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The Tank Book : The Definitive Visual History of Armed Vehicles

From the birth of the tank to unmanned vehicles and the tanks of the future, The Tank Book offers a truly definitive look at over 400 different tanks, produced in association with The Tank Museum.

Take an up-close look at British, US, Russian, and French tanks, meet key designers such as Mikhail Koshkin and Sir William Tritton, and understand the complex mechanisms behind such vehicles as the Centurion, Hellcat, SV Scout, and T-14 Armata.

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Incredible photographic tours take you inside a variety of tanks, putting you in the seat of some of the most formidable vehicles to ever go to battle in World War II, the Cold War, and beyond.
Perfect for anyone with an interest in military history, The Tank Book is the ultimate guide to tanks and their unique past.

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Présentation :	256 pages, 31 x 26 x 2.3 cm, relié
Illustration :	abondamment illustré de photos en N&B et en couleurs
Langue :	anglais
Editeur :	Dorling Kindersley Ltd (GB, 2017)
ISBN :	9780241250310

Armoured Warfare in the First World War - Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives (Images of War)

A hundred years ago, on 15 September 1916, on the Western Front during the Battle of the Somme, the tank made its debut on the battlefield. The first tanks were crude, unreliable, vulnerable weapons, but they changed the character of land warfare forever, and Anthony Tucker-Jones's photographic history of these pioneering armoured vehicles is the ideal introduction to them.

In a selection of over 150 archive photographs he offers a fascinating insight into the difficult early days of this innovative new weapon, describing its technical history and its performance in combat.
While the Battle of Cambrai in 1917 is often held up as the first large-scale tank battle, tanks had already served at Flers-Courcelette on the Somme, during the Nivelle offensive and the battles of Messines and Passchendaele.

His book shows that the development of the tank was fraught with technical obstacles and battlefield setbacks. It was invented by the British to help break the deadlock of trench warfare, and the French and Americans soon followed their example.
The initial designs were continuously refined during two years of intense warfare. Finding the right balance between power and weight, getting the armament right, and working out the best tactics for tanks on the battlefield was a tricky, often deadly business.

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Auteur :	Anthony Tucker-Jones
Présentation :	144 pages, 24.5 x 19 cm, broché
Illustration :	150 photos en N&B
Langue :	anglais
Editeur :	Pen & Sword Books Ltd (GB, 2016)
Série :	Images of War
ISBN :	9781473872981

Rise of the Tank - Armoured Vehicles and Their Use in the First World War

Tells the story of the Tank's development and use during the Great War. Using the resources of the Imperial War Museum, The National Archives and the Tank Museum, this book has lots of information available on the development and use of the early tanks as well as personal reminiscences of those who fought in them.
Highly illustrated with many never before seen photographs and previously unpublished first hand accounts. A must for all First World War and Tank enthusiasts.

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Auteur :	Michael Foley
Présentation :	256 pages, 23.5 x 15.5 cm, relié
Illustration :	100 illustrations en N&B
Langue :	anglais
Editeur :	Pen & Sword Books Ltd (GB, 2014)
ISBN :	9781783463930

Tanks - 100 Years of Evolution

Offers a detailed, analytical and comprehensive account of the worldwide evolution of tanks, from their inception a century ago to the present day. With new ideas stemming from the latest academic research, this study presents a reappraisal of the development of tanks and their evolution during World War I and how the surge in technological development during World War II and the subsequent Cold War drove tank developments in Europe and America, transforming tanks into fast, resilient and powerful fighting machines.
From the primitive, bizarre-looking Mark V to the Matilda and from the menacing King Tiger to the superlative M1 Abrams, Professor Ogorkiewicz shows how tanks gradually acquired the enhanced capabilities that enabled them to become what they are today - the core of combined-arms, mechanized warfare.

