Screen LibraryAmerican wheeled armoured fighting vehicles : rare photographs from wartime archives /
"Numerous wheeled armoured fighting vehicles have seen service in the US armed forces on and off for over 80 years. There have been various changes of policy and twice, after the Second World War and Vietnam, they went out of favour but their use is now well established. This well researched an...
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Pen & Sword Military,
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| Publisher Address: | Barnsley, South Yorkshire : |
| Publication Dates: | [2016] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Images of war
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| Summary: |
"Numerous wheeled armoured fighting vehicles have seen service in the US armed forces on and off for over 80 years. There have been various changes of policy and twice, after the Second World War and Vietnam, they went out of favour but their use is now well established. This well researched and superbly illustrated book describes all the different types and variants since the first M1 was ordered in 1931. The M8 armoured car was widely used during World War Two but it was not until Vietnam that further wheeled AFVs came into service, notably the M706 armoured car. After a lull the US Marine |
| Carrier Form: | 208 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9781473854369 1473854369 |
| Index Number: | UG446 |
| CLC: | E923.1-097.12 |
| Call Number: | E923.1-097.12/G797 |
| Contents: | Pre-Second World War wheeled AFVs -- Second World War wheeled AFVs -- Cold War wheeled AFVs -- The high motility multipurpose wheeled vehicle. |