Dougherty, Martin,

TOP 50 TANKS / Top fifty tanks Martin Dougherty ; Project Editor : Michael Spilling ; Design : Colin Fielder - 208 pages : illustrations, photographs (some color) ; 27 cm

Includes index Includes 300 full-color artworks and photographs.

Top 50 Tanks features the greatest armoured fighting vehicles from 1917 to the present day. The book includes tanks from every era, from the Mark V Male that assaulted the German trenches at Cambrai in 1917, through the feared German King Tiger of World War II, as well as including some of the most highly sophisticated tanks that have seen recent service in wars in the Caucasus, Iraq, Afghanistan and Syria. Each entry is covered over four pages, including a brief description of the tank's development and history, colour artworks showing various views and models, a photograph and a selective specifications table.

9780785835639 RM66.50


Tank warfare --History
Tanks (Military science)--History
World War, 1914-1918 --Tank warfare
World War, 1939-1945--Tank warfare


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