Contents: Introduction - Acknowledgements - The Origin of the Species - The 'Invention of the Tank' - First World War Battlefield Debut - Post-War Anticlimax - Britain's Lead and Failings - Tank Development in Europe and America - Creation of the Armoured Forces - Panzers and their Second World War Opponents - The Cold War's Five Dominant Countries - On the Peripheries of Major Powers - Asia Catches Up - Epilogue - Appendixes - Notes - Index.

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Auteur :	Richard M. Ogorkiewicz
Présentation :	376 pages, 23.5 x 15 cm, relié
Illustration :	32 pages photos en N&B et en couleurs
Langue :	anglais
Editeur :	Osprey Publishing (GB, 2015)
ISBN :	9781472806703

Allied Armoured Fighting Vehicles of the Second World War - Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives (Images of War)

Expert author Michael Green has compiled a full inventory of the armoured fighting vehicles developed and deployed by the Allied armies during the six year war against Nazi Germany and her Axis partners. Tank destroyers included the US Armys M18 Hellcat and M36 Jackson, the British Archer and Achilles and the Soviets SU-85, SU-100 and SU-122. Self-propelled artillery vehicles provide indirect fire support.

Examples of these were the British Bishop and Sexton, the US M7 Army Priest and The Red Armys SU-152 Beast Slayer. For reconnaissance the Allies fielded armoured cars and scout cars such as the Daimler Dingo, the US M8 Greyhound and T17 Staghound, and the Russian BA-10, -20 and -64. AFVs such as the British full tracked Universal Carrier and US M3 halftracks were fitted with a range of weapon systems, such as mortars or machine guns.

All these and many more AFVs are expertly described in words and captioned images in this comprehensive work which is the companion volume to the authors Allied Tanks of the Second World War.

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Auteur :	Michael Green
Présentation :	200 pages, 24.5 x 19 x 1.2 cm, broché
Illustration :	250 photos en N&B et en couleurs
Langue :	anglais
Editeur :	Pen & Sword Books Ltd (GB, 2017)
Série :	Images of War
ISBN :	9781473872370

Allied Tanks of the Second World War - Rare photographs from Wartime Archives (Images of War)

Expert author Michael Green has compiled a full inventory of the tanks developed and deployed by the Allied armies during the six year war against Nazi Germany and her Axis partners.

There were four categories of tank: Light, Medium, Heavy and Super Heavy. Combat experience proved Light tanks (such as the Stuart and T-26) to be ineffective. Medium tanks (the US M4 series, named Sherman by the British, and Russian T-34) soon dominated with their fire power, protection and mobility.

The later stages of the War required the Allies to answer the Axis Panther and Tiger tanks with up-gunned and up-armoured second generation M4s, T-34-85s and the Sherman Firefly. Totally new heavy tanks such as the M-26, Pershing, Soviet KV-1 series and the British Centurion only saw action in the final months.

"Allied Tanks of the Second World War" covers all these categories in detail as well as the few super heavy tanks such as the French Char 2C and the TOG. For an informed and highly illustrated work this book has no comparable rival.

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Auteur :	Michael Green
Présentation :	208 pages, 24.5 x 19 cm, broché
Illustration :	250 photos en N&B et en couleurs
Langue :	anglais
Editeur :	Pen & Sword Books Ltd (GB, 2017)
Série :	Images of War
ISBN :	9781473866768

Armoured Fighting Vehicles of World Wars I and II - Armoured cars, armoured personnel carriers and self-propelled artillery

Features 90 landmark vehicles from 1900-1945 with over 370 colour and black-and-white archive photographs. Armoured cars, armoured personnel carriers and self-propelled artillery, including the Gun Carrier, Jeep, Sturmmörser Tiger Assault Rocket Mortar, and many more.

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Auteur :	Jack Livesey
Présentation :	128 pages, 28.5 x 23 x 1.5 cm, broché
Illustration :	370+ photos et illustrations
Langue :	anglais
Editeur :	Anness Publishing (GB, 2007)
ISBN :	9781844763702

Axis Tanks of the Second World War - Rare photographs from wartime archives (Images of War)

The German Army used tanks to devastating effect in their Blitzkrieg campaigns during the early years of the Second World War and in the intense defensive battles leading up to final defeat in 1945.

