Enter the Museum: Tanks and Armored Vehicles

Author: (English) Christopher F. Foss
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Publish Date: 2007-01-01
Features: Detailed explanations of over 900 tanks and armored vehicles. Exquisite illustrations and comprehensive records document armored vehicles from around the world. It recreates more than 900 tanks and armored vehicles from 45 countries and regions, from past to present. It showcases over 1,000 selected photographs and technical drawings. It introduces all parameters of each tank and armored vehicle model, including detailed weapon systems, crew size, dimensions, speed, range, engine type, and power output. This book covers all tank and armored vehicle models that roamed the battlefields of the 20th century, from the tank "Little Willie" to modern main battle tanks at the end of the 20th century, providing a detailed and comprehensive record of the development process, technical parameters, main technical and tactical performance, and equipment usage of each model. To more vividly and visually reflect each tank and armored vehicle model, the book also includes a wealth of precious images. The book is organized by country and region, with further classification into tanks, armored cars, armored personnel carriers, and self-propelled guns within each country, and arranged in chronological order within each category. The tanks and armored vehicles covered in this book have a broad scope, ranging from Sweden at the northern tip to Australia at the southern tip; a long time span, from 1915 to 1998; and a wide variety of models, from the well-known Soviet-made T-34 tank to New Zealand's lesser-known tracked and wheeled tank. The book nearly covers all tank and armored vehicle entries in the world today, making it not only a must-read for military enthusiasts but also an authoritative encyclopedia of tanks and armored vehicles. One of the authors, Will Fowler, has been dedicated to military history research and defense technology since 1972. He served as the editor of Defence magazine from 1983 to 1990 and has written 14 military books.