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Book Synopsis Postwar Armoured Fighting Vehicles by : Michael E. Haskew
Download or read book Postwar Armoured Fighting Vehicles written by Michael E. Haskew and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Features 200 same scale, full color artworks with full specifications, markings, and camouflage schemes from every major war since 1945; traces the development of AFVs from every part of the world by conflict"--P. [4] of cover.
Book Synopsis A Directory of Post-war British Military Vehicles by : Pat Ware
Download or read book A Directory of Post-war British Military Vehicles written by Pat Ware and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis German Late War Armored Fighting Vehicles by : George Bradford
Download or read book German Late War Armored Fighting Vehicles written by George Bradford and published by Stackpole Books. This book was released on 2007 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Filled with fine-scale drawings of Germany's late war armored vehicles including: Pz. Kpfw. V Panther TankPz. Kpfw. VI Tiger I and IIPz. Jager Elephant Tank DestroyerSd.Kfz. 234/2 "Puma" Armored CarJagdtiger with Henschel suspensionAnd dozens more . . .
Book Synopsis The Encyclopedia of Tanks and Armoured Fighting Vehicles by : Christopher F. Foss
Download or read book The Encyclopedia of Tanks and Armoured Fighting Vehicles written by Christopher F. Foss and published by Spellmount, Limited Publishers. This book was released on 2002 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tanks and armoured fighting vehicles have revolutionised modern warfare, dominating the battlefield in conflicts all over the world with their firepower, armour and mobility. Featured in this book are over 900 tanks, armoured personnel carriers, self-propelled guns, reconnaissance vehicles and armoured cars.
Book Synopsis Armored Fighting Vehicles by : Philip Trewhitt
Download or read book Armored Fighting Vehicles written by Philip Trewhitt and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Each vehicle featured is illustrated by a full-color side-profile artwork, and accompanied by a detailed specifications table giving country of origin, crew, weight, dimensions, armor, armament, powerplant, and performance, all measurements in imperial and metric. In addition, there is accompanying text for each vehicle that summarizes the vehicle's development and service history"--Jacket.
Book Synopsis World War Two Armoured Fighting Vehicles by : George Forty
Download or read book World War Two Armoured Fighting Vehicles written by George Forty and published by Osprey Publishing. This book was released on 1995-05-01 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Armoured Fighting Vehicle (AFV) played a major role in World War II. The artillery found it necessary to mechanise some of its field pieces. Armoured cars were called upon to carry out tasks in addition to reonnaissance. Tank destroyers were designed to seek, and destroy enemy armour. Add to this fascinating array such oddities as spedy oversnow Aerosans (armoured, fast sledges) deployed by the Red Army, to enormous siege guns weighing over 100 tons, to small remotely controlled and tracked demolition vehicles, only six feet in length, to the massive and powerfully equipped armoured trains deployed by the Soviet Union and Germany.
Book Synopsis Armoured Fighting Vehicles of World Wars I and II by : Jack Livesey
Download or read book Armoured Fighting Vehicles of World Wars I and II written by Jack Livesey and published by Southwater Publishing. This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1900 a British motoring enthusiast, F. R. Simms, had the idea of mounting a machine-gun on the front of a quadricycle and installing a small petrol engine at the rear. His machine spurred on others to design similar "war cars", and the armoured fighting vehicle (AFV) was born. This book is the story of subsequent developments, and starts with an authoritative history of all types of AFV from from 1900-1945, covering a wide range of wheeled, tracked and semi-tracked vehicles. From the days before radio communication through to the end of World War II, the author highlights the varied roles AFV's have played, as well as how these adaptable vehicles have evolved and developed over time
Download or read book Bradley written by R. P. Hunnicutt and published by Echo Point Books & Media. This book was released on 2015-09-15 with total page 474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This entry in R. P. Hunnicutt's unrivaled 10-volume history of American armored fighting vehicles focuses on the spectrum of armored personnel carriers with a focus on the Bradley fighting vehicle (BFV). Operations in WWII indicated a need for an armored vehicle with improved protection and reliable mobility for transporting soldiers in and out of battle. To address this need, development began on full-tracked armored personnel carriers with overhead protection before WWII came to a close. Development continued into the postwar period. One result of this program was the M59 armored infantry vehicle, which was pioneered as a low-production-cost vehicle and had the added benefit of being amphibious, a quality that became required in all armored personnel carriers that succeeded it. In his trademark style, Hunnicutt surveys the development of each armored personnel carrier since the end of WWII, illustrating his detailed history with line drawings and photographs. He covers the development of the M113, which was employed successfully in Vietnam and served as the basis for a family of vehicles ranging from armored combat vehicles to unarmored cargo carriers. The success of the M113 as a fighting vehicle gave rise to the development of the Bradley fighting vehicle, which was intended for use by both infantry and cavalry units. With all the detail and precision readers have come to expect from R. P. Hunnicutt's histories of American armored vehicles, "Bradley" is the definitive work on the history of American fighting and support vehicles. An absolute must-have for anyone interested in American military history.
