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FV4201 Chieftain Britain's Cold War Main Battle Tank The FV4201 Chieftain was the first purposely designed main battle tank (MBT) of the British Army, and the main weapon system of the Royal Armoured Corps for most of the Cold War era. When it entered service in the 1960s it replaced the medium an..

Brothers of HEMTT Palletized Load System PLS / Logistics Vehicle System VLS The backbone of the vehicle fleet of the U.S. Army are the HEMTT heavy all-terrain trucks. The U.S.M.C. introduced its own fleet of similar heavy trucks called the Logistic Vehicle System - LVS, the U.S. Army later fielded..

Motorisation of the Imperial German Army began in 1899 when the first truck and the first passenger car with internal combustion engine were tested for their military usability. The development picked up speed from 1908 when the first comparative trial runs were held to find suitable subsidy truck m..

Motorisation of the Imperial German Army began in 1899 when the first truck and the first passenger car with internal combustion engine were tested for their military usability. The development picked up speed from 1908 when the first comparative trial runs were held to find suitable subsidy truck m..

Tankograd Yearbook Armoured Vehicles of the Modern German Army 2022 The Tankograd-YEARBOOK provides an overview over the in-service armoured vehicles of the Modern German Army and updates Tankograd's vehicle monographs published over the past years by describing and listing all main types, their var..

The role of the Kraftrad (motorcycle) in the German military at the time of World War One was primarily as a dispatch vehicle as it could go on small roads, bypass traffic jams and they were also faster than most other means of transport at that time. Motorcycles could also be used for scouting road..

Soviet Full-Tracked Artillery Tractors of World War 2 in Red Army and Wehrmacht Service A new standard in research on the subject expanding existing knowledge, correcting mistakes in other publications and providing completely new historical and technical information hitherto unknown.Complete Eng..

Panzer Sicherungs-Kompanien and Panzer-Abteilung 208 - I. / Panzer-Regiment Feldherrnhalle Italy 1943-44, Hungary-Slovakia-Moravia 1944-45 Three Panzer-Sicherungs-Kompanien (armoured security companies) were created from existing units during the summer of 1943 to be employed in case of Italy's exit..

M88A2 HERCULES US Armoured Recovery Vehicle - In action photographs and a detailed walkaround, English. - Limited print-run 999 copies - As our series "In-Detail" but half size / half price!Quality Photos and Illustrations; Illustrated with 75 colour photographs Language: English Number of Pages: ..

M109A6 Paladin US Army Self-Propelled Howitzer - In action photographs and a detailed walkaround, English. - Limited print-run 999 copies - As our series "In-Detail" but half size / half price!Quality Photos and Illustrations; Illustrated with 89 colour photographs Language: English Number of Page..

Tracked Armour of the Modern Israeli Army (IDF) The modern Israeli Army is considered to be one of the most-effective and best-equipped land armies of the 21st century, fielding an amazing range of unique armoured vehicles and variants. This publication provides rare photographs of the main tracked ..

The size of the German tank force in World War One remained extremely small. Only twenty A7V tanks were ever built and saw action in the Great War. Nevertheless they were the landmark of German 'Panzer' development in the 20th Century. The story and technical details of the A7V's development and com..

Among the export versions of the American M1 Abrams main battle tank family the Australian M1A1 AIM SA certainly is the most compelling. The opening chapter of this publication features in-the-field shots of the "Aussie" M1A1 Abrams whilst on exercise, and this is followed by a walkaround showing th..

U.S. WW II M4A3 Sherman Medium Tank 75mm/105mm 48 pages with 150-200 illustrations, among them WW2 action photos, colour photos and technical drawings.Illustrated throughout. Excerpts of technical manuals, wartime photos, photos of restored vehicles. Ideal companion for modellers and fans of techn..

U.S. WW II Dodge WC51-WC52 Weapons Carrier Limited Reprint48 pages with 150-200 illustrations, among them WW2 action photos, colour photos and technical drawings. English text.Illustrated throughout. Excerpts of technical manuals, wartime photos, photos of restored vehicles. Ideal compagnion for..

U.S. WW II M32, M31B1, M32B2, M32B3 Tank Recovery Vehicles 48 pages with 150-200 illustrations, among them WW2 action photos, colour photos and technical drawings.Illustrated throughout. Excerpts of technical manuals, wartime photos, photos of restored vehicles. Ideal companion for modellers and f..

