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T-64 Battle Tank: The Cold War's Most Secret Tank
Военное дело, военная техника и вооружение

T-64 Battle Tank: The Cold War's Most Secret Tank

Автор: Залога Стивен , Палмер Ян
Серия: New Vanguard
Год: 2015
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The T-64 tank was the most revolutionary design of the whole Cold War, designed to provide the firepower and armour protection of a heavy tank in a medium-weight design. It pioneered a host of new technologies including laminate armour, stereoscopic...
Superguns 1854-1991: Extreme Artillery from the Paris Gun and the V-3 to Iraq's Project Babylon
Военная история, Военное дело, военная техника и вооружение

Superguns 1854-1991: Extreme Artillery from the Paris Gun and the V-3 to Iraq's Project Babylon

Автор: Залога Стивен
Серия: New Vanguard
Год: 2018
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Over the last 150 years, gun designers have sought to transform warfare with artillery of superlative range and power, from William Armstrong's 19th-century "monster guns” to the latest research into hypersonic electro-magnetic railguns. Taking a...
M10 and M36 Tank Destroyers 1942-53
Военная история, Военное дело, военная техника и вооружение

M10 and M36 Tank Destroyers 1942-53

Автор: Залога Стивен
Серия: New Vanguard
Год: 2002
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The US Army had a unique tactical doctrine during World War II, placing the emphasis for tank fighting on its Tank Destroyer Command whose main early-war vehicle was the M10 3-inch Gun Motor Carriage, based on the reliable M4A2 Sherman tank chassis....
Sherman Medium Tank 1942-45
Военная история, Военное дело, военная техника и вооружение

Sherman Medium Tank 1942-45

Автор: Залога Стивен
Серия: New Vanguard
Год: 1993
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The M4 Sherman tank was the mainstay of the Western allies between 1942 and 1945. Fast and modern it was better than most of the tanks Britain had to offer. The American Chief of Staff claimed in November 1943 that it had been hailed widely as 'the...
Katyusha: Russian Multiple Rocket Launchers, 1941 - Present
Военная история, Военное дело, военная техника и вооружение

Katyusha: Russian Multiple Rocket Launchers, 1941 - Present

Автор: Prenatt Jamie E.
Серия: New Vanguard
Год: 2016
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Although military rockets have been used since the Middle Ages, it was not until the Soviet Union pioneered the concept of Multiple Rocket Launchers (MRLs) in the late 1930s that they emerged as a decisive weapon. In the modern era, these...
Polish Armor of the Blitzkrieg
Военная история, Военное дело, военная техника и вооружение

Polish Armor of the Blitzkrieg

Автор: Prenatt Jamie E.
Серия: New Vanguard
Год: 2015
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The Polish army during the Blitzkrieg conjures up tragic images of infantry and dashing, but ineffective and ultimately doomed cavalry charges. In actuality the Poles, in the midst of a large-scale re-armament programme, had up to 600 armoured...
Italian Medium Tanks: 1939-45
Военная история, Военное дело, военная техника и вооружение

Italian Medium Tanks: 1939-45

Автор: Cappellano Filippo
Серия: New Vanguard
Год: 2012
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Several factors delayed and greatly hampered the development of an Italian medium tank during World War II. The first was the strategic stance of the country, focussed on a war against neighbouring countries such as France and Yugoslavia, and...
Italian Light Tanks: 1919-45
Военная история, Военное дело, военная техника и вооружение

Italian Light Tanks: 1919-45

Автор: Cappellano Filippo
Серия: New Vanguard
Год: 2012
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The Italian army, unlike those of the British and French, did not use tanks in combat during World War I and, by November 1918, only one training unit equipped with French Schneider and Renault tanks had been formed. Consequently, during the 1920s...
British Light Tanks 1927-45: Marks I-VI
Военная история, Военное дело, военная техника и вооружение

British Light Tanks 1927-45: Marks I-VI

Автор: Fletcher David
Серия: New Vanguard
Год: 2014
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This is the definitive study of British light tanks of the Second World War. The author draws upon a vast and comprehensive body of archival information and research to explore their technical characteristics and combat performance. The title...