border and elsewhere in the Baltic region, on land and on sea. $60.00 USD

OMM Discount 15%: Now $51.00 USD

RAW GENERALS AND GREEN SOLDIERS: Catholic Armies in Ireland 1641-1643
Study of the Catholic armies in October 1641 with a rising in Ulster. Insurgent slaughter of Protestant settlers in the winter of 1641-42 quickly gained canonical status. English and Scots armies routinely massacred natives in the spring and summer that followed. Reveals underlying pattern and purpose in what would otherwise be one apparently random battle, siege, skirmish, massacre and cattle raid after another, devoid of form or meaning. Includes a focus on strategic, operational and tactical operations. $50.00 USD

OMM Discount 15%: Now $42.50 USD
 OLMUTZ TO TORGAU: Horace St Paul and the Campaigns of the Austrian Army in the Seven Years War 1758-60

OLMUTZ TO TORGAU: Horace St Paul and the Campaigns of the Austrian Army in the Seven Years War 1758-60
Following the disastrous conclusion to the campaign of 1757, the Austrian Army regrouped in Bohemia. Meanwhile, Prussia attempted the reconquest of Silesia before seizing the initiative and thrusting directly towards Vienna. Olmutz proved to be a high-tide mark of the offensive. Over the next three years, Austria and her allies inflicted a series of heavy defeats on the Prussians at Hochkirch, Kunersdorf, Dresden, Maxen, Landeshut and Glatz. By the end of 1760 – with Berlin open to insult by Swedish, Austrian and especially Russian raiders – the King of Prussia was left with no other option than the desperate measure of attacking the Austrian army outside Torgau. Includes 242 plates of maps and statistical information, detailed gazetteer, and lists of persons and regiments named. $80.00 USD

OMM Discount 15%: Now $68.00 USD

THE TWO BATTLES OF COPENHAGEN 1801 and 1807: Britain and Denmark in the Napoleonic War
Focus on the first Battle of Copenhagen in 1801 – the naval battle celebrated in Britain as one of Nelson's great victories – and British army's assault on the city in 1807 in which Wellington played a prominent part. Shows how they fitted into the politics of this region during the Napoleonic Wars. Includes British and Danish perspectives, quoting extensively from the recollections of eyewitnesses. $39.00 USD

OMM Discount 15%: Now $33.15 USD

THE DESTRUCTION OF THE IMPERIAL ARMY: Volume 1 – The Opening Engagements of the Franco-German War 1870-71
First in a four-volume series covers the opening months of the Franco-German War between Napoleon's Imperial Army and King Wilhelm's German armies, within the space of four weeks in summer 1870. The basic narrative is taken from the numerous volumes of the French official account, La Guerre de 1870-71, published by the Section Historique de l'Etat-major de l'Armee, plus an earlier German official history that includes detailed annexes providing copious orders of battle, battle unit reports, and casualty records for almost every engagement. The first volume in the series covers the background to the conflict, the opposing armies, war plans, mobilization, and the opening engagements of the conflict, including the combats at Saarbrucken, Wissembourg, Froeschwiller, Forbach, and the retreat to the Moselle. $80.00 USD

OMM Discount 15%: Now $68.00 USD
THE HUNTERS AND THE HUNTED: The Elimination of German Surface Warships Around the World, 1914-15

THE HUNTERS AND THE HUNTED: The Elimination of German Surface Warships Around the World, 1914-15
Covers the major actions of the WWI Imperial German Navy warships deployed around the world. Includes the following: The escape of the Goeben and Breslau to Turkey, cruise of the Emden, mystery of the Karlsruhe, the German East Asiatic Squadron (Scharnhorst, Gneisienau and armored cruisers and light cruisers), Konigsberg, and two armed German ships that dominated Lake Tanganyika in Africa. $33.00 USD

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WITH THE TANKS 1916-1918: Memoirs of a British Tank Commander in the Great War
Originally published under the tile A Company of Tanks, this is the memoir of William Watson, a young Oxford post-graduate at the outbreak of WWI in 1914. Along with several friends from Oxford, he enlisted in the army expecting the war to last six weeks. Watson began his service in the Great War as a British Army motorcycle dispatch rider. He saw active service during the key battles of 1914 and early 1915. Watson was then commissioned and became a tank commander, and saw active service with the tanks most notably at Cambrai in 1917. $30.00 USD