It may be a surprise to many that the Japanese Army had more tanks than Nazi Germany in 1938; these included the Type 95 light tank and the Type 89 and 97 medium tanks. Co-belligerents in the Axis Alliance that built their own tanks included Italy, Romania and Hungary.
The latter was responsible for the Toldi and Turan light tank series.

As can be seen from the descriptions and images in this classic Images of War series work, the Axis powers had drawn on British and, in some cases, French design for their tanks in the period leading up to the Second World War: the Carden-Loyd tankette suspension was used in the Panzer 1 series and the light Italian and Japanese tanks.
German engineering talent resulted in the original and ingenious designs of the Panzer II, III and IV series and, later in the War, the Panther Medium and Tiger heavy tanks.

This latest work by author and expert Mike Green will fascinate and inform historians, engineers and war gamers.

Caractéristiques

Auteur :	Michael Green
Présentation :	208 pages, 24.5 x 19 cm, broché
Illustration :	250 photos en N&B et en couleurs
Langue :	anglais
Editeur :	Pen & Sword Books Ltd (GB, 2017)
Série :	Images of War
ISBN :	9781473887008

NATO and Warsaw Pact Tanks of the Cold War

Led by the USA with Western European partners, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was formed in 1949 to counter the Soviet threat. In response the Soviet Union assembled and dominated the Warsaw Pact in 1954.
The mainstay of both alliances' groundforces were their main battle tanks (MBTs).

Initially both sides relied on Second World War MBTs; in NATO's case the Sherman medium tank and its successor the M26 Pershing together with the British Centurion and the heavy Conqueror.

The Soviets originally fielded the T-34-85 medium tank and the IS-2 and IS-3 heavy tank replaced by the T-10. Next came the T-54 followed by the T-55 and 155mm armed T-63 (1965). The final WP Cold War MBTs were the T-64, T-72 and T-80 all with 122mm main armament.

By contrast, NATO nations increasingly deployed a range of MBTs; the widely used American Patton series (M46 through M48), British Chieftain (1963) and Challenger (1982), French AMX-13 (1950) and AMX-30.
From 1963 the Bundeswehr was equipped with the homegrown Leopard 1 and 2. The US M60 series and M1 Abrams came into service from 1980.

These and more MBTs and variants are covered in expert detail in this superbly illustrated book.

Caractéristiques

Auteur :	Michael Green
Présentation :	242 pages, 25.5 x 18 x 2.2 cm, relié
Illustration :	200 photos en couleurs
Langue :	anglais
Editeur :	Pen & Sword Books Ltd (GB, 2022)
ISBN :	9781399004312

Super-Heavy Tanks of World War II (Osprey)

The super-heavy tanks of World War II are heirs to the siege machine tradition - a means of breaking the deadlock of ground combat. As a class of fighting vehicle, they began with the World War I concept of the search for a 'breakthrough' tank, designed to cross enemy lines.
It is not surprising that the breakthrough tank projects of the period prior to World War II took place in the armies that suffered the most casualties of the Great War (Russia, France, Germany). All of the principal Axis and Allied nations eventually initiated super-heavy development projects, with increasingly heavy armor and armament. Much as the casualties of World War I prompted the original breakthrough tank developments, as Germany found itself on the defensive, with diminishing operational prospects and an increasingly desperate leadership, so too did its focus turn to the super-heavy tanks that could turn the tide back in their favor.

Contents: Introduction - Design and Development - Operational History - Conclusion and Analysis - Index.

Caractéristiques

Auteur :	Kenneth W. Estes
Présentation :	48 pages, 25 x 18.5 x 0.5 cm, broché
Illustration :	abondamment illustré de photos et dessins (en N&B et en couleurs)
Langue :	anglais
Editeur :	Osprey Publishing (GB, 2014)
Série :	New Vanguard (216)
ISBN :	9781782003830

Panzerkampfwagen - Technik, Tanks und Taktik im Ersten Weltkrieg

In the First World War, sophisticated defensive positions protected by barbed wire and machine gun nests caused seemingly insurmountable problems for the infantry of all armies. When the first armored vehicles were used by the British in the Battle of the Somme in 1916 under the code name "Tank" to overcome trench warfare, this meant a revolution for future warfare.

