The World's Great Tanks: From 1916 to the Present Day by Roger Ford

By Roger Ford

The World's nice Tanks examines the simplest tanks to have ever entered strive against - from the earliest British Mark IVs and Vs to vintage global battle II tanks reminiscent of the Russian T-34, the yank Sherman, and the German Tiger and Panther tanks to the extra glossy tanks, corresponding to the Abrams, T-72, Challenger and Leopard. The booklet information the advance of those key cars and important breakthroughs akin to the Christie suspension and Chobham armour.

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