Tanques T-54, T-55, T-62 y T-64 - URSS: libros - historia, modelos y técnica

Soviet T-62 Main Battle Tank

El T-62 es uno de los tanques más utilizados por los soviéticos durante la Guerra Fría. Desarrollado a partir del T-55, el T-62 tuvo una larga trayectoria en el Ejército Rojo e incluso en los inicios del ejército ruso reformado. Fue el tanque principal utilizado por las fuerzas soviéticas en la guerra soviético-afgana y posteriormente prestó servicio en las fuerzas rusas en Chechenia y Osetia del Sur.
También se ha utilizado en casi todos los conflictos de Oriente Medio y África desde su entrada en servicio. Sigue en servicio en muchos países del mundo y tuvo un uso extensivo en la guerra civil siria.

Este libro, que contiene más de 400 impresionantes fotografías contemporáneas y modernas, y escrito por dos expertos en blindados soviéticos, narra la historia completa del T-62.

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Soviet T-55 Main Battle Tank

The T-55 is one of the most iconic weapons created by the Soviets during the Cold War and also one of the most widely deployed weapons in history. Like its younger brother, the T-54, the T-55 enjoyed a long career in the Red Army and even into the early days of the reformed Russian Army.
Under their control it saw very little combat use or deployments, but it was widely sold to other nations and participated in many of the wars and combat operations from the mid-1960s to the present.

The T-55 has been employed in almost every conflict in the Middle East and Africa from its introduction into service. Even today the tank is still employed by both sides in the Syrian Civil War, and they are also in service with Kurdish forces in the struggle against ISIS in the northern part of Iraq.

Containing more than 400 stunning contemporary and modern photographs, and written by two experts on Soviet armour, this authoritative book tells the complete story of the T-55, one of the most widely produced tanks of all time.

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T-54/55 - Soviet Cold War Main Battle Tank (Tank Craft)

During the Cold War, the T-54/55 series of tanks represented the most serious threat to Nato land forces in Europe. Available in huge quantities, it formed the core of the Warsaw Pact armoured warfare doctrine, which envisaged massed tank attacks against the weakest point in Nato's front-line defences.
Yet the T-54/55 could be stopped by smaller numbers of tanks which had the benefit of better technology and training, as was demonstrated during the Yom Kippur War of 1973 when Israeli tanks dealt out appalling punishment to T-55s of the Syrian army.

Despite these limitations, the T-54/55 was one of the most successful tanks ever produced, and this volume in the TankCraft series by Robert Jackson is the ideal introduction to it. As well as tracing the history of the T-54/55, his book is an excellent source of reference for the modeller, providing details of available kits and photographs of award-winning models, together with artworks showing the colour schemes applied to these tanks. Each section of the book is supported by a wealth of archive photographs.

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Walker Bulldog vs T-54 : Laos and Vietnam 1971-75 (Osprey)

During the Vietnam War, both the United States and the Soviet Union supplied all manner of weapon systems to the opposing sides, including tanks and armoured vehicles. Two tanks in particular took momentary prominence in the later years of the conflict. On the South Vietnamese side, it was the US M41 Walker Bulldog; for the communist North Vietnamese, the Soviet-supplied T-54 main battle tank was the core of their armoured power.

In their first major engagement, during Operation Lam Son 719 (February-March 1971), it was the Walker Bulldog in the ascendant, but in later battles the T-54s inflicted heavy losses on their lighter opponents, taking the advantage through their superior manoeuvrability and gunnery.
Illustrated with full-colour artwork as well as rare and revealing photographs from both sides, this book studies these two iconic tanks in Vietnamese service, examining how their differing designs and fighting doctrines affected their performance in this unique theatre of combat.

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T-54/55 : The Soviet Army's Cold War Main Battle Tank (Images of War)

The Soviet T-54/55 is probably the best-known tank of the Cold War, and it was produced in greater numbers that any other tank in history. It first went into service just after the Second World War and over 70,000 were made, and its design was so successful that it even outlasted its successor the T-62.
For a generation it formed the backbone of the armoured forces of the Warsaw Pact and it was exported all over the world, remaining in the front-line until the 1990s.

In over 150 archive photographs and a detailed analytical text, this photographic history traces the design and development of the T-54/55 and records its operational history. The book describes how it was conceived as a main battle tank, an all-rounder, contrasting with the light, medium and heavy tanks produced in the past, and it proved to be extraordinarly effective.

