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Author : Jim Mesko
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780897477062
Total Pages : 80 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (77 download)
Download or read book M8 / M20 Armored Cars Walk Around written by Jim Mesko and published by . This book was released on 2013-03 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : David Doyle
Publisher : Schiffer Military History
ISBN 13 : 9780764361432
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (614 download)
Download or read book Ford M8 and M20 written by David Doyle and published by Schiffer Military History. This book was released on 2021-04-28 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Developed to provide the US military with a fast-moving reconnaissance vehicle sufficiently armed to knock out WWII-era armored vehicles. The M8 Armored Car and its sibling, the M20 Armored Utility Vehicles, were the most widely used armored vehicles built by Ford. These vehicles saw use with the US Army as well as Allied nations during WWII and well into the 1960s. This book chronicles the development and use of the vehicle from concept to combat. Through dozens of archival photos, many never before published, as well as detailed photographs of some of the finest existent examples of these vehicles, this iconic tank is explored, and its history is explained.
Author : Steven J. Zaloga
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1782004211
Total Pages : 118 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (82 download)
Download or read book M8 Greyhound Light Armored Car 1941–91 written by Steven J. Zaloga and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2012-09-20 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The M8 light armored car was the only significant wheeled combat vehicle used by the US Army in World War II. In conjunction with the lightly armed utility version, the M20, it was the staple of the army's cavalry squadrons for use in reconnaissance and scouting. First entering combat in Italy in 1943, it was widely used throughout the campaign in northwest Europe, though its off-road performance was found to be wanting. This title describes the design and development of the M8, covering the many variants that were produced during World War II and afterwards, along with a comprehensive survey of its operational use.
Author : Didier Andres
Publisher : Casemate
ISBN 13 : 1636243118
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (362 download)
Download or read book U.S. Army Ford M8 and M20 Armored Cars written by Didier Andres and published by Casemate. This book was released on 2023-11-30 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fully illustrated examination of the M8 and M20 armored cars which served the Us Army throughout World War II. The M8 and M20 served in Europe and the Pacific during WWII. Author has used the archived notes of the officer tasked with coordinating the project to develop and deliver the M8, explaining why it took two years to deliver it to the Army. Over 200 photographs make this a great reference for any military modeler or vehicle enthusiast.
Author : Steven J. Zaloga
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1782004718
Total Pages : 50 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (82 download)
Download or read book M8 Greyhound Light Armored Car 1941–91 written by Steven J. Zaloga and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2012-09-20 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The M8 light armored car was the only significant wheeled combat vehicle used by the US Army in World War II. In conjunction with the lightly armed utility version, the M20, it was the staple of the army's cavalry squadrons for use in reconnaissance and scouting. First entering combat in Italy in 1943, it was widely used throughout the campaign in northwest Europe, though its off-road performance was found to be wanting. This title describes the design and development of the M8, covering the many variants that were produced during World War II and afterwards, along with a comprehensive survey of its operational use.
Author : R. P. Hunnicutt
Publisher : Echo Point Books & Media
ISBN 13 : 9781626542549
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (425 download)
Download or read book Armored Car written by R. P. Hunnicutt and published by Echo Point Books & Media. This book was released on 2015-09-15 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The armored car has played a major role in American military operations since the relatively early days of the 20th Century. In 1989 Col. Royal P. Davidson arranged for the installation of a .30 caliber Colt machine gun on a Duryea light three-wheeled car. In doing so, he jump-started the development and production of armored fighting vehicles that have served in the American military ever since. Although the very first armored cars were merely outfitted with a gunshield, they were soon fully protected by armor plating. In this installment of R. P. Hunnicutt's 10-volume series on the history of American armored vehicles he details their early development through WWI, WWII, Korea, and Vietnam. Beginning with the development of armored cars on American soil at the outbreak of WWI-although none were ever shipped overseas-Hunnicutt goes on to describe the production of armored cars based on commercial car and truck chassis in the 1920s. These vehicles eventually reached limited production as the armored car M4. With detailed drawings and photographs to illustrate the history, Hunnicutt describes the development of the armored car T3, which was also designated as scout car T1. The development of these lightweight scout cars, which met the needs of the cavalry, made the armored car unnecessary by 1937. Although production of armored cars stopped for the American military, American development continued on armored cars intended for British use. However, in 1942 as the Palmer Board decided to limit the weight of reconnaissance vehicles, the light armored car T22E2 was standardized as the M8 and put into production. The M8 and a variation, the M20, served in the U.S. Army until after the Korean War, with new models developed for use in Vietnam. Spanning the history of American wheeled combat vehicles, Hunnicutt's "Armored Car" is a must have for anyone with a keen interest in the history of American military operations and equipment.
