Dale Clarke's Britain's Final Defence: Arming the Home Guard covers preparations beyond the broomstick caricature. The author's background includes more than 35 years of British Army reserve service, with Iraq and Afghanistan among his deployments, and work as a film and television armourer and technical adviser. The book's subjects include artillery, auxiliary units and improvised weapons. Sten guns and petroleum warfare are among the specific examples. That range of equipment gives a fuller picture of local resistance preparations than rifle availability alone.
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Dale Clarke's study of Home Guard armament
A Home Guard armament study covers artillery, auxiliary units, improvisation, Sten guns and petroleum warfare.