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British Tanks of the Red Army

Questo libro offre una chiara ricostruzione storica dei carri armati britannici utilizzati dall'Unione Sovietica dalla guerra civile russa alla fine della seconda guerra mondiale.

Inizia con il primo scontro, ostile, tra i veicoli corazzati britannici e l'Armata Rossa, quando la Gran Bretagna fornì carri armati in eccedenza all'Armata Bianca. Dopo la vittoria sovietica, i carri armati pesanti Mark V e i carri medi Whippet e Hornet catturati furono reintegrati nell'esercito sovietico.

Durante gli anni '20, l'Unione Sovietica esaminò i progetti di esportazione britannici e nel 1931 avviò la produzione su licenza del Vickers Mk.E, denominato T-26.

Nel 1941, l'invasione tedesca causò gravi perdite di carri armati sovietici, spingendo l'Armata Rossa a cercare nuovamente veicoli stranieri. Un importante programma di aiuti iniziò in agosto e il 29 settembre 1941 la prima spedizione di 20 carri armati britannici salpò per Arkhangelsk. Arrivarono in tempo per la battaglia di Mosca e le successive consegne assicurarono che i veicoli britannici rimanessero in servizio con le unità sovietiche fino alla fine della guerra.

Tra i tipi di carri armati utilizzati figuravano i Matilda, i Valentine, i Churchill e i Tetrarch.

L'autore, Peter Samsonov, ne illustra la storia operativa, le prestazioni sul campo di battaglia e le opinioni degli equipaggi dell'Armata Rossa che li utilizzavano.

Dettagli del libro

Autore:	Peter Samsonov
Formato:	144 pagine, 24.5 x 18 x 0.8 cm, brossura
Illustrazioni:	riccamente illustrato
Lingua:	inglese
Editore:	Mortons Media Group (GB, 2024)
ISBN:	9781911704065

Stalin's Armour, 1941-1945 - Soviet Tanks at War

Stalin's purge of army officers in the late 1930s and disputes about tank tactics meant that Soviet armoured forces were in disarray when Hitler invaded in 1941. As a result, during Operation Barbarossa, the Wehrmacht's 3,200 panzers ran circles round the Red Army's tank force of almost 20,000 - thousands of Soviet tanks were disabled or destroyed.
Yet within two years of this disaster the Red Army's tank arm had regained its confidence and numbers and was in a position to help turn the tide and liberate the Soviet Union.

This is the remarkable story Anthony Tucker-Jones relates in this concise, highly illustrated history of the part played by Soviet armour in the war on the Eastern Front. Chapters cover each phase of the conflict, from Barbarossa, through the battles at Moscow, Stalingrad and Kursk to the massive, tank-led offensives that drove the Wehrmacht back to Berlin.
Technical and design developments are covered, but so are changes in tactics and the role of the tanks in the integrated all-arms force that crushed German opposition.

Dettagli del libro

Autore:	Anthony Tucker-Jones
Formato:	256 pagine, 24 x 16.5 x 2.8 cm, copertina rigida
Illustrazioni:	70 foto in B&N
Lingua:	inglese
Editore:	Pen & Sword Books Ltd (GB, 2021)
ISBN:	9781526777935

Sherman Tanks of the Red Army : The American vehicle in Soviet service

More than 4000 examples of the famous diesel-fuelled M4A2 Sherman tank were sent to the Soviet Union during the Second World War under the Lend-Lease programme.
These American-built vehicles were operated by Red Army crews against the Germans during some of the bitterest fighting on the Eastern Front - yet despite serving with distinction and being well-liked by their crews, relatively little has been written about these vehicles until now.

Tank expert Peter Samsonov looks at the origins of the M4A2 in Soviet service and the machines that were received from the US as well as providing a detailed assessment of how they fared in combat on the front line.