Book Synopsis US Cold War Tanks and Armoured Fighting Vehicles by : Michael Green
Download or read book US Cold War Tanks and Armoured Fighting Vehicles written by Michael Green and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2019-08-30 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This expert study of the U.S. military’s armored vehicles deployed during the Cold War features rare photographs from the wartime archives. To counter the Soviet threat and that of their client States during the Cold War years 1949-1991, the American military deployed an impressive range of main battle tanks and armored fighting vehicles. Expert author Michael Green presents a detailed study of these vehicles and their variants in this informative volume of stunning wartime photographs. The Patton series of medium main battle tanks—including the M46, M47 and M48—supplemented by the M103s Heavy Tank initially formed the core of the US tank fleet. In 1960 the M60 MBT entered service and, in turn, was replaced by the M1 Abrams in 1980. In support were armored reconnaissance vehicles, progressively the M41 bull dog (1951); the M114 (1961), the M551 Sheridan (1967) and M3 Bradley Cavalry Fighting Vehicle (1981). The armored personnel carrier range included the ubiquitous M113 and its replacement the M2 Bradley, cousin of the M3. All of these vehicles are covered in this highly detailed volume in the Images of War series.
Book Synopsis The Encyclopedia of Tanks & Armoured Fighting Vehicles by : Chris Bishop
Download or read book The Encyclopedia of Tanks & Armoured Fighting Vehicles written by Chris Bishop and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume begins with the armoured vehicles of World War I, such as the Lanchester armoured car and Sturmpanzerwagon A7V tank and comes right up to date to the modern era covering the latest tanks and armoured vehicles, such as the Challenger II tank and the M88 armoured recovery vehicle.
Download or read book Bradley written by R. P. Hunnicutt and published by Echo Point Books & Media. This book was released on 2015-09-15 with total page 474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This entry in R. P. Hunnicutt's unrivaled 10-volume history of American armored fighting vehicles focuses on the spectrum of armored personnel carriers with a focus on the Bradley fighting vehicle (BFV). Operations in WWII indicated a need for an armored vehicle with improved protection and reliable mobility for transporting soldiers in and out of battle. To address this need, development began on full-tracked armored personnel carriers with overhead protection before WWII came to a close. Development continued into the postwar period. One result of this program was the M59 armored infantry vehicle, which was pioneered as a low-production-cost vehicle and had the added benefit of being amphibious, a quality that became required in all armored personnel carriers that succeeded it. In his trademark style, Hunnicutt surveys the development of each armored personnel carrier since the end of WWII, illustrating his detailed history with line drawings and photographs. He covers the development of the M113, which was employed successfully in Vietnam and served as the basis for a family of vehicles ranging from armored combat vehicles to unarmored cargo carriers. The success of the M113 as a fighting vehicle gave rise to the development of the Bradley fighting vehicle, which was intended for use by both infantry and cavalry units. With all the detail and precision readers have come to expect from R. P. Hunnicutt's histories of American armored vehicles, Bradley is the definitive work on the history of American fighting and support vehicles. An absolute must-have for anyone interested in American military history. Readers interested in related titles from R. P. Hunnicutt will also want to see: Abrams (ISBN: 9781626542556), Armored Car (ISBN: 9781626541559), 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).
