Tanks and Armored Fighting Vehicles; Over 240 of the World's Greatest Vehicles

Bath: Parragon, 2007. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. Format is 8.75 inches by 10.875 inches. 320 pages. Illustrations. Many in color. This is a heavy, oversized book that if sent outside of the United States will require additional shipping costs. Contents include: The Quest for Mobility; Experiments in armor; The Era of the Light Tank and Armored Car; The Challenge of Total War; From world War to Cold War; Post-war Development; the Armor Revolution. The Modern Blitzkrieg; Tanks for the 21st Century and Index. Robert Jackson (b. 1941) is a prolific author of military and aviation history, having become a full time writer in 1969. As an active serviceman in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve he flew a wide range of aircraft, ranging from jets to gliders. Tanks and Armored Fighting Vehicles features the best of these vehicles. Entries are listed chronologically from 1915 to the date of publication. Each entry is accompanied by a description of its development and service record, and a full specification table is included, detailing all the essential data: armament, crew, dimensions, speed, range, engine types, and power output. Specifications are given with both imperial and metric measures listed. Among the vehicles featured in the volume are the British Mk I tank of World War I, the German Panther, and the American M4 Sherman of Wold War II, and the MI Abrams seem in battle today. All of the major manufacturers in the US, UK, Germany, France, and Russia are covered, alongside the smaller nations to present a global commentary on the world's tanks and armored fighting vehicles.