Dettagli del libro

Autore:	Peter Samsonov
Formato:	116 pagine, 24.5 x 18 x 0.8 cm, brossura
Illustrazioni:	riccamente illustrato
Lingua:	inglese
Editore:	Mortons Media Group (GB, 2020)
ISBN:	9781911658474

Panzer 38(t) vs BT-7 : Barbarossa 1941 (Osprey)

The tank battles in the Soviet Union during the summer of 1941 were the largest in World War II, exceeding even the more famous Prokhorovka encounter during the Kursk campaign. Indeed, they were the largest tank battles ever fought.

This book examines two evenly matched competitors in this conflict, the German Panzer 38(t) and the Soviet BT-7. Both were of similar size, armed with guns of comparable firepower, and had foreign roots - the Panzer 38(t) was a Czechoslovak design and the BT-7 was an evolution of the American Christie tank.

With full-colour artwork and archive and present-day photography, this absorbing study assesses the strengths and limitations of these two types against the wider background of armoured doctrine in the opening stages of Operation Barbarossa.

Dettagli del libro

Autore:	Steven J. Zaloga
Formato:	80 pagine, 25 x 18.5 x 0.7 cm, brossura
Illustrazioni:	30 foto in B&N e 40 in colori
Lingua:	inglese
Editore:	Osprey Publishing (GB, 2017)
Collana:	Duel
ISBN:	9781472817136

Red Army Tanks of World War II : A Guide to Armoured Fighting Vehicles of the Red Army

An authoritative history of Soviet armoured forces before 1945, detailing their development, tactics and equipment from the early days of the tank arm in the 1920s, through the purges of the late 1930s and the German invasion in 1941, to the epic tank battle of Kursk, and eventual victory in the streets of Berlin.

The growth and development of Stalin's armoured might is illustrated with 170 rare black-and-white photographs, some of which have never been previously published. These include images of tank training in the 1920s and 1930s, photographs taken on active service, and pictures of the major tank battles of the war. The photographs are complemented by detailed artworks of Soviet tanks and exhaustive specifications.

A must for any enthusiast, Red Army Tanks of World War II is the definitive study of the equipment and tactics of the Soviet armoured forces that defeated the might of Hitler's Wehrmacht.

A previous edition was published with the title "Russian Tanks of World War II".

Dettagli del libro

Autore:	Tim Bean
Formato:	176 pagine, 28.5 x 21.5 cm, brossura
Illustrazioni:	170 foto in B&N, viste di profilo in colori
Lingua:	inglese
Editore:	Amber Books Ltd (GB, 2017)
ISBN:	9781782744924

Russian Tanks of World War II : 1939-1945 - Tanks, Self-propelled Guns

Organizzato cronologicamente per tipologia, "Russian Tanks of World War II" offre una guida riccamente illustrata ai principali veicoli corazzati da combattimento utilizzati dall'Armata Rossa durante la seconda guerra mondiale.

Il libro offre una panoramica completa dei veicoli corazzati sovietici, dai carri armati leggeri T-18 e dai carri armati veloci BT del periodo prebellico, fino ai carri armati pesanti Joseph Stalin e ai semoventi degli ultimi mesi di guerra.
Sono presenti tutti i carri armati principali e molti di quelli minori, incluse tutte le varianti significative del carro armato leggero T-26, della serie KV e del T-34 impiegati sul fronte orientale.

Il volume include anche capitoli dedicati ai numerosi tipi di semoventi sviluppati dall'industria sovietica, nonché ai veicoli corazzati alleati del programma Lend-Lease, come i carri armati britannici Churchill e Valentine e quelli americani Sherman e Stuart. Ogni profilo presentato include marcature e schemi di colorazione autentici, mentre ogni singolo modello è accompagnato da specifiche tecniche esaustive.

Pagine del libro "Russian Tanks of World War II : 1939-1945 - Tanks, Self-propelled Guns"

Ricco di 120 illustrazioni a colori inedite, corredate da specifiche esaustive, "Russian Tanks of World War II" è una guida di riferimento fondamentale per modellisti militari e appassionati della Seconda Guerra Mondiale.