OMM Discount 15%: Now $25.50 USD

THE BATTLE OF THE DNEPR: The Red Army's Forcing of the East Wall, September-December 1943
Details the general offensive that followed the fighting in the area of the Kursk salient in July-August 1943. The Germans, who were now on the strategic defensive in the East, sought to fall back and consolidate their front along the line of the Dnepr River. The Red Army's success in overturning these expectations along this particularly important sector is the subject of this study. This is a composite work based upon three studies carried out by the Red Army General Staff's military-historical directorate, which was charged with collecting and analyzing the war's experience. The first is a lengthy internal document, dating from 1946, which was eventually published in Russia in 2007, although heavily supplemented by commentary and other information not contained in the original. The present work omits these additions, while supplying its own commentary in places deemed necessary. Two short articles from another publication round out the collection. $50.00 USD

OMM Discount 15%: Now $42.50 USD
RETREAT THROUGH THE RHONE VALLEY: Defensive Battles of the Nineteenth Army, August-September 1944

RETREAT THROUGH THE RHONE VALLEY: Defensive Battles of the Nineteenth Army, August-September 1944
The first English translation of the best German account of the German retreat following the Allied Dragoon landings. Recounts the German retreat, and explains how the 19th Army sacrificed divisions to enable its retreat through the Rhone Valley. The Dragoon offensive in August 1944 was preceded by bombings and sabotage that hit the German forces located in the South of France – damaging communications, railroads and bridges. The landings were then overwhelmingly successful, despite localized German resistance. The following morning, a German force the size of around four infantry battalions was able to launch a counterattack, but by the end of the day, von Schwerin ordered a retreat under cover of night. What ensued was a race to retreat to the Burgundian Gate, or Belfort Gap, before they were cut off by the advancing Allied troops. The Allies had all the means for a successful pursuit, while most of the German troops, with the notable exception of the 11th Panzer Division, were largely incapable of undertaking an orderly retreat. Some units, including the LXII Corps headquarters, were surrounded and captured. $33.00 USD

OMM Discount 15%: Now $28.05 USD
 HITLER'S IMPERFECT VICTORIES: Campaigns in Western Europe 1939-1941

HITLER'S IMPERFECT VICTORIES: Campaigns in Western Europe 1939-1941
The first Volume deals with the Polish, Scandinavian and French campaigns. Analyzes each of the Third Reich's military campaigns, paying special attention to Hitler's role in them. The book is based entirely on the evidence of the most senior military personnel who were there at the time, from their contemporaneous diaries and subsequent writings. The sources used include the diaries and recollections of three Chiefs of the Army General Staff, Field-Marshals Rommel, von Rundstedt, von Bock, von Kliest, von Manstein, numerous other senior generals, Hitler's military adjutants, ministers of his government, and evidence from the Trial of the Major War Criminals at Nuremberg $43.00 USD

OMM Discount 15%: Now $36.55 USD

THE BATTLE OF STALINGRAD: Then and Now
Combines together three After the Battle stories devoted to that historic struggle. Brings AtB's 'then and now' format to Stalingrad to match up numerous combat photos taken all over the city, giving full treatment to the months-long struggle for the city on the Volga. The same goes for Voronezh, where we found another local expert, Sergey Popov, who achieved equally impressive comparisons. It opens with a detailed account of the fight for the city of Voronezh before the main part of the book: comprehensive description of the gargantuan seven-month battle for Stalingrad. All stages are described in detail: the advance of the German armies to the city in August, the stubborn and heroic defense of the besieged Soviet 62nd Army against overwhelming German superiority in September-November; and the subsequent encirclement and annihilation of the doomed 6. Armee in the winter, ending in total capitulation on February 2, 1943. $43.00 USD

OMM Discount 15%: Now $36.55 USD
MAGYAR WARRIORS Vol 2: The History of the Royal Hungarian Armed Forces 1919-1945

MAGYAR WARRIORS Vol 2: The History of the Royal Hungarian Armed Forces 1919-1945
Volume 1 (published in 2015) presented a brief history of the Magyars up until the end of the Second World War, as well as the building of the armed forces, and details the armored formations and their equipment. Volume 2 covers in greater detail the activity of the air force (Chapter 4), the river flotilla (Chapter 5), as well as the combat operations of the Hungarian armed forces (Chapter 6). The upcoming Volume 3 will contain type sheets of every weapon and vehicle used by the army, as well as all aircraft types in service with the air force. Illustrated with over 500 photographs, several maps and many tables. $60.00 USD

OMM Discount 15%: Now $51.00 USD

HITLER'S V-WEAPONS: The Battle Against the V-1 and V-2 in WWII
This book, written by the Air Ministry's Air Historical Branch, is the official account of the measures undertaken by the air defense of Great Britain, Fighter Command, Anti-Aircraft Command, Bomber Command, and even the Balloon Command, to defend the U.K. Account of the history of V-weapon development and use in WWII demonstrates the difficulties the U.K. faced in identifying the nature of the highly secret German weapons and how, through an enormous combined effort, the threat of V-1 and V-2 weapons was overcome. $35.00 USD

