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Chargement... Chobham Armour: Cold War British Armoured Vehicle Developmentpar William Suttie
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. If nothing else, since the author made a career of working on British armored fighting vehicles, this book is the product on an insider, and that is actually a rather rare thing when it comes to tanks and the like. Apart from that, the theme is how the British Army exited World War II with a determination never to be outclassed in terms of the fire power of its tanks ever again, and there was a trend towards gunnery above all else. Also, I'm struck with how the British persevered with the concept of the tank destroyer into the 1960s, though considering that the overall vision of stopping the Soviets if the Cold War ever went hot meant killing a lot of tanks fast, that is probably no surprise. As for the title of the book, the emphasis is on armored vehicles developed at the facility at Chobham, not the so-called Chobham Armor; my suspicion is that the author could probably tell you a great deal about composite armor, but then he'd have kill you. Finally, whatever else this book is, it's something of a final summing up of the works of Fighting Vehicle Research and Development Establishment, so it also has something of the flavor of both official history and a catalog; you'll have to go elsewhere for much detail about operational usage. ( ) aucune critique | ajouter une critique
A comprehensive overview of the work of the Military Vehicles Research and Development Establishment on Chobham Common, which provided armored vehicles for the British Army from 1945 to its close in 2004. Through much of World War II British tanks and armored vehicles were outmatched by the German tanks they encountered and this led to the British Army placing much emphasis on ensuring that the same situation would not arise again if the Cold War turned hot. The task of developing the Main Battle Tanks and supporting armored vehicles to out-range and quickly destroy the Soviet threat fell to the scientists and engineers at the Fighting Vehicle Research and Development Establishment on Chobham Common near to Chertsey, UK. It was the design authority for all British Military vehicles for most of the period. Military vehicle and equipment expert William Suttie draws extensively on official MOD reports to tell the story of the development of the British Cold War armor, such as the Centurion, Chieftain, Challenger, and many other wheeled and tracked armor vehicles that served the British Army of The Rhine. The vehicles developed at the Chertsey site were never used for their intended purpose on the plains of North-west Germany, but have proved their worth in British operations in places like Korea, Bosnia, Kuwait, Iraq, and Afghanistan, as well as in the hands of other users around the world. Fully illustrated with photographs, schemes, and drawings, including some that have never been published before, this is a unique detailed overview of the development of all post-war British armored vehicles. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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