Author : Steven J. Zaloga
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1849080895
Total Pages : 49 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (49 download)
Download or read book Staghound Armored Car 1942–62 written by Steven J. Zaloga and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2011-12-20 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Staghound was a unique World War II armored vehicle designed and manufactured in the US, but intended solely for the British army. Since its combat debut in Italy in 1943 until the end of the war it had performed particularly valuable service in a reconnaissance role where its speed and armor ensured that it was able to extricate itself from trouble as required without additional support. This book examines the development of this category of armored cars and offers a detailed analysis of the extensive combat use of the Staghound in British service as well as in the service of other Allied countries including Canada, New Zealand and Poland.
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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 56 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (3 download)
Download or read book Armor written by and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Michael Green
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1473854369
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (738 download)
Download or read book American Wheeled Armoured Fighting Vehicles written by Michael Green and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2016-10-31 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Numerous wheeled armoured fighting vehicles have seen service in the US armed forces on and off for over 80 years. There have been various changes of policy and twice, after the Second World War and Vietnam, they went out of favour but their use is now well established. This well researched and superbly illustrated book describes all the different types and variants since the first M1 was ordered in 1931. The M8 armoured car was widely used during World War Two but it was not until Vietnam that further wheeled AFVs came into service, notably the M706 armoured car. After a lull the US Marine Corps adopted the Light Armoured Vehicle (LAV) in 1983. The US Army first used armoured Humvees in 1994 and variants remain in service (M1141 and M1116). Other types today include the Guardian (M1117) and the Army version of the LAV names the Stryker. To meet the operational requirements of Iraq and Afghanistan the Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle (MRAP) was ordered in bulk from 2007.
Author : Gordon L. Rottman
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1780968744
Total Pages : 103 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (89 download)
Download or read book World War II US Cavalry Groups written by Gordon L. Rottman and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2012-07-20 with total page 103 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The cavalry regiments of the US Army were in the process of being transformed into a mechanized force when the USA entered World War II. While those cavalry regiments deployed to the Pacific to fight the Japanese were turned into infantry units, those sent to Europe were employed as light armor in the cavalry's traditional spearhead roles – reconnaissance, the screening of advances and flanks, and the pursuit of beaten enemy forces. Equipped with M8 Greyhound armored cars, M5 Stuart and M24 Chaffee light tanks, and halftracks, these units were designated cavalry groups (mechanized), each c. 1,700 strong and divided into two heavily armed squadrons. They were seldom attached to divisions, but to higher-level corps commands, meaning they could be shifted around quickly and independently and be formed at need into flexible battle groups with armored, infantry, and other units, depending on the mission. Featuring specially drawn full-color illustrations depicting uniforms, insignia, armored vehicles, and tactical scenarios, this is the story of the US cavalry units that led the advance to victory in Europe during World War II.
Author : Thomas Berndt
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781610607001
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (7 download)
Download or read book American Tanks of WWII written by Thomas Berndt and published by . This book was released on with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spectacular color photographs combined with informative captions tell the stories of these popular subjects.
Author : Michael Green
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1782009795
Total Pages : 378 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (82 download)
Download or read book American Tanks & AFVs of World War II written by Michael Green and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2014-07-20 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The entry of the US into World War II provided the Allies with the industrial might to finally take the war to German and Japanese forces across the world. Central to this was the focus of the American military industrial complex on the manufacture of tanks and armoured fighting vehicles. Between 1939 and 1945, 88,140 tanks and 18,620 other armored vehicles were built – almost twice the number that Germany and Great Britain combined were able to supply. In this lavishly illustrated volume, armour expert Michael Green examines the dizzying array of machinery fielded by the US Army, from the famed M4 Sherman, M3 Stuart and M3 Lee through to the half-tracks, armored cars, self-propelled artillery, tank destroyers, armored recovery vehicles and tracked landing vehicles that provided the armoured fist that the Allies needed to break Axis resistance in Europe and the Pacific. Publishing in paperback for the first time and packed with historical and contemporary colour photography, this encyclopedic new study details the design, development, and construction of these vehicles, their deployment in battle and the impact that they had on the outcome of the war.
