Osprey Elite is a 41-book series with 41 released primary works first released in 1986 with contributions by Nicholas Sekunda, David Nicolle, Gordon L. Rottman, Christopher Gravett, T V Bulpin, Anthony J. Bryant, Angus McBride, Keith Roberts, John Tincey, Mark Healy, Boris Rankov, Angus Konstam, Stephen Turnbull, Martin Brayley, Kaveh Farrokh, Antony Karasulas, Duncan B. Campbell, Nicolas Grguric, Philip Jowett, Brent Snodgrass, Ross Cowan, Akira Takizawa, Philip J. Haythornthwaite, Raffaele D'Amato, Andrea Salimbeti, Mark Galeotti, and Andrey Evgenevich Negin.