It was as adaptable as it was long-lasting, different versions being produced by China, Czechoslovakia, Poland and Romania. Its relatively simple design also meant it was easy to maintain even in difficult conditions and it was used by armies across the Third World, in particular in wars in Angola, Ethiopia, Mozambique and Somalia.
Anthony Tucker-Joness history of this remarkable armoured vehicle will be absorbing reading for tank enthusiasts and a valuable source for modellers.

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T-64 Battle Tank : The Cold War's Most Secret Tank (Osprey)

The T-64 tank was the most revolutionary design of the whole Cold War, designed to provide the firepower and armour protection of a heavy tank in a medium-weight design. It pioneered a host of new technologies including laminate armour, stereoscopic tank rangefinders, opposed-piston engines, smooth-bore tank guns with discarding sabot ammunition, and gun-fired guided projectiles.
These impressive features meant that the Russians were loath to part with the secrets of the design, and the T-64 was the only Soviet tank type of the Cold War that was never exported.

Written by an armour expert, this detailed technical history sheds light on the secrets behind the Cold War's most controversial tank, revealing how its highly advanced technologies proved to be both a blessing and a curse.

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M60 vs T-62 - Cold War Combatants 1956-92 (Osprey)

Designed for the battlefields of Europe at the height of the Cold War, the M60 and T-62 were the premier combat tanks of their day. However, it was in the deserts of the Middle East that they finally met in battle.

This title examines the design and development of these main battle tanks, identifying their strengths and weaknesses, and describing and analyzing their performance on the battlefield during the Yom Kippur War, the Iran-Iraq War, and the first Gulf War.

Contents: Introduction - Improving the Armored Fist - Chronology - Design and development - Strategic Situation - Technical Specifications - Combat 1: Statistics and analysis - Combat 2: Statistics and analysis - Aftermath - Bibliography.

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Centurion vs T-55 - Yom Kippur War 1973 (Osprey)

Diseñados en el apogeo de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, el Centurion británico y el T-55 soviético se concibieron inicialmente para contrarrestar los formidables tanques Panther y Tiger alemanes. Sin embargo, con el desarrollo de la Guerra Fría, estas máquinas se prepararon para la inminente lucha entre la OTAN y el Pacto de Varsovia. Aunque nunca combatieron en Europa, estos dos tanques se convirtieron en la columna vertebral de las fuerzas interpuestas de la Guerra Fría en todo el mundo.

Desde Corea hasta Oriente Medio y Angola, estos dos combatientes blindados se enfrentaron repetidamente, alcanzando su punto álgido en los Altos del Golán durante la Guerra de Yom Kippur, donde 177 Centuriones de las FDI se enfrentaron a una fuerza árabe muy superior.

Este libro compara el diseño, el desarrollo y el despliegue de estos tanques clásicos, y analiza su desempeño en el campo de batalla. Con ilustraciones digitales de gran detalle, se trata de un estudio exhaustivo de dos de los primeros tanques de batalla principales de la Guerra Fría.

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T-62 Main Battle Tank 1965-2005 (Osprey)

The Soviet Army hastily developed the T-62 in a struggle to compete against the rapid proliferation of NATO tanks in the 1960s. It was essentially a modification of the widely-manufactured T-55 tank with the addition of a new 115mm gun.

Within the USSR itself, the T-62 was quickly superseded, but it was widely exported, becoming a critical component of the Egyptian and Syrian armies in the 1973 Yom Kippur conflict and heavily influenced later designs of the M1 Abrams and Challenger tanks.

In the first English-language history of this tank, Steven Zaloga examines the development of the T-62 using detailed combat descriptions to bring to life the operational history of this tank from the deserts of the Sinai to the harsh terrain of Afghanistan.

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T-54 and T-55 Main Battle Tanks 1944-2004 (Osprey)

The T-54 and T-55 tanks are the most widely manufactured tanks of all time. They have become ubiquitous to wars around the globe since the 1950s, starting with Hungary in 1956, and including the the Arab-Israeli wars of 1967, 1973 and 1982, the Vietnam war of 1967-75, the Iran-Iraq War of 1980-88, the Afghanistan conflict, Operation Desert Storm, the Yugoslav Civil Wars, and the recent conflict in Iraq.

This book will examine the roots of this prolific tank family, starting with the Soviet Army's first attempts to replace the legendary T-34 during World War II, and covering the T-43 and the T-44, the more successful T-54, and its ultimate evolution into the T-55.

Contents: Introduction - Design and development - Operation - Active service - In combat - T-54 and T-55 in other theatres - Bibliography - Colour plate commentary - Index.

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