In the early cold war, the sure-fire way to show that you could protect yourselves, and that nobody else should try to stop you, was the Nuclear option. It got so out of hand in the United States during the 1950s that alongside developing the Big Scary Nukes we also spent untold piles of cash developing cute little nukes too.
Starting with one of the most absurd weapons ever made, the Davy Crocket weapons system was a recoilless mini-nuke launcher that directly inspired the "Fat Man" launcher in the Fallout Series. The idea was, with the efficiency of nuclear detonation to destroy large structures, it could effectively be used as a form of artillery to evaporate and irradiate anything that stood in your way. Not much information about the Davy Crockett system existed, until we stumbled upon an incredibly rare Field Manual.
The 2nd book, "Employment of atomic demolition munitions" goes over the man-portable ADM, a literal backpack-nuke that could be strategically placed to tactically mini-nuke a building or bridge. The diagrams showing guys carrying an actual nuclear weapon on their back in this book are beyond hilarious, but remember, Nukes were one of the most giant leaps in the history of warfare and we wanted to use them any way we could. We got our hands on the equally rare and "official government use only" handbook about exactly how to employ your ancap mini-nuke to maximum effectiveness.
We couldn't just hoard both of the books for our archive - So we re-mastered them in HD and made probably our most provocative of coffee table books yet...
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US Man-Portable Nuclear Weapons Book Set
Love these vintage reprints. I wouldn't say "useless" info entirely. Maybe it won't have any practical utility but who knows, one day the info between these covers may be the reason you win tickets to a show via the rock station call in question. Either way, 10/10 would recommend.
These books are so great, it got my parcel temporarily seized. Not a complaint, just a funny moment.
I did get the books, and they now sit proudly on my shelves of other things in similar variety.
Love them, did read through them a bit too.
This is a wonderful dive into Cold War history, and is wonderfully packaged I might add
Very fun pieces of history, definitely make sure you have them out on your coffee table when a date's coming over for the first time. Printing quality is high, and in the grand tradition of concerning gun-show literature, they arrive shrink-wrapped. Unfortunately my first set was left out in the open during a downpour by UPS and the shrink-wrapping had a bit of an opening so the books got rather soaked, but KS CS quickly sent out a replacement set with no questions asked once I let them know. There's a reason I don't buy surplus and questionable merch anywhere else.
As per usual, the print quality is great. The only reason I know it's not a real FM series is that it's got the logo on it and the paper is *too* nice. Confirmed not to be radioactive.
And the content, of course, is immaculate.
