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Author: Steve Parker
Publisher: Capstone
Published: 2007-07
Total Pages: 36
ISBN-13: 9781429600910
DOWNLOAD EBOOKProvides an in-depth look at the M1 Abrams Main Battle Tank, with detailed cross-section diagrams, photographs, and additional facts and information.
Author: Henry Wilson
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Published: 2015-10-30
Total Pages: 193
ISBN-13: 1473834236
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Ml Abrams has proved itself to be the finest main battle tank in the World since its introduction into US Army service in 1981. It combines the ultimate balance between firepower, mobility and protection as demonstrated by its superior performance during the two Gulf Wars and in Afghanistan. It routed the Soviet equipment of Saddam Hussein's army and today remains the yardstick by which friends' and foes' MBTs are judged. Its versatility and continual modernisation of weaponry armour and engineering guarantees that the MI Abrams will remain the US Army's spearpoint for years to come. Expert author Michael Green has produced a comprehensive collection of images and highly informed text.
Author: Christian DeJohn
Publisher: Schiffer Military History
Published: 2018
Total Pages: 112
ISBN-13: 9780764354526
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Since the 1980s, the American M1 Abrams series of tanks has been widely regarded as among the finest main battle tanks in the world. This volume is a concise look at the background, development, and Army and Marine operational history of the Abrams from the 1970s to the present. The author, who brings a unique perspective and authority as a former M1A1 tank gunner with the United States Army's 1/104th Cavalry, was granted behind-the-scenes access to photograph the US Army's collection of rare tanks at Fort Benning, Georgia. He also shows the Abrams tank's service in lesser known places--not just Iraq and Afghanistan--such as Cold War Germany, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Somalia, and others. Part of the Legends of Warfare series." --Publisher description.
Author: Michael Green
Publisher: Capstone
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 40
ISBN-13: 9780736824163
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDescribes the M1A1 Abrams tank, including its history, equipment, weapons, tactics, and future use with the U.S. Army. Includes photo diagram.
Author: Bruce Oliver Newsome
Publisher: Haynes Publishing UK
Published: 2017-06-10
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781785210990
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe American M1 Abrams main battle tank is a revolutionary design: it broke an evolutionary development lineage from the M20 medium tank of 1941 to the M60 (which it replaced, and which stayed in production until 1987). The M1 remains the only main battle tank in the inventories of the US Army and the US Marine Corps, with years of service to come, while no replacement has been procured. It is believed that the M1 will easily serve for more than 50 years in the US alone. The US retains about 6,000 M1s, while almost 2,000 are in use with the armies of other countries including Australia, Egypt, Iraq, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia.
Author: Steven J. Zaloga
Publisher: Osprey Publishing
Published: 1993-01-28
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781855322837
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe M1 Abrams was the most radical departure in US tank design since World War II. Until the advent of the M1 in the early 1980s, the US Army had relied on the steady evolution of the M26 Pershing tank, through the M46, M47, M48 and M60. The M1 design came at a time when there were a host of important new tank technologies coming to fruition, in terms of structure and weaponry: these were integrated into it. This book details the design, development and operational use of one of the world's best main battle tanks.
Author: Steven J. Zaloga
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2011-01-01
Total Pages: 164
ISBN-13: 1849087288
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Gulf War bore witness to a number of deadly encounters between these two great adversaries. Heavily armoured, highly mobile and capable of killing at over 2500m the M1 Abrams is, to this day, a veritable fighting machine. Superior to both Iraq's Soviet era T-55 and T-62 tanks, nearly all sources claim that no Abrams tank has ever been destroyed by enemy fire. Despite entering service in 1980, the M1 Abrams remained untested in combat until the Gulf War in 1991, where it was to be confronted by its archenemy the Iraqi-assembled Soviet-designed T-72. Entering production in 1971, the T-72 arguably outstripped its contemporaries in a balance of mobility, protection and firepower. By the time of Operation Desert Storm, however, the tables had turned and the tank suffered due to low quality ammunition and poorly trained crews. In this fascinating study, Steven Zaloga pits these two great fighting machines against one another, plotting the development of the Cold War until both tanks met in combat in the deserts of Iraq and Kuwait.
Author: Steven J. Zaloga
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2019-03-21
Total Pages: 49
ISBN-13: 1472831918
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSince the Gulf War, the Abrams tank has undergone a transformation, while fighting in conflicts across the world. Its M1A1 and M1A2 variants have seen great improvements made to this iconic tank, including in fire-control, armour protection, and thermal imaging technology. Involvement in the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan necessitated a number of upgrades and modifications as the United States fought two of its longest wars. Recent years have seen new variants of the series such as the ABV Assault Breacher Vehicle and M104 Wolverine Heavy Assault Bridge. Over the past few decades, the M1A1 Abrams has also been extensively exported and is license produced in Egypt. The long-awaited follow-up to NVG 2 M1 Abrams Main Battle Tank 1982–92 (1993), this fully illustrated study examines the Abrams tanks' last quarter-century of service with both the United States and its various foreign operators with a focus on its combat history.
Author: Jason Conroy
Publisher: Potomac Books, Inc.
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 312
ISBN-13: 1574888560
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA no-holds-barred account from the tip of the Army s spear
Author: Brett Avants
Publisher:
Published: 2016-03-08
Total Pages: 104
ISBN-13: 9780997377408
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPictorial reference of the M1A2 main battle tank
