I'd like to draw your attention on the following book:
Rheinmetall
Handbook on Weaponry
Second English Edition 1982 printed at Broenners Druckerei GmbH, Frankfurt am Main
750 pages thus printed reason to buy a German book understandable to Britishers. Moderate technical background is required to industrial standards. Huge source of information on "modern" warfare-procedures. Regretfully, last price was 64,- DM upon availability. A must for all arty-freaks. Many tables in transferring Am./Br. measurements into continental ones. Mr. Bush will hate this book. I can recommend it. Preferably, try purchase at E-Bay as printing has been discontinued in 1990.