This is a weighty book dealing with a weighty subject and the author tackles it extremely well. In 250 pages he covers the design and development of these vehicles and their service in combat from Normandy to Russia and into the heart of Berlin in May 1945. Everything is covered, including the variants of the vehicles and other designs they influenced. Units which used these vehicles are mentioned in the main text and the Italian campaign makes for particularly interesting reading
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continue reading >No-one knows for sure who first said “Necessity is the mother of invention”, but over the...
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When a Mk IV tank was needed for the film ‘War Horse’ it was necessary to build one. John Norris tells the story of how it was done…
continue reading >This is an unusual departure for the ‘Duel’ series, inasmuch that it examines and compares tanks...
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John Norris looks at one of America’s most famous post-war tanks
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THE NORINCO YW701 ARMOURED COMMAND VEHICLE By John Norris
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John Norris gives a potted history of this Soviet armoured infantry fighting vehicle
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For anyone who has ever visited a tank museum or been to an historic military vehicle show this is a great book to have.
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When WWII broke out most armies had a tank force, but despite popular belief many of the machines were in the category of light tank. The Russian army had a tank force which was considered the most powerful in the world, but mostly it was equipped with light tanks, such as the type which is the subject of this work.
continue reading >During the Cold War the former Soviet Union surprised the western powers in NATO many times...
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With so many anniversaries being commemorated at the moment it is easy to overlook the fact that we are approaching the centenary of the tank. This work is a timely reminder of that fact.
continue reading >Books on the subject of tanks are always popular, and if the subject specialises in German...
continue reading >The German Tiger Tank is perhaps the most studied and written about tank of the entire...
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