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Tiger I, German Army Heavy Tank
Eastern Front, 1942
Häftad, 2021
4,5 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (2)
218 kr
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The Tiger I and Tiger II tanks are probably the most famous German armoured fighting vehicles of the Second World War and despite the relatively small numbers produced, the heavy Panzer units of the German Army played a key role in the battles fought in North Africa, Italy, the Western Front and …
Tiger I and Tiger II Tanks, German Army and Waffen-SS, The Last Battles in the West, 1945
Häftad, 2019
171 kr
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Tiger tanks were among the most-feared fighting vehicles of the Second World War and they gained almost legendary status, yet they never fulfilled their potential because they were not produced in sufficient numbers and the tide the war had turned against the German army by the time they were …
Leopard 2
NATO's First Line of Defence, 1979-2020
Häftad, 2020
192 kr
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When the Leopard 2, a third-generation main battle tank, first entered service with the Bundeswehr in 1979, at the height of the Cold War, it was indisputably the most advanced and potent tank in the world. During the last four decades it has undergone numerous upgrades and modifications to ensure …
Panzer III: German Army Light Tank
Operation Barbarossa 1941
Häftad, 2020
192 kr
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Panzer III: German Army Light Tank, Operation Barbarossa, 1941\. TankCraft 27\. The Pzkpfw III tank was the mainstay of the Panzer divisions during the Blitzkrieg era, which could fairly be said to have ended with the Germans' failure to take Moscow in the winter of 1941\. Although less heavily …
Panther Medium Tank
IV. SS-Panzerkorps Eastern Front, 1944
Häftad, 2021
187 kr
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During the summer of 1944 a series of massive Soviet offensives threatened to destroy the entire German army on the Eastern Front. As the Wehrmacht scrambled to hold what ground it could many formations simply disappeared and the available armoured units were used to plug the gaps in the frontline. …
Panzer III, German Army Light Tank
North Africa, Tripoli to El Alamein 1941-1942
Häftad, 2022
241 kr
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The Pzkpfw Ill was the most effective tank available to the German army in North Africa during the battles of 1941. It outnumbered all the other types in service with the Afrikakorps at that time and when compared to the Pzkpfw I and Pzkpfw II designs it was a potent, modern weapons system. …
Panzer III German Army Light Tank
North Africa El Alamein to Tunis, 1941-1943
Häftad, 2023
4,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
241 kr
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The Pzkpfw III tank was the mainstay of the Panzer divisions during the Blitzkrieg era and made up the bulk of the armoured force sent to North Africa. Although less heavily armoured than many of its opponents it was sturdy and reliable and its main armament was the equal of any enemy weapon it was …
Tiger I
German Army Heavy Tank, Southern Front 1942-1945, North Africa, Sicily and Italy
Häftad, 2018
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
171 kr
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When at Hitler's insistence the first Tiger I tanks went into action in Tunisia in December 1942 they rapidly gained a formidable fighting reputation despite their lack of reliability and the small number deployed. With its heavy armour and 88mm gun, it outclassed all the Allied tanks then in …
Panzer IV, Medium Tank
German Army and Waffen-SS Normandy Campaign , Summer 1944
Häftad, 2022
187 kr
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When the Allied armies landed on the Normandy beaches on 6 June 1944 the backbone of the armoured reaction force awaiting them was made up of 758 Pzkpfw IV tanks, a number which represents almost half the fully-tracked vehicles available for the defence of the West. The first models of these tanks …
Panther German Army Medium Tank
Italian Front, 1944-1945
Häftad, 2022
214 kr
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The Allied invasions of Sicily and the Italian mainland had been met with tenacious resistance by the Germans but the defence consisted for the most part of armoured units that were little different to those the British had faced in North Africa. But in early 1944, with the landings at Anzio and …
Sherman Tank Canadian, New Zealand and South African Armies
Italy, 1943-1945
Häftad, 2023
210 kr
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The Sherman tank served with most Allied armies during the Second World War and it is justly famous for the role it played in the Normandy landings and the subsequent drive into Germany. But the part played by the British commonwealth armoured units in the Italian campaign is less well known and in …
M60
Main Battle Tank America's Cold War Warrior 1959-1997
Häftad, 2022
187 kr
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The M60 was a second-generation American main battle tank, the last in the line of Patton tanks that had first been developed at the end of World War. It entered operational service with the US Army in 1960 and some 15,000 M60s were manufactured by Chrysler at the Detroit Tank Arsenal Plant between …
Cromwell and Centaur Tanks
British Army and Royal Marines, North-west Europe 1944-1945
Häftad, 2018
166 kr
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Designed with the hard lessons of the North African campaign in mind, including the adoption of a dual-purpose gun capable of firing high-explosive and anti-tank rounds, the Cromwell was one of the most successful of the British cruiser tanks produced during the Second World War.The lack of heavy …
Centurion
Armoured Hero of Post-War Tank Battles
Häftad, 2018
166 kr
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The fifty-ton British Centurion tank, developed during the darkest days of the Second World War, was designed to out-gun and out-perform the latest German tanks, such as the formidable Panzer V Panther. It was one of the most successful tanks ever produced, and this volume in the TankCraft series …
