Amx-30 Family
Amx-30 Family

Author: M. P. Robinson

Publisher: Photosniper

Published: 2015-02-19

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9788364596247

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The AMX-30 was used as the basis for a range of armored vehicles that have seen extensive service in the French army and elsewhere. In this Photosniper, which completes the study of the AMX-30 series by M.P. Robinson, the stories of France's specialized artillery and engineer variants are explained. The AMX-30D recovery vehicle, the GCT and Au-F1 series of self-propelled guns, the AMX-30R Roland and AMX-30SA Shahine antiaircraft missile launchers, the AMX-30 Bitube DCA antiaircraft tank, the AMX-30H Bridgelayer and the EBG armored engineers vehicle are all covered in text and photographs. France's comprehensive rebuilding programs that resulted in the development of the Au-F1TA, of the improved EBG versions and of sophisticated mine clearing versions of the AMX-30B2 in the decades since the end of the Cold War are also described. This work is an excellent reference for the modeler with over 180 photos; these include examples chosen from GIAT's archives, photos of vehicles in everyday service, vehicles seen on the parade ground and in the desert wastes of Iraq.

Char Leclerc
Char Leclerc

Author: Thiery Guillemain

Publisher: Photosniper

Published: 2015-05-19

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9788364596353

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The Leclerc is the only battle tank serving in operational combat units in the French Army. Designed as a Cold War era tank killer that could take on numerically superior enemies, the Leclerc has served the armies of France and the United Arab Emirates for over twenty years. Since 1989 when the first Leclerc prototype appeared, it has been counted amongst the world's most complex and deadly AFVs. Despite its fame, relatively little has appeared on the Leclerc in English, and much of the information about the Leclerc on the web is incorrect. Even in French, it has been ten years since the Leclerc was studied in a published work. Char Leclerc by MP Robinson and Thierry Guillemain is a survey of the Leclerc's development and service in the French Army right up to the present day. It explains the differences between the eleven Leclerc production batches produced for the French Army, the different Leclerc derived vehicles, and the changes that have transformed the French armored force since the Leclerc first entered service. This latest addition to the Kagero Photosniper series is illustrated with over 220 unpublished photographs and ten color plates, making it an ideal reference for historians and modelers alike.

At Home in Postwar France
At Home in Postwar France

Author: Nicole C. Rudolph

Publisher: Berghahn Books

Published: 2015-03-01

Total Pages: 271

ISBN-13: 1782385886

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After World War II, France embarked on a project of modernization, which included the development of the modern mass home. At Home in Postwar France examines key groups of actors — state officials, architects, sociologists and tastemakers — arguing that modernizers looked to the home as a site for social engineering and nation-building; designers and advocates of the modern home contributed to the democratization of French society; and the French home of the Trente Glorieuses, as it was built and inhabited, was a hybrid product of architects’, planners’, and residents’ understandings of modernity. This volume identifies the “right to comfort” as an invention of the postwar period and suggests that the modern mass home played a vital role in shaping new expectations for well-being and happiness.

TANKER TECHNIQUES MAGAZINE ISSUE 06 (English)
TANKER TECHNIQUES MAGAZINE ISSUE 06 (English)

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Publisher: AK-INTERACTIVE, S.L.

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Total Pages: 84

ISBN-13:

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The sixth issue of Tanker Techniques Magazine, the best modeling magazine focused on painting and weathering techniques. For this edition, one of the most demanded issues, Steel Cats. In these pages you´ll find from the WWII beast to the most modern cats, the classics seen in a different way and the modern with many different finishes; an inspirational magazine for collectors and modellers . It also contains our classic sections, school of techniques , this time focus in how to work with the classic colors of Steel cats, bunkelgelb and Dunkelgrau, interview in the workbench and much more…