US Cold War Tanks Armoured Fighting Vehicles (Images of War)
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- Product Code: D19748 [19748]
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- Date added: 08/07/2021
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US COLD WAR TANKS ARMOURED FIGHTING VEHICLES: Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives (IMAGES OF WAR Series)
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 bull dog (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.
Author: Michael Green
Publisher: Pen & Sword Books
Description: 220 pages, Paperback, 245 X 188 mm, 250 Illustrations.
Condition: NEW COPY
Shipping weight: 0.85 Kg.
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