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US Cold War Tanks and Armoured Fighting Vehicles - Rare Photographs from 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 (MBTs) and armoured fighting vehicles (AFVs). The Patton series of medium MBTs (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 with its British designed 105mm gun entered service and, in turn, was replaced by the M1 Abrams in 1980.
In support were armoured reconnaissance vehicles, progressively the M41 Bulldog (1951); the M114 (1961), the M551 Sheridan (1967) and M3 Bradley Cavalry Fighting Vehicle (1981). The armoured personnel carrier (APC) range included the ubiquitous M113 and its replacement the M2 Bradley, cousin of the M3.
Expert author Michael Green covers all these vehicles and their variants in this informative and superbly illustrated Images of War series work.
Auteur:
Michael Green
Uitvoering:
220 blz, 24.5 x 19 x 1.8 cm, softcover
Illustraties:
rijk geïllustreerd
Uitgever:
Pen & Sword Books Ltd (GB, 2019)
Serie:
Images of War
EAN:
9781526727213
US Cold War Tanks and Armoured Fighting Vehicles - Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives
Chronologisch overzicht van alle gevechtstanks, die het Amerikaanse leger sinds 1945 heeft gebruikt.
Aan bod komen de M4 Sherman, M48 Patton, M1 Abrams, de Main Battle Tank en vele andere modellen. Per type geeft dit Typenkompass boek een foto, een historische beschrijving en technische gegevens.
Encyclopedia of Modern U.S. Military Tactical Vehicles
In the past two decades the modern U.S. Army underwent an enormous and unprecedented transition from a Cold War doctrine towards counter-terrorism assymetrical warfare. Within this transition the vehicle pool of the U.S. Army changed constantly since the NATO mission of defending Central Europe in the late 1980s to the ongoing U.S. involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan 2007.
This publication grants a full overview over the U.S. tactical vehicle fleet in service during USAREUR days in Europe up to the present Operation Iraqi Freedom, providing a never before published comprehensive survey into the motor pool of the world's leading superpower.
Chapters: 1. Introduction 2. Light Tanks and Main Battle Tanks 3. Armored Infantry Fighting Vehicles and Armored Personnel Carriers - Tracked 4. Armored Personnel Carriers - Wheeled 5. Amphibious Vehicles 6. Light Trucks 7. Medium Trucks 8. Heavy Trucks 9. Engineer Vehicles and Mine Protected Vehicles 10. Armored Recovery Vehicles, Cranes and Material Handling Equipment 11. Artillery and Air Defence 12. Special Forces and All-Terrain Vehicles 13. Miscellaneous Vehicles 14. Camouflage and Markings.
Auteur:
Carl Schulze
Uitvoering:
160 blz, 29.5 x 21 cm, hardcover
Illustraties:
416 kleurenfoto's
Uitgever:
Tankograd Publishing (D, 2007)
EAN:
9783936519044
Encyclopedia of Modern U.S. Military Tactical Vehicles