Polish grenades 1919-1939.

Polskie Granaty 1919-1939
2009, Grzegorz Franczyk, ISBN ?

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"Bulgarian and German Handgrenades"

-history, development and contemporary state. Volume 1-
2008, Dimitar Mitev, ISBN 978-954-629-012-0

After years work Dimitar came with this very nice and complete work.
The book shows a very complete overview on grenades and their development.
History is written in Cyrillic, but some have english descriptions as well.
Great photos and historical drawings! Total 220 pages.

Contact : dpmitev@yahoo.com see here :http://grenadebook.googlepages.com/

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"Hand- and Riflegrenades"

РУЧНЫЕ И PYЖEЙНЫЕ ГРАНАТЫ
2008, Boris Pribylov and Evgeny Kravchenko, ISBN: 978-5-902835-04-2

This new book covers grenades from both First World War and Second World War period.
Many info from Russian archives and other sources of information, divided in two parts: Historical review and catalog.
Russian language, 770 pages. Full with photos and diagrams.

Price for Europe: 35 US$ , postage depending on destination (1.1kilo).
Contact: jhonni@trizna.net "subject: "Book about grenades"

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"The Grenade Recognition Manual"

Three of my personal favourites. You can order these through TGRM.
Darryl really knows his stuff:

The Grenade Recognition Manual, volume 1. US Grenades and Accessoiries.
1998. ISBN 0-9699845-7-X

The Grenade Recognition Manual, volume 2. British and Commonwealth Grenades and Accessoiries.
2001. ISBN 0-9688909-0-3

The Grenade Recognition Manual, volume 3. Warsaw Pact. NEW since December 2008!
2007. ISBN xxxxx

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Deutsche gewehrgranaten

Deutsche Gewehrgranaten und ihre Abschussgeräte bis 1945.
2003 Michael Heidler ISBN 3-930060-09-4

German riflegrenades and launchers, great publication by Michael.
Unfortunately the book is completely out of sale at both author and printer.
It seems that there will be no re-print in the near future.
Try eBay...

German secret armament codes until 1945

Deutsche Fertigungskennzeichen bis 1945 -German secret armament codes until 1945-
506pages, A5-format, 2007 - Michael Heidler ISBN-10: 3-9811018-5-5

I recieved this book from Michael and must say I'm impressed. It's both in German and English!
All codes on material explained and documented. Munitions, medals and equipment.
I can finally explain some unknown codes on items in my collection. Great job!

Get a signed copy at Michael's or order at www.visier.de

Deutsche Nahkampfmittel bis 1945

Deutsche Nahkampfmittel bis 1945.
2006 Wolfgang Fleischer & Hubert Jülch ISBN 3-613-02587-6

Great information on ammunition and explosives as used by the German ground forces.
Grenades, mines, flares and anti-tank (engineer) equipment.
Unfortunately in German language only.

www.motorbuch.de

Japanese Grenade Rifles and Launchers

Imperial Japanese Grenade Rifles and Launchers.
2004 Gregory A. Babich & Thomas A. Keep ISBN 0-9722627-0-9

Wonderful research, beautiful book.

Dutch Harlow Publishing Company

Fatherland grenade manual.
2006 Alexander Karpenko ISBN 5-9771-0001-9
87pages

Hard to read, it's in Cyrillic, but great information.

Gaspari publications :

The three books shown below all come from the same publisher, but different writers.
I believe these are out of print today, try eBay.
Italian language.

Bombe à mano italiane, format 24 x 17 /92 pages ,
Bombe à mano austriache, format 24 x 17 /112 pages ,
Bombe à mano e da fucile Austroungariche, format 24 x 17 /92 pages .

Waffen Arsenal volume 174 , Deutsche Handgranaten 1914-1945.
1998 Wolfgang Fleischer ISBN 3-7909-0631-x

РУЧНЫЕ ГРАНАТЫ .
2004 Boris Pribylov ISBN 5-902835-01-1

Boris wrote a small book on grenades used on Russian soil. Good detailled drawings and photos, but texts are in Cyrillic.
142 pages.

Malice Aforethought.
A history of Booby Traps from WW1 to Vietnam.
2004 Ian Jones
ISBN 1-85367-613-6
270 pages.

Munitions Lexikon Volume 1-2 and 3.
1977 Karl R. Pawlas
No ISBN, Journal Verlag Schwend GmbH
Vol. 1 Artillery fuzes, Vol. 2 Projectiles 10mm-75mm, Vol. 3 Aircraft bombs
Great details on markings and measurements. Unfortunately out of print and hard to get.

Deutsche Abwurfmunition bis 1945 .
2003 Wolfgang Fleischer
ISBN 3-613-02286-9
Fantastic book on German aircraft bombs and their fuzes as used up to 1945.
286 pages.
www.motorbuch.de

Russian-English Dictionary of Explosive Ordnance Disposal.
1999, Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russian Federation, Moscow
No ISBN. 140 pages