A Complete Illustrated Guide to Tanks and Armoured Fighting Vehicles
A Complete Illustrated Guide to Tanks and Armoured Fighting Vehicles

Author: George Forty

Publisher: Lorenz Books

Published: 2014-05-14

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780754829263

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The two books in this authoritative box set offer a comprehensive guide to tracked and wheeled vehicles. The World Encyclopedia of Tanks features tanks and their derivatives, such as ARVs, tank destroyers, command versions, bridgelayers, mine-clearers and other Funnies. The World Encyclopedia of Armoured Fighting Vehicles features armoured cars, armoured personnel carriers and self-propelled artillery, covering a wide range of wheeled, tracked and half-tracked vehicles.With over 1200 photographs from museums and libraries, these books provide enthusiasts, historians and modelmakers with a superb guide to this fascinating subject.

An Illustrated Guide to Tank Busters
An Illustrated Guide to Tank Busters

Author: Bruce Quarrie

Publisher: Prentice Hall

Published: 1987

Total Pages: 160

ISBN-13: 9780134511542

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Describes the characteristics and capabilities of modern tanks, and discusses the aircraft, missiles, artillery, rockets, and mines used against them.

The World Encyclopedia of Tanks & Armoured Fighting Vehicles
The World Encyclopedia of Tanks & Armoured Fighting Vehicles

Author: George Forty

Publisher: Lorenz Books

Published: 2017

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780754833512

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This book is an authoritative history and directory of tanks and their immediate derivatives, such as ARVs (armoured recovery vehicles), tank destroyers, command versions, bridgelayers, mine-clearers and other Funnies, and AFVs such as armoured cars, armoured personnel carriers and self-propelled artillery, covering a vast range of wheeled, tracked and semi-tracked vehicles. From the world's first tank, Little Willie , to the contemporary M1A2 Abrams Main Battle Tank, the book examines a vast range of tanks and AFVs. This unique volume, with over 1200 wartime and museum photographs, brings together the most significant tanks and AFVs in military history.

A Complete Illustrated Guide to Tanks & Armoured Fighting Vehicles
A Complete Illustrated Guide to Tanks & Armoured Fighting Vehicles

Author: George Forty

Publisher:

Published: 2014

Total Pages: 512

ISBN-13: 9780754820727

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Covers the cargo/troop-carrying trucks, wreckers, tankers, ambulances, communications vehicles and other specialized types that provide technical support to the front-line troops. The book puts each vehicle into the context of the key battles and campaigns in which they played a role, such as the Somme, Cambrai, Blitzkrieg, El Alamein, Kursk, D-Day, Korea, Vietnam, and the Iran-Iraq, Arab-Israeli and Gulf wars. It includes Little Willie, Sherman, Panther and Challenger tanks; and the Jeep, DUKW, Kubelwagen, Land Rover and Humvee. Specification boxes provide complete information about each vehicle's country of origin, date, crew, armament, powerplant, transmission, suspension, brakes, electrical system, dimensions, weight and performance.

The Tank Book
The Tank Book

Author: DK

Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Ltd

Published: 2017-04-03

Total Pages: 258

ISBN-13: 0241311292

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Pivotal to modern warfare, tanks have dominated the battlefield for over a century. Get up close to more than 400 military colossuses with this definitive visual guide to armoured vehicles. In 1916, the British built a vehicle that could pound the battlefield impervious to enemy fire, crushing obstacles and barbed wire in its path. The first tank, or "Mother" as it was known, had arrived. In The Tank Book you can view it in detail, along with other iconic models including the German Panzer, the legendary Tiger, the Vickers Medium Mark II, the Centurion, and the Hellcat - the fastest armoured fighting vehicle ever. This comprehensive volume takes you through the most exciting story in recent military history with the development of heavy artillery, anti-tank weaponry, and the men - such as Mikail Koshkin and Sir William Tritton - who designed these awe-inspiring beasts. Produced with The Tank Museum, The Tank Book traces the tank's development in response to two world wars, Korea, Vietnam, the Cold War and many other conflicts. It shows each model in detail, highlighting details such as their performance, specification, armour, weaponry, and much more. If you are interested in modern warfare, The Tank Book is truly unmissable reading.

The Encyclopedia of Tanks and Armoured Fighting Vehicles
The Encyclopedia of Tanks and Armoured Fighting Vehicles

Author: Christopher F. Foss

Publisher: Spellmount, Limited Publishers

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 552

ISBN-13:

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Tanks and armoured fighting vehicles have revolutionised modern warfare, dominating the battlefield in conflicts all over the world with their firepower, armour and mobility. Featured in this book are over 900 tanks, armoured personnel carriers, self-propelled guns, reconnaissance vehicles and armoured cars.

The Illustrated Guide to Tanks of the World
The Illustrated Guide to Tanks of the World

Author: George Forty

Publisher: Bookmart

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 9781846812835

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A definative encyclopaedia of the most important tanks in history: over 230 tanks are shown in 500 colour and black & white photographs. Tanks from every corner of the world including those used in WWI and WWII. Specification boxes provide at a glance information.

The Complete Guide to German Armored Vehicles
The Complete Guide to German Armored Vehicles

Author: David Doyle

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2019-05-07

Total Pages: 706

ISBN-13: 1510716580

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The market’s most comprehensive guide to German combat vehicles. The Complete Guide to German Armored Vehicles is an encyclopedia of all the armored vehicles used by the Nazis in World War II. At over four hundred pages and with over six hundred photos, many of which never before seen by the public, this volume becomes the market’s most comprehensive on the subject. David Doyle, award-winning author of dozens of books on the subject, provides mechanical information, photos, and usage history for: • Armored cars • Half-tracks • Tanks • Assault guns • Jagdpanzers • Panzerjagers • Self-propelled guns, howitzers, and mortars • Flakwagens • Flammpanzers • Recovery vehicles • Armored Engineer vehicles An encyclopedic resource by an authority on the subject, The Complete Guide to Armored Vehicles is a must-have for modelers, gamers, and WWII buffs alike.

Jane's World War II Tanks and Fighting Vehicles
Jane's World War II Tanks and Fighting Vehicles

Author: Leland S. Ness

Publisher: Collins

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 237

ISBN-13: 9780007112289

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This is the land equivalent of Jane's Battleships, a comprehensive encyclopaedia of all the combat vehicles of World War II from Somaliland to Japan. A nation-by-nation overview of each country's development of tanks and their involvement in World War II is before providing an A-Z of each army's tanks and fighting vehicles including armoured cars, personnel carriers, amphibious craft and mortar carriers. Quirkier profiles of vehicles such as the German TKS tankette are given.