Book Synopsis World Encyclopedia of Armoured Fighting Vehicles by : Jack Livesey
Download or read book World Encyclopedia of Armoured Fighting Vehicles written by Jack Livesey and published by Lorenz Books. This book was released on 2023-10-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An illustrated history of the world's most important tanks and AFVs from the beginning of the 20th century to the present day, updated and expanded.
Download or read book Chobham Armour written by William Suttie and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2022-10-27 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive overview of the work of the Military Vehicles Research and Development Establishment on Chobham Common, which provided armoured vehicles for the British Army from 1945 to its close in 2004. Through much of World War II British tanks and armoured vehicles were outmatched by the German tanks they encountered and this led to the British Army placing much emphasis on ensuring that the same situation would not arise again if the Cold War turned hot. The task of developing the Main Battle Tanks and supporting armoured vehicles to out-range and quickly destroy the Soviet threat fell to the scientists and engineers at the Fighting Vehicle Research and Development Establishment on Chobham Common near to Chertsey. It was the design authority for all British Military vehicles for most of the period. Military vehicle and equipment expert William Suttie draws extensively on official MOD reports to tell the story of the development of the British Cold War armour, such as the Centurion, Chieftain, Challenger, and many other wheeled and tracked armour vehicles that served the British Army of The Rhine. The vehicles developed at the Chertsey site were never used for their intended purpose on the plains of North-west Germany, but have proved their worth in British operations in places like Korea, Bosnia, Kuwait, Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as in the hands of other users around the world. Fully illustrated with photographs, schemes and drawings, including some that have never been published before, this is a unique detailed overview of the development of all post-war British armoured vehicles.
Book Synopsis American Wheeled Armoured Fighting Vehicles by : Michael Green
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.
Book Synopsis Tanks and Other Armoured Fighting Vehicles of World War II by : Brian Terence White
Download or read book Tanks and Other Armoured Fighting Vehicles of World War II written by Brian Terence White and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis NATO and Warsaw Pact Armoured Fighting Vehicles of the Cold War by : Michael Green
Download or read book NATO and Warsaw Pact Armoured Fighting Vehicles of the Cold War written by Michael Green and published by Pen and Sword Military. This book was released on 2024-01-30 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While tanks were the most recognized armored vehicles during the Cold War, NATO and Warsaw Pact (WP) armies fielded a wide array of armored fighting vehicles (AFVs). These included armored cars, armored personnel carriers (APCs), anti-aircraft vehicles and self propelled artillery. Over the Cold War years nations both progressively developed series of AFVs and introduced entirely new ranges. APCs, vital to all frontline units, evolved from machine gun-armed battlefield taxis such as the US M113 and Soviet BTR-60 series into sophisticated infantry fighting vehicles. The Soviet BMP-1, US Bradley M2/M3, West German Marder and British Warrior and CVR series were classic examples of the latter, with numerous variants. The Soviet BRDM-2 series was the most numerous armored car. The British Army fielded the Saladin, Ferret and Fox and the German Army introduced the eight-wheeled Luchs and tracked SPZ11-2 Kurz. Early anti-aircraft vehicles, such as the American M42 with two 40mm Bofors, were superseded by the formidable Soviet ZSU-23-4 Shilka and the West German Geopard with radar-guided guns. This authoritative and superbly illustrated book covers the full range of AFVs in service with NATO and WP armies over the four decades of the Cold War. It will be an invaluable addition to the libraries of the expert and layman alike.
Book Synopsis The World Encyclopedia of Tanks and Armoured Fighting Vehicles by : George Forty
Download or read book The World Encyclopedia of Tanks and Armoured Fighting Vehicles written by George Forty and published by Lorenz Books. This book was released on 2007-01-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over 400 vehicles and 1200 wartime and modern photographs. Features A-Z catalogs for tank destroyers, command versions, specialized tanks, armored cars, armored personnel carriers and self propelled artillery.