T-54/55
Soviet Cold War Main Battle Tank
Häftad, 2019
191 kr
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During the Cold War, the T-54/55 series of tanks represented the most serious threat to Nato land forces in Europe. Available in huge quantities, it formed the core of the Warsaw Pact armoured warfare doctrine, which envisaged massed tank attacks against the weakest point in Nato's front-line …
Chieftain
British Cold War Main Battle Tank
Häftad, 2019
166 kr
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The British Chieftain - designed in the late 1950s as the replacement for the Centurion - was perhaps the best main battle tank in service with Nato during the 1960s and 1970s. Its 120mm rifled main gun and advanced armour made it one of the most formidable tanks of its time, and Robert Jackson's …
Sherman Tanks, US Army, North-Western Europe, 1944-1945
Häftad, 2018
188 kr
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Following his first book in the TankCraft series on the British army's Shermans during the battle for Normandy, Dennis Oliver has compiled a companion volume on those used by the US Army throughout the campaign in Western Europe. These were the tanks that made up the bulk of the American armoured …
Tank Destroyer
Achilles and M10, British Army Anti-Tank Units, Western Europe, 1944-1945
Häftad, 2019
162 kr
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In this heavily illustrated volume in the TankCraft series Dennis Oliver focuses on the Achilles - the British variant of the American M10 - which was one of the most important Allied tank destroyers of the Second World War. It played a key role in the armoured battles fought on the Western Front, …
M1 Abrams
The US's Main Battle Tank in American and Foreign Service, 1981-2018
Häftad, 2019
187 kr
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Since its introduction in 1981, at the height of the Cold War, the Abrams main battle tank has been one of the most visible and iconic symbols of American military power, and it is the fascinating subject of this heavily illustrated historical and modelling guide in the TankCraft series by David …
Panther: Germany Army and Waffen-SS
Defence of the West
Häftad, 2019
285 kr
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In late 1944 and 1945 the Panther tank played an important role in Germany's desperate efforts to stem the Allied advance on the Western Front. The Panther, perhaps the best armoured vehicle produced by Germany during the Second World War, was a key element in the Wehrmacht's defensive tactics, in …
Challenger 1
British Main Battle Tank of the Gulf War
Häftad, 2019
192 kr
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During the 1980s and early 1990s the Challenger 1 main battle tank played a central role in Britain's armoured forces and it achieved remarkable success in combat, destroying around 300 Iraqi tanks in the Gulf War. With its advanced Chobham armour and hydropneumatic suspension system, it was one of …
Challenger 2
British Main Battle Tank of the Gulf War
Häftad, 2020
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
188 kr
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The pioneering tank crew of the First World War would be astonished by the advances made in the design of armoured fighting vehicles over the last 100 years which have resulted in the Challenger 2, the current main battle tank in service with the British army. In terms of its speed, manoeuvrability …
M48 Patton
American Post-war Main Battle Tank
Häftad, 2020
187 kr
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The M48 Patton main battle tank was one of the most successful and longest-serving designs produced in the United States, and it is a popular subject with tank modellers and enthusiasts. When it came into service in 1949 it represented a significant advance on the Sherman and M47 which it replaced, …
Panther Tanks: Germany Army Panzer Brigades
Western and Eastern Fronts, 1944-1945
Häftad, 2020
192 kr
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In July 1944, with the Eastern Front crumbling and the first cracks appearing in the Normandy defences, Hitler ordered the creation of a new type of unit based on the ad-hoc Kampfgruppen which the Germans used so successfully throughout the war. Hastily assembled and short-lived these independent …
Tiger I & Tiger II Tanks
German Army and Waffen-SS Normandy Campaign 1944
Häftad, 2020
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
183 kr
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In spite of the relatively small numbers involved, the Tiger I and Tiger II tanks of the German Army and Waffen-SS heavy Panzer formations played a central role in resisting the Allied invasion of France in the summer of 1944\. British and American tank crews found to their dismay that the Tigers …
Jagdpanzer IV: German Army and Waffen-SS Tank Destroyers
Western Front, 1944-1945
Häftad, 2020
187 kr
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Combining the destructive firepower of the 75mm gun with the mobility of the Pzkpfw IV medium tank , the Jagdpanzer IV was quite possibly the most effective tank destroyer of the Second World War. From early 1944 these vehicles were allocated to the anti-tank battalions of Panzer and …
Scorpion and Scimitar
British Armoured Reconnaissance Vehicles, 1970-2020
Häftad, 2022
187 kr
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The British Scorpion and Scimitar are among the most successful armoured reconnaissance vehicles ever built and, almost fifty years after the initial design was introduced, updated versions are still in service today. These compact, manoeuvrable and fast-moving light tanks played a significant …
Hetzer - Jagdpanzer 38 Tank Destroyer
German Army and Waffen-SS Western Front, 1944-1945
Häftad, 2021
187 kr
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By 1944 the German army was on the defensive on all fronts and Allied bombing was putting increasing pressure on the nation's industrial output. Since the earliest days of the war the Germans had experimented with mounting anti-tank weapons on obsolete chassis and one of the most successful of …
