This month's book vote sees five New Vanguard titles battling for your support. Read the full descriptions and have your say by filling out the form below. Plus, check out the results of last month's Men-at-Arms vote.

German Anti-Tank Guns of World War II: 3.7cm, 5cm, and 7.5cm calibres

Tribal-class Destroyers 1936–63 

US Navy Combat Information Centers 1942–45 

Colossus-class Aircraft Carriers 1944–2001: The 1942 Light Fleet Carriers

Strategic Defense Initiative 1983–93: Reagan’s “Star Wars” 

German Anti-Tank Guns of World War II: 3.7cm, 5cm, and 7.5cm calibres

This book would examine the backbone of the Wehrmacht’s anti-tank capabilities. The Pak 36 was developed in 1933 and served through the 1930s, the Spanish Civil War, and into World War II, until the advent of better tank armour made it ineffective, and its performance in the Barbarossa campaign made its replacement necessary. The 5cm Pak 38 and 7.5cm Pak 40 served through the rest of the war, with the latter also adopted as the excellent vehicle-mounted KwK 40.

Tribal-class Destroyers 1936–63 

The Tribal class destroyers were a series of powerful, heavily armed destroyers built between 1936 and 1945 for the Royal Navy and the Royal Canadian and Australian navies. They emphasized gunnery over torpedo armament and saw extensive combat in all theatres of World War II, suffering heavy losses but earning a strong reputation for combat effectiveness. After the war, the Commonwealth navies’ few surviving ships continued to operate into the Cold War, serving in the Korean War and other roles.

US Navy Combat Information Centers 1942–45 

The US Navy developed its first Combat Information Centers (CICs) – initially called ‘radar plots’ – in response to the chaotic and disjointed coordination evident in early Pacific battles. In late 1942 and early 1943, Admiral Nimitz mandated the establishment of CICs across all sensor-equipped warships, and in January 1943 the designation officially changed to Combat Information Center, becoming a central hub for radar, sonar, and communications data. By the end of the war, CICs were installed even on destroyers, equipped with standardized layouts, trained personnel, and advanced equipment, transforming tactical command and control and greatly enhancing fleet coordination and decision-making.

Colossus-class Aircraft Carriers 1944–2001: The 1942 Light Fleet Carriers

Developed under the 1942 war emergency programme to provide a quick-to-build alternative to larger fleet carriers, 16 ships of the Colossus class of light fleet carriers were ordered but only eight completed. While none saw frontline service during World War II, several served post-war in the Korean War, the Suez Crisis (including carrying out the first ship borne helicopter assault), and were later transferred or sold to navies in Australia, Canada, India, Brazil, France, Argentina, and the Netherlands. Despite their design as short lived stopgaps, Colossus-class carriers and their Majestic-class derivatives had remarkably long service lives, with the last, Minas Gerais, only decommissioned in 2001.

Strategic Defense Initiative 1983–93: Reagan’s “Star Wars” 

The Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) was a US defence programme announced by President Ronald Reagan in 1983, to develop a comprehensive missile defence system against Soviet nuclear strikes. It proposed using ground-based and space-based technologies, including lasers and interceptors, to destroy incoming ballistic missiles before they reached American soil. Although many of its concepts were too technologically ambitious and never fully realized, SDI was a major part of the dynamics of the last decade of the Cold War.

Last month, we asked what you would like to see published in our Men-at-Arms series. Thank you to everyone who voted and provided feedback. Here are the results: 

Armies of the French Wars of Religion 1562-98 - 25.9%

Armies of the War of the Polish Succession 1733–35 - 8.9%

Polish Troops in the Napoleonic Wars 1796–1815 - 15.4%

Armies of Russia’s Conquest of the Caucasus 1817–64 - 21.6%

Armies in Germany 1949–1990 - 28.2%