Dettagli del libro

Autore:	Stephen Hart
Formato:	128 pagine, 21 x 17 cm, copertina rigida
Illustrazioni:	20 foto in B&N, 120 viste di profilo in colori
Lingua:	inglese
Editore:	Amber Books Ltd (GB, 2017)
ISBN:	9781782744757

Soviet Lend-Lease Tanks of World War II (Osprey)

The Red Army suffered such catastrophic losses of armor in the summer of 1941 that they begged Britain and the United States to send tanks. The first batches arrived in late 1941, just in time to take part in the defense of Moscow.
The supplies of British tanks encompassed a very wide range of types including the Matilda, Churchill, and Valentine and even a few Tetrarch airborne tanks.
American tanks included the M3 (Stuart) light tank and M3 (Lee) medium tank and the M4 Sherman tank, which became so common in 1944-45 that entire Soviet tank corps were equipped with the type.
With these Western tanks, the Soviets were finally able to beat back the German tide in the East.

This study examines the different types of tanks shipped to the Soviet Union during the war, Soviet assessments of their merits and problems, and combat accounts of their use in Soviet service using full color artwork, contemporary photographs and detailed cut-away illustrations.

Dettagli del libro

Autore:	Steven J. Zaloga
Formato:	48 pagine, 25 x 18.5 x 0.4 cm, brossura
Illustrazioni:	foto in B&N, disegni in colori
Lingua:	inglese
Editore:	Osprey Publishing (GB, 2017)
Collana:	New Vanguard (247)
ISBN:	9781472818133

T-60 Small Tank & Variants (Red Machines 1)

The T-60 small tank was the third most numerous tank-type built in the Soviet Union during the 1941-45 "Great Patriotic War", behind only the T-34 medium tank and the SU-76 self propelled gun in terms of production output.
Though often maligned in later years as being under-armed and weakly armoured, the T-60 performed a crucial role during the difficult years of 1941-42 when Soviet manufacturing plants struggled to replace combat losses at the front.

The history of the T-60 is the history of a single tank type, set against a background of the initial months immediately following the launch of "Operation Barbarossa" on 22nd June 1941, with staggering losses of territory, troops and equipment at the front and the consequent Soviet struggle to maintain production at a time when the main Soviet military production facilities were being evacuated on rails to the Urals and Siberia beyond.

Dettagli del libro

Autore:	James Kinnear, Yuri Pasholok
Formato:	176 pagine, 28.5 x 21.5 x 1.6 cm, copertina rigida
Illustrazioni:	250+ B&N- e 8 foto in colori, 8 viste di profilo in colori
Lingua:	inglese
Editore:	Canfora Grafisk Form (S, 2017)
ISBN:	9789198232561

Tanks of the USSR 1917-1945 (Fact File)

Chronological overview of all tanks used by the Soviet Union between 1917 and 1945. Although initially limited to reconstructing and developing Western European armored vehicles, an independent line of powerful and easy-to-produce models had been established by 1939.

Per type this book features a photo, a description and technical data.

English edition of the German Typenkompass book "Panzer der UdSSR - 1917-1945".

Dettagli del libro

Autore:	Alexander Lüdeke
Formato:	128 pagine, 21.5 x 14 cm, brossura
Illustrazioni:	riccamente illustrato con foto in B&N e in colori
Lingua:	inglese
Editore:	Pen & Sword Books Ltd (GB, 2017)
Collana:	Fact File
ISBN:	9781473891371

BT Fast Tank : The Red Army's Cavalry Tank 1931-45 (Osprey)

When the Red Army needed to mechanize its cavalry branch in the 1930s, the BT fast tank was its solution. Based on the American Christie high-speed tank, the Red Army began a program to adapt the design to its own needs.

Early versions were mechanically unreliable and poorly armed but by the mid-1930s, the BT-5 emerged, armed with an excellent dual-purpose 45mm gun. It saw its combat debut in the Spanish Civil War in 1937 and was later used in the border battles with the Japanese Kwangtung Army in the late 1930s. The final production series, the BT-7, was the most refined version of the family.

One of the most common types in Red Army service in the first years of the Second World War, BT tanks saw extensive combat in Poland, Finland, and the opening phases of Operation Barbarossa in 1941 and latterly during the 1945 campaign against the Japanese in Manchuria - this is the story of their design and development history.

