Tanks (tot 1945) - USSR: boeken - historie en modellen

British Tanks of the Red Army

Dit boek geeft een helder overzicht van de Britse tanks die door de Sovjet-Unie werden gebruikt, van de Russische Burgeroorlog tot het einde van de Tweede Wereldoorlog.
Het begint met de eerste vijandige ontmoeting tussen Britse voertuigen en het Rode Leger, toen Groot-Brittannië overtollige tanks aan het Witte Leger leverde. Na de overwinning van de Roden kwamen buitgemaakte Mark V-zware tanks en Whippet- en Hornet-tanks in dienst bij de RKKA.
In de jaren twintig onderzocht de Sovjet-Unie Britse exportontwerpen en startte zij in 1931 een licentieproductie van de Vickers Mk.E als T-26.

In 1941 zorgde de Duitse invasie voor zware tankverliezen, waardoor het Rode Leger opnieuw buitenlandse voertuigen zocht. Een groot hulpprogramma begon in augustus, en op 29 september 1941 vertrok de eerste zending van 20 Britse tanks naar Archangelsk. Ze kwamen op tijd aan voor de Slag om Moskou, en verdere leveringen hielden Britse tanks tot het einde van de oorlog in Sovjetdienst.
Gebruikte types waren o.a. Matilda-, Valentine-, Churchill- en Tetrarch-tanks.

Auteur Peter Samsonov beschrijft hun inzet, prestaties op het slagveld en de ervaringen van de Sovjetbemanningen.

Specificaties

Auteur:	Peter Samsonov
Uitvoering:	144 blz, 24.5 x 18 x 0.8 cm, paperback
Illustraties:	rijk geïllustreerd
Taal:	Engels
Uitgever:	Mortons Media Group (GB, 2024)
ISBN:	9781911704065

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.

Specificaties

Auteur:	Steven Zaloga
Uitvoering:	48 blz, 25 x 18.5 x 0.5 cm, paperback
Illustraties:	40 z/w- en 7 kleurenfoto's
Taal:	Engels
Uitgever:	Osprey Publishing (GB, 2016)
Serie:	New Vanguard (237)
ISBN:	9781472810656

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.

Specificaties

Auteur:	Werner Regenberg, Horst Scheibert
Uitvoering:	48 blz, 21 x 26.5 x 0.3 cm, paperback
Illustraties:	z/w foto's, tekeningen
Taal:	Engels
Uitgever:	Schiffer Publishing Ltd (USA, 2004)
ISBN:	9780887402012

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.

Specificaties

Auteur:	Steven J. Zaloga
Uitvoering:	80 blz, 25 x 18.5 x 0.7 cm, paperback
Illustraties:	30 z/w- en 40 kleurenfoto's
Taal:	Engels
Uitgever:	Osprey Publishing (GB, 2017)
Serie:	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".

Specificaties

Auteur:	Tim Bean
Uitvoering:	176 blz, 28.5 x 21.5 cm, paperback
Illustraties:	170 z/w foto's, profieltekeningen in kleur
Taal:	Engels
Uitgever:	Amber Books Ltd (GB, 2017)
ISBN:	9781782744924

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

Organised chronologically by type, Russian Tanks of World War II offers a highly-illustrated guide to the main armoured fighting vehicles used by the Red Army during World War II.

The book offers a comprehensive survey of Soviet AFVs, from the pre-war T-18 light tank and BT fast tank series to the heavy Joseph Stalin tanks and self- propelled guns of the final months of the war.
All the major and many minor tanks are featured, including every significant variation of the T-26 light tank, KV series and T-34 to see action on the Eastern Front.

There are also chapters on the many types of self-propelled guns developed by Soviet industry, as well as Allied Lend-Lease AFVs, such as the British Churchill and Valentine tanks and American Sherman and Stuart tanks. Each featured profile includes authentic markings and colour schemes, while every separate model is accompanied by exhaustive specifications.

Packed with 120 newly-commissioned, full-colour artworks with exhaustive specifications, Russian Tanks of World War II is a key reference guide for military modellers and World War II enthusiasts.

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Specificaties

Auteur:	Stephen Hart
Uitvoering:	128 blz, 21 x 17 cm, harde kaft
Illustraties:	20 z/w foto's, 120 profieltekeningen in kleur
Taal:	Engels
Uitgever:	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.

Specificaties

Auteur:	Steven J. Zaloga
Uitvoering:	48 blz, 25 x 18.5 x 0.4 cm, paperback
Illustraties:	z/w foto's, tekeningen in kleur
Taal:	Engels
Uitgever:	Osprey Publishing (GB, 2017)
Serie:	New Vanguard (247)
ISBN:	9781472818133

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.

Specificaties

Auteur:	Anthony Tucker-Jones
Uitvoering:	256 blz, 24 x 16.5 x 2.8 cm, harde kaft
Illustraties:	70 z/w foto's
Taal:	Engels
Uitgever:	Pen & Sword Books Ltd (GB, 2021)
ISBN:	9781526777935

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.

Specificaties

Auteur:	Steven J. Zaloga
Uitvoering:	48 blz, 25 x 18.5 x 0.5 cm, paperback
Illustraties:	Rijk geïllustreerd met foto's en tekeningen (z/w en kleur)
Taal:	Engels
Uitgever:	Osprey Publishing (GB, 2015)
Serie:	New Vanguard (218)
ISBN:	9781472806253

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.

Specificaties

Auteur:	James Kinnear, Yuri Pasholok
Uitvoering:	176 blz, 28.5 x 21.5 x 1.6 cm, harde kaft
Illustraties:	250+ z/w- en 8 kleurenfoto's, 8 profieltekeningen in kleur
Taal:	Engels
Uitgever:	Canfora Grafisk Form (S, 2017)
ISBN:	9789198232561

Tanks of the USSR 1917-1945 (Fact File)

Chronologisch overzicht van alle tanks, die tussen 1917 en 1945 door de Sovjetunie werden gebruikt.

Per type geeft dit boek een foto, een historische beschrijving en technische gegevens.

Engelse editie van het Duitse Typenkompass boek "Panzer der UdSSR - 1917-1945".

Specificaties

Auteur:	Alexander Lüdeke
Uitvoering:	128 blz, 21.5 x 14 cm, paperback
Illustraties:	rijk geïllustreerd met z/w- en kleurenfoto's
Taal:	Engels
Uitgever:	Pen & Sword Books Ltd (GB, 2017)
Serie:	Fact File
ISBN:	9781473891371

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.

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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.

Specificaties

Auteur:	Victor Schunkow
Uitvoering:	240 blz, 24 x 17 cm, harde kaft
Illustraties:	300 z/w- en kleurenfoto's
Taal:	Duits
Uitgever:	Motorbuch Verlag (D, 2020)
ISBN:	9783613043329

Panzer der UdSSR - 1917-1945 (Typenkompass)

Overzicht van de belangrijkste tanks, die de Sovjetunie tussen 1917 en 1945 heeft gebruikt.

Bladzijden uit het boek "Panzer der UdSSR - 1917-1945"

Per type geeft dit Typenkompass boek een foto, een historische beschrijving en technische gegevens.

Specificaties

Auteur:	Alexander Lüdeke
Uitvoering:	128 blz, 20.5 x 14 cm, paperback
Illustraties:	100 z/w- en 48 kleurenfoto's, 44 tekeningen
Taal:	Duits
Uitgever:	Motorbuch Verlag (D, 2017)
Serie:	Typenkompass
ISBN:	9783613039940