The History of Tanks
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The History of Tanks

  1. 124 pages
  2. English
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The History of Tanks

About this book

The tank was born to break the deadlock of World War I's Western Front, where trench-based defence in depth, barbed wire, machine guns and artillery, led to immense loss of life. Initially dogged by mechanical unreliability and early misuse, post-First World War development of technology and tactics saw the Germans open World War II with the devastating Blitzkrieg in which armoured divisions led the way. Tanks dominated the battlefields' of World War II and have continued to develop, reaching their peak with the so called "Main battle tanks": of the biggest military-industrial complexes: the US Abrams, German Leopard, British Challenger, Israeli Merkava and Russian T90.Today, in a world of asymmetric warfare, tanks may dominate the battlefield, but infantry rocket weapons and anti-tank helicopters have evened things up and ensure that tanks must develop further to meet changing threats. In The History of Tanks about the changing face of tank warfare through the 50 most important, iconic vehicles from 1914 to today.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Contents
  4. Introduction
  5. Abbreviations and Parts of a tank
  6. No I Lincoln Machine (‘Little Willie’) 1915
  7. Mark I (‘Mother’) 1916
  8. Mark IV/Mark V 1917
  9. Renault FT 17 1918
  10. A7V Sturmpanzerwagen 1918
  11. BT series 1931
  12. Char B1-bis 1936
  13. Sd Kfz 101 PzKpfw I 1934
  14. Sd Kfz 121 PzKpfw II 1935
  15. Mark VI 1936
  16. Sd Kfz 141 PzKpfw III 1937
  17. Sd Kfz 161 PzKpfw IV 1938
  18. A11 Matilda I and A12 Matilda II 1938
  19. KV series 1940
  20. A22 Mk IV Churchill 1941
  21. M3/M5 Stuart 1941
  22. M3 General Lee/General Grant 1941
  23. T-34 series 1941
  24. M4 Sherman 1942
  25. Sd Kfz 181 PzKpfw VI Tiger Ausf H and Sd Kfz 182 Tiger Ausf B 1942
  26. A27M Cruiser Mk VIII Cromwell 1943
  27. JS series 1943
  28. Sd Kfz 171 PzKpfw V Panther 1943
  29. M24 Chaffee 1944
  30. M26 Pershing 1945
  31. A34 Comet 1945
  32. A41 Centurion 1946
  33. T-54/T-55 1950
  34. M47, M48 and M60 Patton 1952
  35. M41 Walker Bulldog 1953
  36. AMX 13 1954
  37. T-62 1963
  38. Leopard 1 1965
  39. M551 Sheridan 1966
  40. FV4201 Chieftain 1967
  41. Stridsvagn Strv 103 S-tank 1967
  42. Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance (Tracked) 1972
  43. T-72 1973
  44. Type 74 Nana-yon 1975
  45. T-80 1976
  46. Merkava 1978
  47. Leopard 2 1980
  48. M1 Abrams 1981
  49. Type 69/Type 79 1982
  50. Challenger 1983
  51. T-90 1991
  52. Type 90 Kyu-maru 1991
  53. AMX Leclerc 1992
  54. Type 99 2001
  55. K2 Black Panther 2014
  56. Copyright