Author : David Doyle
Publisher : Schiffer Military History
ISBN 13 : 9780764358234
Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (582 download)
Download or read book Stuart Tank Vol. 2 written by David Doyle and published by Schiffer Military History. This book was released on 2019-10-28 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Stuart light tanks were the first tanks taken into combat by US troops during WWII. Production of these vehicles can be broken into two categories: the early tanks powered by air-cooled radial engines, and late vehicles powered by twin V-8 engines. This volume explores the late vehicles with Cadillac water-cooled engines, the M5 and M5A1, as well as the M8 Howitzer Motor Carriage. Widely used by both the US Army and US Marines, as well as many Allied nations, these tanks, though lightly armed and armored, were mechanically sound and were widely used by US forces in Europe and the Pacific, as well as by Allied nations. Through dozens of archival photos, including previously unpublished images, as well as detailed photographs of some of the finest existing examples of these vehicles, this early-war combat vehicle is explored, and its history is explained. A companion volume explores the early M3, M3A1, and M3A3 versions.
Author : Warlord Games
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472813375
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (728 download)
Download or read book Bolt Action: Tank War written by Warlord Games and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2014-09-20 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tank War, the new supplement for Bolt Action, gives players the option to expand their games to a whole new level – armoured warfare. Recreate such great engagements as the battle of Kursk with the scenarios, army options and special rules found in this book. Whether you want to add more armour to your existing armies or build an entirely armoured force, Tank War has you covered.
Author : R. P. Hunnicutt
Publisher : Echo Point Books & Media
ISBN 13 : 9781626541559
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (415 download)
Download or read book Armored Car written by R. P. Hunnicutt and published by Echo Point Books & Media. This book was released on 2015-09-15 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The armored car has played a major role in American military operations since the relatively early days of the 20th Century. In 1989 Col. Royal P. Davidson arranged for the installation of a .30 caliber Colt machine gun on a Duryea light three-wheeled car. In doing so, he jump-started the development and production of armored fighting vehicles that have served in the American military ever since. Although the very first armored cars were merely outfitted with a gunshield, they were soon fully protected by armor plating. In this installment of R. P. Hunnicutt's 10-volume series on the history of American armored vehicles he details their early development through WWI, WWII, Korea, and Vietnam. Beginning with the development of armored cars on American soil at the outbreak of WWI-although none were ever shipped overseas-Hunnicutt goes on to describe the production of armored cars based on commercial car and truck chassis in the 1920s. These vehicles eventually reached limited production as the armored car M4. With detailed drawings and photographs to illustrate the history, Hunnicutt describes the development of the armored car T3, which was also designated as scout car T1. The development of these lightweight scout cars, which met the needs of the cavalry, made the armored car unnecessary by 1937. Although production of armored cars stopped for the American military, American development continued on armored cars intended for British use. However, in 1942 as the Palmer Board decided to limit the weight of reconnaissance vehicles, the light armored car T22E2 was standardized as the M8 and put into production. The M8 and a variation, the M20, served in the U.S. Army until after the Korean War, with new models developed for use in Vietnam. Spanning the history of American wheeled combat vehicles, Hunnicutt's Armored Car is a must have for anyone with a keen interest in the history of American military operations and equipment. Readers interested in related titles from R. P. Hunnicutt will also want to see: Abrams (ISBN: 9781626542556), Bradley (ISBN: 9781626542525), Half-Track (ISBN: 9781626541320), Patton (ISBN: 9781626548794), Pershing (ISBN: 9781626541672), Sheridan (ISBN: 9781626541542), Sherman (ISBN: 9781626548619), Stuart (History of the American Light Tank, Vol. 1) (ISBN: 9781626548626), Firepower (ISBN: 9781635615036).
Author : John C. McManus
Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 1620459647
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (24 download)
Download or read book Alamo in the Ardennes written by John C. McManus and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 2007-02-01 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At last, here is a book that tells the full story of the turning point in World War II’s Battle of the Bulge—the story of five crucial days in which small groups of American soldiers, some outnumbered ten to one, slowed the German advance and allowed the Belgian town of Bastogne to be reinforced. Alamo in the Ardennes provides a compelling, day-by-day account of this pivotal moment in America's greatest war.
Author : Harry Yeide
Publisher : Zenith Imprint
ISBN 13 : 9781616738990
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (389 download)
Download or read book Steeds of Steel written by Harry Yeide and published by Zenith Imprint. This book was released on 2008 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
