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In the U.S. Army Studebaker US6 and US6x4 models saw only very limited use with the Corps of Engineer regiments assigned to the construction of the Alcan (Alaska) Highway. Lend-Lease shipments of the US6 series came to about 90% of the production run, with by far the most being shipped to the Soviet..

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 Ward LaFrance / Kenworth M1 - M1A1 Heavy Wreckers 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..

U.S. WW II GMC Wrecker Trucks, Gasoline Tank Trucks and AFKWX-353 CoE Truck 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 fo..

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 M8/M20 Armoured Cars 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 technology. Complete..

U.S. WWII M5 & M5A1 Stuart Light Tanks 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 of the light U.S. tank.Quality Photos and Illustrations; With 15..

U.S. WWII HALF TRACK Mortar Carriers, Howitzers, Motor Carriages & Gun Motor Carriages 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 a..

Grabenkrieg German Trench Warfare Vol. 1 The stalemate in the trenches is for many the very definition of warfare in World War one. only months after the hostilities had started the opposing armies began to dig in along the Western Front. Thus began a type of warfare completely unexpected by those i..

Beute-Tanks British Tanks in German Service Vol. 1 The birth of the German Panzerwaffe in World War one is for many enthusiasts mostly linked to Germany's own development, the A7V. However, it is hard fact that most of the tanks serving on the German side in the Great War were of British origin. Cap..

World War One Special 1012 Spezialfahrzeuge - German Specialised Motor Vehicles The backbone of motor vehicles in the Imperial German Army comprised cargo trucks, staff cars and motorcycles. Yet with many new military tasks arising on the German side in World War One, the demand for motor vehicles i..

The 1930s saw the development of a highly modern design for a 4-wheeled light armoured reconnaissance vehicle for the armoured reconnaissance units of the Wehrmacht. The highly successful result was the family of the 4-Rad Panzerspahwagen. This publication tells their success story on all frontlines..

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 1979 - 1985 Vehicles of the U.S. Army during REFoRGER Exercises - Part 2 How would a war between NATo and the Warsaw Pact have ended? A conventional clash of the titans or an all-out nuclear confrontation? The REFoRGER series of exercises trained these scenarios on large scale on German soi..

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..

REFORGER 75 - Certain Trek The US Army training on NATO's Eastern Frontline Exercise REFORGER 75 was the seventh in the series since the USA started in 1969 the practice of reinforcing NATO with US Army forces stationed at home in peacetime, but which had their equipment kept in storage in Europe. E..

The HEMTT family of vehicles is a series of heavy off-road-capable 8x8 trucks in the 10-ton class. Introduced into service in 1982, these vehicles have formed the backbone as transport and logistic assets of combat and combat support units of brigade combat teams and divisions of the US Army until t..

The HEMTT family of vehicles is a series of heavy off-road-capable 8x8 trucks in the 10-ton class. Introduced into service in 1982, these vehicles have formed the backbone as transport and logistic assets of combat and combat support units of brigade combat teams and divisions of the US Army until t..

Iron Brigade 3rd Armoured Brigade Combat Team, 4th (US) Infantry Division - "German Tour" 2017 The 3rd Armoured Brigade Combat Team "Iron Brigade" of the 4th Infantry Division was the first heavy brigade of the US Army earmarked for service in Europe under the Regionally Allocated Forces concept. Th..

MTVR Tactical Truck of the US Marines The Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacement (MTVR) range of vehicles is a family of tactical off-road trucks especially designed by the oshkosh Corporation to meet the requirements of the United States Marine Corps. From 2000 onwards, MTVR trucks gradually replaced ..

M60A2, M60A3, AVLB The M60A2 / M60A3 / M60A3 TTS MBTs and the M60A1 AVLB in Service with the US Army Up till the 1980s, the M60 MBT formed the backbone of armoured units of the US Army, Army National Guard and US Marine Corps. First fielded in 1960, the M60 was upgraded continuously over the years. ..

In the 1970s the US Armed Forces intended to replace the olive drab mono-colour camouflage with a new modern multi-tone camouflage pattern. These efforts led to three major trials that were carried out to a great deal with US units on West German soil. The multi-tone camouflage schemes MASSTER, MERD..

The Landing Vehicle Tracked Personnel Model 7 is an amphibious fully tracked vehicle designed for the United States Marine Corps (USMC). The lightly armoured floatable LVTP7 has the mission of deploying Marines, their equipment and supplies ashore during amphibious operations from ships several kilo..