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In this volume, Wolfgang Fleischer describes the development of the world's first armored fighting vehicles of all nations, which was accompanied by much skepticism and technical problems.

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Auteur :	Wolfgang Fleischer
Présentation :	224 pages, 26.5 x 23 cm, relié
Illustration :	196 photos en N&B et 37 en couleurs, 82 dessins
Langue :	allemand
Editeur :	Motorbuch Verlag (D, 2015)
ISBN :	9783613037670

Meilensteine der Panzerentwicklung - Panzerkonzepte und Baugruppentechnologie

When the first tanks were built, the challenge was to invent usable engines, transmissions, steering systems and chassis.
While in the first 50 years of tank development, progress was achieved through improvements in mechanical engineering and electromechanics, in the last 50 years the performance improvements were based on the introduction of electronic components and the linking of mechanical and electronic elements with powerful data processing.
In this volume, Rolf Hilmes describes the technological development up to today's battle tanks.

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Auteur :	Rolf Hilmes
Présentation :	256 pages, 28 x 21 cm, relié
Illustration :	250 photos en N&B et en couleurs
Langue :	allemand
Editeur :	Motorbuch Verlag (D, 2021)
ISBN :	9783613042773

Panzer aus aller Welt

Long awaited, now it's here: the great tank book by Alexander Lüdeke, currently the most widely read author of tank books. Here he traces the path of this 100-year-old branch of the military. Organized by nation, the most important, best-known, most consequential and most spectacular tank developments are presented.

Combat vehicles from yesterday to today, legends from Germany, France, England, Italy, the USSR, the USA and other nations such as Austria, China, Israel and Argentina: over 500 spectacular images illustrate the century of the armored vehicle.

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Auteur :	Alexander Lüdeke
Présentation :	224 pages, 31.5 x 24 x 1.8 cm, relié
Illustration :	500 photos en N&B et en couleurs
Langue :	allemand
Editeur :	Motorbuch Verlag (D, 2019)
ISBN :	9783613041349

Panzerkampfwagen im Ersten Weltkrieg (Typenkompass)

Ce livre de référence présente presque 60 voitures blindées et les chars utilisés par la Belgique, l'Allemagne, l'Angleterre, la France, l'Italie, l'Autriche, la Russie et les Etats Unis pendant la Première Guerre Mondiale.

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Chaque type est présenté à l'aide d'une photo, d'une description historique et d'une fiche technique. Traite aussi en détail les canons installés dans ces véhicules.

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Auteur :	Wolfgang Fleischer
Présentation :	128 pages, 20.5 x 14 cm, broché
Illustration :	99 photos en N&B et 26 en couleurs, 58 dessins
Langue :	allemand
Editeur :	Motorbuch Verlag (D, 2017)
Série :	Typenkompass
ISBN :	9783613039728

Księga czołgów - Ilustrowana historia pancernych wozów bojowych

NOUVEAU

L'ouvrage présente l'évolution des chars et autres véhicules blindés, parmi les plus efficaces et les plus connus de l'histoire. Le texte est enrichi de nombreuses illustrations détaillées.
Plus de 400 types de chars et de véhicules de combat sont décrits, ainsi que de nombreux systèmes d'armes et les principaux concepteurs. Cette publication constitue un guide clair et fiable de l'histoire des forces blindées.

Édition polonaise du livre "The Tank Book : The Definitive Visual History of Armed Vehicles".

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Auteur :	David Willey
Présentation :	256 pages, 30 x 2.5 x 25 cm, broché
Illustration :	abondamment illustré de photos en N&B et en couleurs
Langue :	polonais
Editeur :	Alma-Press (PL, 2025)
ISBN :	9788370209766