Tanks and Other Tracked Vehicles in Service - Mechanised Warfare in Colour

Blandford Press 1978

Describes and illustrates most of the important tracked fighting vehicles in service today (1978). These range from main battle tanks like the 55-ton British Chieftain, German Leopard, French AMX-30, American XM-1 and Soviet T-62, to the small Japanese self-propelled mounting for twin recoilless rifles. Also included, for its importance in security operations, although it is not strictly speaking a fighting vehicle, is the remote-controlled `Wheelbarrow' miniature tracked vehicle. The 64-page full colour section depicts over 100 vehicles, supported by authoritative technical descriptions, and an appendix gives supplementary information on the manufacture and uses of camouflage...

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