The M809 5-ton, 6x6 Truck Series is a family of tactical general multipurpose trucks that was designed for use on all types of roads, highways and cross-country terrain. Like its predecessor, the M39 series, the M809 5-ton Truck Series includes a large number of variants, among them the Ribbon Bridg..

DANCoN-ISAF Vehicles of the Danish ISAF Contingent in Afghanistan 2011 Danish forces have operated in the Helmand Province in southern Afghanistan as part of ISAF since 2006. In 2011 the Danish ISAF contingent DANCoN ISAF numbered about 750 troops. Their mission in the Helmand Province is to assist ..

Yugoslav Armies Armour of the Yugoslav/Serbian Armies from 1945 to Today Few armies field an armoured corps with such a turbulent history and such an unusual motorpool as the Yugoslav Armies since World War 2. While the early years were dominated by captured Wehrmacht vehicles and supplies from the ..

Task Force Kandahar Vehicles of the Canadian ISAF Contingent The International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) operates in Afghanistan since January 2001. The mission of ISAF is to support the new Afghan Government in regaining sovereignty, establishing a secure and safe environment and building fu..

The Australian 1st Division has three brigades, with the 1st Brigade acting as the army's major mechanised formation equipped with M113s, ASLAVs and the new M1A1 AIM Abrams main battle tanks. This publication grants an inside on the unusual motor pool of this unit and its regiments in hitherto unpub..

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..

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 ..

Gesamtwerk LEOPARD 2 The Full Story The Full Story of the Leopard 2 Main Battle Tank and the Leopard 2-based Combat Support Vehicles - Development, Service, All Variants - German Bundeswehr and International.The Leopard 2 is a legend. Today, due to dramatic developments on NATO's eastern flank, ta..

LEOPARD 2A7V The new German Leopard 2A7V - The World's Best Main Battle Tank On 05 May 2017, the Bundeswehr and Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) signed a contract for the combat capability upgrade of 20 in-service Leopard 2A7s to the 2A7V design standard, as well as the production and delivery of 84 addi..

EAGLE V The German Protected Utility Vehicle for Command Staff In the case of the new Eagle V Protected Utility Vehicle for Command Staff the focus of development was mainly on increasing the payload, improved protection of all areas, better mobility, logistical similarity to the already fielded Eag..

Leopard 2A5 The German Leopard 2A5 Main Battle Tank Development, Technology and Active Service - Part 2 The quantum leap in the modernisation of the German Leopard 2A4 main battle tank was the upgrade to the A5 version. With this project the Leopard also received a radical new armour suite that sign..

Boxer A0-A1-A2 The Multirole Armoured Wheeled "Mothership" of the German Infantry Since the introduction of the multirole armoured wheeled vehicle GTK Boxer (nicknamed the "mothership of the infantry") no other vehicle family in the Bundeswehr has seen a more intensive modernisation effort. With the..

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 German Leopard 2A6 Main Battle Tank Development - Description - Technology 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 ..

The new German Army, the Bundeswehr, demanded already in 1956 the production of new and capable Tank Destroyers Gun and Missile to deal with the Warsaw Pact armoured threat. Consequently a new vehicle family, the Kanonenjagdpanzer (Gun) and Raketenjagdpanzer (Missile), were developed. This publicati..

Encyclopedia of Modern U. S. Military Tactical Vehicles In the past two decades the modern U.S. Army underwent an enormous and unprecedented transition from a Cold War doctrine towards counter-terrorism asymmetrical warfare. Within this transition the vehicle pool of the U.S. Army changed constantly..

Lionheart 84 The largest British Exercise of the Cold War Exercise Lionheart ran for little over a month, from 03 September till 05 October 1984. It comprised three phases: a deployment phase (Full Flow), the employment phase (FTX Spearpoint) and a redeployment phase (Full Flow). Lionheart was the l..

British Infantry Brigade Berlin Armoured Vehicles in Berlin Urban Area Camouflage After World War 2 the British Army, as one of the four Allied victors, took control over one of the sectors in Berlin. With the deployment of D Squadron, 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards, the commanding officer of the unit..

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..

WARRIOR Variants - Operations - Upgrades As early as 1967 the first proposals for a concept of requirements for a new armoured infantry fighting vehicle were collected in the United Kingdom. The late 1970s saw the concept taking shape under the designation MCV-80 (Mechanised Combat Vehicle for the 8..

WARRIOR FV510 Infantry Section Vehicle As early as 1967 the first proposals for a concept of requirements for a new armoured infantry fighting vehicle were collected in the United Kingdom. The late 1970s saw the concept taking shape under the designation MCV-80 (Mechanised Combat Vehicle for the 80s..

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..

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..