The book's organization, plans, photographs, and technical detail provide a strong introduction to several assault-craft designs and operations. The featured explosive motorboat concept shows aircraft delivering fast craft near an enemy base, with crews escaping before the craft struck booms or ships. The proposed missions were not intended as suicide attacks and depended on the crew being recovered or treated under the laws of war. Its plans and operational description make the interaction among aircraft, motorboats, harbour booms, and target ships easy to follow.
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Italian assault craft and harbour-raiding technology
Erminio Bagnasco's The Italian Assault Craft is presented as a detailed reference on Italian small attack vessels, their designs, and their operations.