Armoured Vehicles - USSR: Books - History, Types and Construction

Russian Tanks and Armored Vehicles 1917-1945 - An Illustrated Reference

Describes in excellent detail and striking photos, many unpublished, the development and amassing of Russia's armored vehicles from World War I through World War II. Included in this text are those models that did not make it to production, and also the history behind Russia's tank development, including the numerous foreign models that it based its designs on.
This book is a superb reference for historians and modellers.

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Armored Units of the Russian Civil War - White and Allied (Osprey)

One of the most important conflicts of the 20th century, the Russian Civil War was the struggle that led to the formation of the Soviet Union. Following the overthrow of the Russian Provisional Government on 7 November 1917, the All-Russian Congress of Soviets met and handed over power to the Soviet Council of People's Commissars. Immediately forces began to assemble in opposition to the Bolshevik regime, and these became known as the Whites.

This title examines the armour that they had at their disposal throughout the course of the war. It was a varied collection including British and French vehicles and, perhaps most famously, the armoured trains that enabled the Whites to dominate much of Siberia.

Contents: Introduction - Tanks - Armored Cars - Armored Trains - Conclusion - Colour plate commentary - Index.

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Armored Units of the Russian Civil War - Red Army (Osprey)

By 1920 the Red Army of Russia fielded an overwhelming array of armored cars, armored trains and tank detachments. These armored units played an important part in consolidating the newly won Bolshevik empire in the early 1920s; as a consequence of the fact that railways were the strategic arteries that essentially controlled Russia, armored trains have never played such a significant role in military history as they did in the Russian Civil War.

This title details the management, construction, repair, personnel, training and combat of the Red Army's armored units on all fronts, including such famous vehicles as Trotsky's armored train.

Contents: Introduction - Tanks - Armored Cars - Tachanka - Armored Trains - Operational History - Conclusion - Color plate commentary - Index.

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Soviet Armoured Cars 1936-45 (Osprey)

The armoured car has an important place in the early history of Soviet armoured fighting vehicles (AFVs) - they were the most important AFV during the Russian Civil War and figured prominently in the mechanization of the Red Army that began in late 1929.
The 1930s saw the development and production of a wide variety of armoured cars, which were used extensively in Soviet conflicts from then on. They saw service in the Spanish Civil War, in the 1939 Manchurian conflict with Japan, and in the occupation of the Baltic states and the invasion of Poland and Finland.

Although many of its armoured cars were lost in the early months following the German invasion in June 1941, Russia continued with its armoured car development program, and the final model, the BA-64, was accepted for service in 1942 with over 9,000 built before production ended in 1946.

This detailed book provides a survey of Russian armoured cars from 1936 to 1945, focusing on the history, design, and specifications of the wheeled armoured cars that entered series production, including the rail variants and tracked BA-30.

Packed with photographs, cross-sections, and stunning battleplates, this is a comprehensive guide to some of the Red Army's fastest AFVs.

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Die Geschichte der russischen Panzerwaffe (1919 bis heute)

The focus of this volume is the history of the Russian tank weapon since the end of the First World War. While the Soviet Union initially viewed the tank as a support weapon for the infantry, the Red Army had already developed similar operational principles in the early 1930s that the Wehrmacht would later put into practice in its mobile warfare.

Military historian Victor Shunkow describes the development of the Soviet tank industry, the development of all important battle tanks up to today's Russian armed forces, as well as the transformation of Russian tank deployment doctrine over the decades.

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