U.S. WW II M19 Tank Transporter Illustrated throughout. Excerpts of technical manuals, wartime photos, photos of restored vehicles. Ideal companion for modellers and fans of technology. Complete background history and variants.Quality Photos and Illustrations; 150-200 illustrations, among them WW2..

U.S. WW II GMC CCKW-352 & 353 2.5-ToN 6X6 CARGo TRUCKS Illustrated throughout. Excerpts of technical manuals, wartime photos, photos of restored vehicles. Ideal companion for modellers and fans of technology. Complete background history and variants.Quality Photos and Illustrations; 150-200 illust..

U.S. WW II M4, M4A1 Sherman Illustrated throughout. Excerpts of technical manuals, wartime photos, photos of restored vehicles. Ideal companion for modellers and fans of technology. Complete background history and variants.Quality Photos and Illustrations; 48 pages with 150-200 illustrations, amon..

Panzer IV in Combat The Panzer IV in its variants A to J was the backbone of the German Panzertruppe in World War 2. This publication is entirely based on contemporary private photographs rather than on official and propaganda pictures. By using photos taken in combat by the soldiers it is now possi..

Panzerkampfwagen III in Combat Many publications have already covered the technical and historical development of the Panzer III tank in detail. This publication for the first time avoids official and propaganda photographs but uses hitherto unpublished exclusive photographical footage taken by the ..

The idea of a unified design for a military passenger (field) car for the Wehrmacht began to take shape in the early 1930s. The intention was to avoid the many types of different vehicles that were used in the Reichswehr by concentrating on the so-called Leichter (light), mittlerer (medium) and schw..

Einheits Diesel Truck With the transition from the Reichswehr to the Wehrmacht intentions grew to create a standardised truck design for the army. The result was the "Light, off-road-capable Standardised Truck 6x6 Type HWA 526 D", or short "Einheits-Diesel" that was built by almost all German truck ..

U.S. WW II & Korea M4A3 Sherman (76mm) Medium Tank 48 pages with 150-200 illustrations, among them WW2 action photos, colour photos and technical drawings.Illustrated throughout. Excerpts of technical manuals, wartime photos, photos of restored vehicles. Ideal companion for modellers and fans of t..

U.S. WW II Heavy Self-Propelled Artillery M12, M40, M43 48 pages with 150-200 illustrations, among them WW2 action photos, colour photos and technical drawings.Illustrated throughout. Excerpts of technical manuals, wartime photos, photos of restored vehicles. Ideal companion for modellers and fans..

It is the reality of the North Korean threat that South Korea faces daily and which explains, why the RoKA is the sixth largest army in the world. This publication grants for the first time an inside look into the vehicle pool and training of the army guarding the peace on the last Cold War frontlin..

Chinese Army Vehicles Vehicles of the Modern Chinese People's Liberation Army When a country possesses the largest army in the world, its equipment requirements will obviously be vast. Such is the case with China. With 2.3 million personnel in all four services of the Chinese People's Liberation Arm..

Heeresubungen - Battlefield Germany Making a Stand against the Warsaw Pact: Multi-National Full-Force Exercises of the 1970s "Battlefield Germany": The three corps of the German Army had a key role in NATO's defence plan for West Germany during the time of the Cold War. Missions of the different cor..

Much has been published about the quantum-leap technology of the Leopard 2A5 and recently about the state-of-the-art Leopard 2A7. Yet in the meantime the Leopard 2A6 main battle tank has developed into the most versatile and furthest modernised family of vehicles of the whole Leopard fleet. Aside fr..

The highly successful career of the Wiesel 1 weapon carrier in the German Army called for further specialised variants on this chassis. Consequently a new range on stretched chassis (Wiesel 2) was launched and introduced. This publication concludes the study "5022 - Wiesel 1" by showing the followin..

Development of vehicles of the CVR(T) family and their introduction into service with the British Army 50 years ago can be considered a revolution in the field of conducting armoured reconnaissance. Never before had the attributes of mobility, speed, protection and firepower been combined so perfect..

CVR(T) Scorpion - Scimitar - Sabre Development of vehicles of the CVR(T) family and their introduction into service with the British Army 50 years ago can be considered a revolution in the field of conducting armoured reconnaissance. Never before had the attributes of mobility, speed, protection and..