OMM Discount 15%: Now $29.75 USD

THE BLACKHORSE IN VIETNAM: The 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment in Vietnam and Cambodia, 1966-1972
History of the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment ('Blackhorse Regiment'), which came ashore at Vung Tau, South Vietnam, in September 1966 in the Vietnam War. Terrain and weather were also factors that could adversely affect the employment of both armored vehicles and helicopters alike. The dearth of doctrine and tactics for the employment of armored cavalry in a counterinsurgency was equally challenging – especially during the pre-deployment training and initial combat operations. Despite the thick jungle and monsoonal rains, despite the lack of doctrinal guidance, Blackhorse leaders found a way to overcome the obstacles and accomplish the mission. $25.00 USD

OMM Discount 15%: Now $21.25 USD

ELITE BASTARDS: The Combat Missions of Company F, LRP Teams in Vietnam
First-person combat memoir of a special-forces soldier at war. Edward Dvorak joined the 173rd Airborne Brigade in Vietnam in the summer of 1967 and then joined Company F, 51st Infantry, Long Range Patrol, Airborne. For Company F, their real training started with the MACV (Military Assistant Command Vietnam) Recondo School at the 5th Special Forces Compound in Nha Trang, South Vietnam. That training culminated with an actual Combat LRP mission. If you lived through the patrol, you graduated. Dvorak would remain with Company F for 19 months, going on dozens of combat patrols deep behind enemy lines. $38.00 USD

OMM Discount 15%: Now $32.50 USD

AND DON'T FORGET THE MAGAZINES…

ANCIENT WARFARE: Volume 16.4 Thutmose III At War

ANCIENT WARFARE: Volume 16.4 Thutmose III At War
Theme: Thutmose III At War: The military career of Thutmose III – A genius from the shadows; The texts that make a royal reputation – The literature of war; Thutmose III's battle at Megiddo – The first battle in history; Military technology, from Thutmose III to Ramesses II – Chariots and cavalry. Features: Hannibal's Italian campaign – Fabian fallacies; Vindolanda tablet 893 – A centurion's anger; Re-examining the Battle of Amphipolis – Bridges, hills, and gates; The great Ludovisi sarcophagus – Battling the barbarians; The weapons of the warriors of Olbia – The protection of the happy city; Raining down on the enemy – The plumbata; The Julio-Claudian's German bodyguard – Germani corpus custodes. $12.00 USD

OMM Discount 15%: Now $25.50 USD
MEDIEVAL WORLD: Volume 7: Medieval Mysteries

MEDIEVAL WORLD: Volume 7: Medieval Mysteries
Theme: Medieval Mysteries: The Mysterious Middle Ages: Searching for Evidence in the Past; The World's Most Mysterious Manuscript: Beinecke MS 408; The Shroud of Turin: Christianity's Most Famous Relic; A Medieval Cold Case: Killing the King of Jerusalem; The Mystery of the Lewis Chessmen: Legends & Theories. Features: The Abbey Church of Saint-Denis: The Cradle of Gothic Art; Knightly Markers: Heraldry on the Battlefield; The Battle of Svolder: The End of Olad Tryggvason; War Books of Medieval Germany: Military Innovation, Art, and Engineering; Sitt al Mulk: Prisoner, Diplomat, and Regent; The Edge of Destruction: The Battle of the Blanchetaque Ford; Bread: A Medieval Food Mystery; Jalal al-Din's Quest: Reviving the Khwarezmian Empire. $12.00 USD

 STRATEGY & TACTICS #343: Operation Albion 1917-18

STRATEGY & TACTICS #343: Operation Albion 1917-18
Operation Albion: Germany versus Russia in the Baltic, 1917-1918, is a two-player operational wargame of the campaign in which the Germans captured the city of Riga and took critical islands in an amphibious operation. Operation Albion in part led to the collapse of the Russian Provisional Government and brought the final German victory in the East. The campaign was one of the few joint land-naval-air operations of World War I. Albion is a combined naval-air-land campaign. Players conduct actions which encompass discrete combat, logistical, intelligence, and other operations. A player can conduct one or more actions per turn. All units in the game use a similar combat system, showing the interaction of naval, air and land forces. Components: One 22 x 34-inch game map, 176 ⅝-inch counters, and magazine. $50.00 USD

OMM Discount 10%: Now $45.00 USD
WORLD AT WAR #92: Narvik 1940 (Wargame)

WORLD AT WAR #92: Narvik 1940 (Wargame)
Two-player wargame of low to intermediate complexity that simulates the battles around Narvik, Norway, in 1940. To control complexity and present an overall force commander's view of the battle, the game uses a tactically scaled map and units of maneuver coupled with an operationally scaled turn length. The Allied player is normally on the offensive, trying to clear the Germans from the Narvik area, but the German player has opportunities for counterattacks.

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