Modern U.S. Tanks and AFVs
Modern U.S. Tanks and AFVs

Author: Michael Green Greg Stewart

Publisher:

Published:

Total Pages: 102

ISBN-13: 9781610607353

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Conceived during World War I, tanks still play a crucial role on the modern battlefield providing excellent mobility, sophisticated communications, lethal firepower, and effective armor protection. Together, these assets provide the shock effect necessary to close with and destroy the enemy in most any condition. Modern U.S. Tanks & AFVs examines the development, capabilities, and service histories of some of the most important and interesting tanks, armored fighting vehicles (AFVs), wheeled armored firepower, and indirect armored fire-support vehicles used by the U.S. military today, including: amphibious assault vehicles (AAVP), the full range of M1 Abrams tanks, Bradleys, armored Humvees, and Strykers. Color photographs depict each type in training exercises. There will also be discussions of how the 1999 "Army Vision" transformation strategy calling for lighter and more maneuverable armed forces precipitated the development of some of the weapons covered.

Modern Tanks and AFVs
Modern Tanks and AFVs

Author: Russell Hart

Publisher: Technical Guides

Published: 2019-04-04

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13: 9781782747253

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Modern Tanks offers a colorfully illustrated guide to the main armored fighting vehicles used since 1990 in venues ranging from the Gulf Wars to Afghanistan, Chechnya to the Crimea and Ukraine, Yemen to the Syrian Civil War. It includes battle tanks, armored personnel carriers, infantry fighting vehicles, and self-propelled guns. Each profile includes authentic markings and color schemes, and every individual model features detailed specifications.

Seek, Strike, and Destroy
Seek, Strike, and Destroy

Author: Christopher Richard Gabel

Publisher:

Published: 1986

Total Pages: 100

ISBN-13:

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In the seventy years that have passed since the tank first appeared, antitank combat has presented one of the greatest challenges in land warfare. Dramatic improvements in tank technology and doctrine over the years have precipitated equally innovative developments in the antitank field. One cycle in this ongoing arms race occurred during the early years of World War II when the U.S. Army sought desperately to find an antidote to the vaunted German blitzkrieg. This Leavenworth Paper analyzes the origins of the tank destroyer concept, evaluates the doctrine and equipment with which tank destroyer units fought, and assesses the effectiveness of the tank destroyer in battle.

Chinese Tanks & AFVs
Chinese Tanks & AFVs

Author: Martin J. Dougherty

Publisher: Technical Guides

Published: 2019-08-14

Total Pages: 128

ISBN-13: 9781782748687

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China today has by far the largest number of armored fighting vehicles in the world, and this detailed reference explores the main battle tanks, AFVs, armored personnel carriers, self-propelled guns, and missile-launching platforms in service since 1945, with an emphasis on the latest technology. They're organized historically by type, and illustrated with expert profile artworks for each entry and complete with technical specifications.

Early US Armor
Early US Armor

Author: Steven J. Zaloga

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2017-04-07

Total Pages: 49

ISBN-13: 1472818091

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Between the two World Wars, the US contributed significantly to the development of the tank, a weapon invented by the British and the French seeking a way to break through the lines of German trenches. From the employment of the French Renault FT and British Mark V during their involvement in World War I, the US branched out with their own indigenous designs including the M1 Cavalry Car and the M2 Light and Medium tanks, the precursors to the Stuart and Grant tanks of World War II. Tank designers in this period faced unique challenges and so the story of early American armour is littered with failures amongst the successes. Featuring previously unpublished photos and fully illustrated throughout, Early American Armor (1): Tanks 1916–40 is essential reading for anyone interested in American armour, or in the development of tank design.

Modern U.S. Tanks and AFVs
Modern U.S. Tanks and AFVs

Author: Michael Green

Publisher: Zenith Press

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 95

ISBN-13: 9780760314678

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Conceived during World War I, tanks still play a crucial role on the modern battlefield providing excellent mobility, sophisticated communications, lethal firepower, and effective armor protection. Together, these assets provide the shock effect necessary to close with and destroy the enemy in most any condition. Modern U.S. Tanks & AFVs examines the development, capabilities, and service histories of some of the most important and interesting tanks, armored fighting vehicles (AFVs), wheeled armored firepower, and indirect armored fire-support vehicles used by the U.S. military today, including: amphibious assault vehicles (AAVP), the full range of M1 Abrams tanks, Bradleys, armored Humvees, and Strykers. Color photographs depict each type in training exercises. There will also be discussions of how the 1999 "Army Vision" transformation strategy calling for lighter and more maneuverable armed forces precipitated the development of some of the weapons covered.

Tanks
Tanks

Author: Michael E. Haskew

Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group

Published: 2011-12-30

Total Pages: 162

ISBN-13: 1448859808

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Presents illustrations, historical notes, facts, and specifications for tanks, ranging from the very first combat tanks of World War I, to some of the most modern designs in use today.

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 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.