Tanks

Product Description

On 15 September 1916 a new weapon entered the military arsenals at a small engagement on the Somme.

Whatever its initial technical shortcomings, the tank incarnated the mechanisation & industrialisation of warfare & helped to break the stalemate of the First World War. It brought together firepower, protection & mobility to become a key component of modern warfare.

Published in association with The Tank Museum, this authoritative book charts the tanks first century, from the early stumbling attempts at developing an all-terrain armoured vehicle to the lethal killing machines of the twenty-first century. It features rare removable facsimile documents from the museums archive, including diary entries, blueprints, instruction manuals & handbooks.

Major technical developments & types are covered from the Mark IV, the German Panzer, the Russian T-26 & the American Grants & Shermans. The most famous tank battles are described, from Flers-Courcelette in 1916 to Kursk in 1943, the First Gulf War & the performance of tanks in the Russo-Georgian War of 2008.

Product Information:
• ISBN: 9781781778579
• Author: Robin Cross & David Willey
• Publisher: Seven Oaks
• Format: Hardback
• Pages: 192
• Dimensions: 29 x 25 x 2cm