With the arrival of the 2nd (US) Armored Division "Hell on Wheels" as a regular occupation force, the history of the U.S. Army began in Berlin in July 1945. In addition to the Soviet Union, United Kingdom and France, the American troops took over the administration of a sector of the city. In the fo..

REFORGER 76 Gordian Shield / Lares Team The Screaming Eagles deploy to West Germany's Defence In the autumn of 1976, the US Army conducted REFORGER 76. Exceptional during this exercise was the participation of the 101st (US) Airborne Division in two corps-level field training exercises in Germany, w..

M75 - M59 'Boxes on Tracks' Blueprint for US Armoured Personnel Carriers in the Cold War Limited Edition: 999 copiesIn the final phase of World War Two and in the immediate post-war years the US Army wanted to replace their half-track vehicle fleet with a more modern and better armoured design. So..

Carbine Fortress 82 REFoRGER Show of Force against the Soviet Union REFoRGER 82 and its field training exercise Carbine Fortress were held at a time of increasing East-West tension in Europe. Since the mid-1970s, the Warsaw Pact was engaged in a large-scale build-up of its theatre forces stationed i..

Cold War Warrior - M60/M60A1/A2/A3 The M60-Series of Main Battle Tanks in Cold War Exercises 1962-88 For many people the American M60 main battle tank is a crucial symbol of the Cold War period. No other NATo vehicle so heavily embodies the confrontation between East and West during these tough year..

Cold War Warrior M1/IPM1 Abrams The M1/IPM1 Abrams Main Battle Tank during the Cold War 1982-88 The last decade of the Cold War was dominated by the introduction of state-of-the-art weapon systems for the American units in Europe, first and foremost receiving the revolutionary new M1 Abrams main bat..

REFORGER 88 Certain Challenge End of an Era - The largest REFORGER Exercise ever The REFORGER 88 Certain Challenge field training exercise took place under the 'AirLand Battle' doctrine, at the army group level and was led by two corps: V (US) Corps and VII (US) Corps. It became the largest ever exe..

PUMA VJTF The Upgraded Armoured Infantry Fighting Vehicle for the Very High Readiness Joint Task Force Land The Puma VJTF - as the most modern version of an armoured infantry fighting vehicle within the German Bundeswehr - is specially adapted to the threats and challenges of the modern battlefield ..

Tankograd Yearbook Armoured Vehicles of the Modern German Army 2020 The Tankograd-YEARBOOK provides an overview over the in-service armoured vehicles of the Modern German Army and updates Tankograd's vehicle monographs published over the past years by describing and listing all main types, their var..

When the most modern German Panzer types were needed on the frontlines, it became the task of captured tanks, the Beutepanzers, to control the German-occupied territories and to supplement German armoured formations. Among the many types used in the war, Beutepanzers of French origin stand out for t..

During the late 1980s, the threat level for NATO in Europe changed significantly due to dramatic political and military developments in Eastern Europe. The Cold War ended soon after. These fundamental changes also had an impact on the British Army of the Rhine (BAOR). A new aim was to create a much ..

With the Cold War evolving, the search for more military applications of nuclear weapons was carried out by the United States and the Soviet Union. The major aim was, on the one hand, to improve the yield of devices and thus increase their destructive levels, and on the other hand to make them deplo..

The aim of the Protected Command and Multipurpose Vehicles (Geschutzte Fuhrungs- und Funktionsfahrzeuge, or GFF) project is to optimally meet the armed forces' need for different protected platforms for operations, and to replace outdated unprotected vehicles. The Enok 5.4 used today by the German A..

As the first military customer and as one of the first export customers, the Swiss Army received its initial four Unimog U25-series trucks as early as 1950. After a longer period of testing, the Unimog S was procured from 1961 onwards. The Unimog S and "Dieseli", which were purchased in large number..

DACHS The Dachs Armoured Engineer Vehicle in German Army Service After the failure of the project to develop the Armoured Engineer Machine and to close the existing equipment gap in the Bundeswehr's Engineer Corps, a solution was sought and found in the Pionierpanzer 2A0 Dachs AEV. The first of its ..

UNIMOG-Sonderfahrzeuge Specialised UNIMOG Truck Variants in German Army Service In previous volumes of this series the various legendary Unimog truck variants in Bundeswehr service were covered in great detail, including the U1300L, U4000, U5000 and Unimog S. This publication now closes the gaps on ..