M60 vs T-62
Title | M60 vs T-62 PDF eBook |
Author | Lon Nordeen |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | 167 |
Release | 2013-05-20 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1472803949 |
Designed for the battlefields of Europe at the height of the Cold War, the M60 and T-62 were the premier combat tanks of their day. However, it was in the deserts of the Middle East that they finally met in battle. This new Duel title examines the design and development of these main battle tanks, identifying their strengths and weaknesses, and describing and analyzing their performance on the battlefield during the Yom Kippur War, the Iran–Iraq War, and the first Gulf War.
M60 vs T-62
Title | M60 vs T-62 PDF eBook |
Author | Lon Nordeen |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | 82 |
Release | 2013-05-20 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1849082960 |
Designed for the battlefields of Europe at the height of the Cold War, the M60 and T-62 were the premier combat tanks of their day. However, it was in the deserts of the Middle East that they finally met in battle. This new Duel title examines the design and development of these main battle tanks, identifying their strengths and weaknesses, and describing and analyzing their performance on the battlefield during the Yom Kippur War, the Iran–Iraq War, and the first Gulf War.
M1 Abrams vs T-72 Ural
Title | M1 Abrams vs T-72 Ural PDF eBook |
Author | Steven J. Zaloga |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | 164 |
Release | 2011-01-01 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1849087288 |
The Gulf War bore witness to a number of deadly encounters between these two great adversaries. Heavily armoured, highly mobile and capable of killing at over 2500m the M1 Abrams is, to this day, a veritable fighting machine. Superior to both Iraq's Soviet era T-55 and T-62 tanks, nearly all sources claim that no Abrams tank has ever been destroyed by enemy fire. Despite entering service in 1980, the M1 Abrams remained untested in combat until the Gulf War in 1991, where it was to be confronted by its archenemy the Iraqi-assembled Soviet-designed T-72. Entering production in 1971, the T-72 arguably outstripped its contemporaries in a balance of mobility, protection and firepower. By the time of Operation Desert Storm, however, the tables had turned and the tank suffered due to low quality ammunition and poorly trained crews. In this fascinating study, Steven Zaloga pits these two great fighting machines against one another, plotting the development of the Cold War until both tanks met in combat in the deserts of Iraq and Kuwait.
M60 Main Battle Tank 1960–91
Title | M60 Main Battle Tank 1960–91 PDF eBook |
Author | Richard Lathrop |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | 109 |
Release | 2012-09-20 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1782004343 |
Entering service in the early 1960s, the M60 tank was in production for 23 years and formed the backbone of US Army and Marine armoured units during the Cold War. Over 15,000 were built in four basic models: the M60, M60A1, M60A2, and the M60A3. Although the M60 had been phased out of US Army service by the time Iraq invaded Kuwait in 1990, M60s were amongst the first Allied tanks to enter Kuwait City with the US Marines. This book examines the design and deployment of the M60, a very widely used vehicle that is still in service today.
T-34-85 vs M26 Pershing
Title | T-34-85 vs M26 Pershing PDF eBook |
Author | Steven J. Zaloga |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | 81 |
Release | 2011-12-20 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1846039916 |
A hotly-debated topic amongst tank buffs is of the relative merits of the Soviet and American tanks of World War II. Using recently revealed documents, Steven Zaloga sheds light on the crucial tank battles of the Korean War as the rival superpowers' finest tanks battled for supremacy. The Soviet-equipped North Korean Peoples Army initially dominated the battlefield with the seemingly unstoppable T34-85. As US tank battalions hastily arrived throughout the late summer and early autumn of 1950, the M26 Pershing took the fight to North Korea with increasing success.
Centurion vs T-55
Title | Centurion vs T-55 PDF eBook |
Author | Simon Dunstan |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | 82 |
Release | 2022-09-08 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 147285957X |
A tightly focused illustrated study comparing the design, development, and combat performance of two of the Cold War's first main battle tanks. Conceived at the height of World War II, the British Centurion and the Soviet T-55 were initially expected to counter the formidable Panther and Tiger tanks of Germany. But as the Cold War unfolded, these machines prepared instead for the coming struggle between NATO and the Warsaw Pact. Though they never fought in Europe, these two tanks became the mainstay of the Cold War's proxy forces around the world. From Korea to the Middle East and on to Angola, these two armored combatants clashed repeatedly, reaching their crescendo on the Golan Heights during the Yom Kippur War where 177 Centurions of the IDF took on a vastly superior Arab force. Presented with highly detailed digital artwork and photographs, this is a tightly focused study of the development and operational history two of the Cold War's first main battle tanks.
Seven Firefights in Vietnam
Title | Seven Firefights in Vietnam PDF eBook |
Author | John A. Cash |
Publisher | DIANE Publishing |
Total Pages | 165 |
Release | 1993-07 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 1568065639 |
Based on official army records, these eyewitness accounts of seven hellacious battles serve as a brief history of the Vietnam conflict. From a fierce fight on the banks of the Ia Drang River in 1965 to a 1968 gunship mission, this illustrated report conveys the heroism and horror of warfare.