Contents: Introduction - Design and Development - Operational Use - Analysis and Conclusion - Bibliography - Index.

Dettagli del libro

Autore:	Steven Zaloga
Formato:	48 pagine, 25 x 18.5 x 0.5 cm, brossura
Illustrazioni:	40 foto in B&N e 7 in colori
Lingua:	inglese
Editore:	Osprey Publishing (GB, 2016)
Collana:	New Vanguard (237)
ISBN:	9781472810656

T-26 Light Tank - Backbone of the Red Army (Osprey)

The T-26 was the first major Soviet armour program of the 1930s, beginning as a license-built version of the British Vickers 6-ton export tank. Although the T-26 retained the basic Vickers hull and suspension, the Red Army began to make extensive changes to the turret and armament, starting with the addition of a 45mm tank gun in 1933.
The T-26 was built in larger numbers than any other tank prior to World War II. Indeed, more T-26 tanks were manufactured than the combined tank production of Germany, France, Britain, and the United States in 1931-40.

This book surveys the development of the T-26 as well as its combat record in the Spanish Civil War, the war in China, the border wars with Poland and Finland in 1939-40, and the disastrous battles of 1941 during Operation Barbarossa.

Contents: Introduction - Design & Development - Operational History - Bibliography - Index.

Dettagli del libro

Autore:	Steven J. Zaloga
Formato:	48 pagine, 25 x 18.5 x 0.5 cm, brossura
Illustrazioni:	riccamente illustrato con foto e disegni (in B&N e in colori)
Lingua:	inglese
Editore:	Osprey Publishing (GB, 2015)
Collana:	New Vanguard (218)
ISBN:	9781472806253

Captured Tanks under the German Flag - Russian Battle Tanks

Germany used many types of Russian battle tanks captured during WWII, and this book gives an accurate account in both photographs and text.

Dettagli del libro

Autore:	Werner Regenberg, Horst Scheibert
Formato:	48 pagine, 21 x 26.5 x 0.3 cm, brossura
Illustrazioni:	foto in B&N, disegni
Lingua:	inglese
Editore:	Schiffer Publishing Ltd (USA, 2004)
ISBN:	9780887402012

Die Waffen der Roten Armee - Panzer 1939-1945

The USSR was relatively late in adopting tank weapons, but then it was so consistent that by the mid-1930s it already had more tanks than the rest of the world. After the first battles, which were catastrophic for the Soviets, the Red Army finally surprised not only its enemy with modern armored fighting vehicle developments.

Pagine del libro "Die Waffen der Roten Armee - Panzer 1939-1945"

In the second volume on the weapons of the Red Army in World War II, Victor Schunkow provides a complete overview of the armored vehicles of the former Soviet Union - from the heavy KV-1 to the medium T-34 and the Tiger rival IS-2.

Dettagli del libro

Autore:	Victor Schunkow
Formato:	240 pagine, 24 x 17 cm, copertina rigida
Illustrazioni:	300 foto in B&N e in colori
Lingua:	tedesco
Editore:	Motorbuch Verlag (D, 2020)
ISBN:	9783613043329

Panzer der UdSSR - 1917-1945 (Typenkompass)

During World War II, the Soviets introduced the T 34, the most successful battle tank of its time. Because the leadership of the USSR planned to overrun the Western European states with massive tank advances as far as the Atlantic coast in the event of a conflict with NATO, it massively expanded its tank force in the decades to come.

Pagine del libro "Panzer der UdSSR - 1917-1945"

Alexander Lüdeke portrays all the important Soviet tank models that were built from 1945 until the end of the Cold War. Illustrated by many images, the advantages, disadvantages and special features of the individual types are clearly documented.
Each type is presented using a photo, a historical description and a technical data sheet.

Dettagli del libro

Autore:	Alexander Lüdeke
Formato:	128 pagine, 20.5 x 14 cm, brossura
Illustrazioni:	100 foto in B&N e 48 in colori, 44 disegni
Lingua:	tedesco
Editore:	Motorbuch Verlag (D, 2017)
Collana:	Typenkompass
ISBN:	9783613039940