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ARMORED CAV 22nd and 11th Armored Cavalry Regiments Guardians of the Iron Curtain 1948-94 The reconnaissance screen and border surveillance mission of the 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment assigned to VII (US) Corps, and 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment assigned to V (US) Corps, along the Iron Curtain, the ..

Caterpillar D7 48 pages with 150-200 illustrations, among them WW2 action photos, colour photos and technical drawings.Illustrated throughout. Excerpts of technical manuals, wartime photos, photos of restored vehicles. Ideal companion for modellers and fans of technology. Complete background histo..

U.S. WW II M8/M20 Armoured Cars 48 pages with 150-200 illustrations, among them WW2 action photos, colour photos and technical drawings.Illustrated throughout. Excerpts of technical manuals, wartime photos, photos of restored vehicles. Ideal companion for modellers and fans of technology. Complete..

Shortly before World War One, the German Army High Command began a massive project to test the suitability of agricultural tractors and ploughs possessing internal combustion engines for a potential role as future Artillerie-Zugmaschinen artillery tractors. The aim was to make even heavy artillery m..

Dodge WC-54 & WC-64 (KD) Ambulance The third part of our Dodge series covering the vehicle family in service in WW2 and Korea. As each other volume in the Technical Manual Series this book is lavishly illustrated with wartime photos and technical manual excerpts and also features a detailed textual ..

German-British Amphibious Engineer Battalion 130 On 30 September 2021, the reorganisation ceremony of the German Panzerpionierbataillon 130, the British 23 Amphibious Engineer Squadron and the 3rd, 4th and 5th Companies of schweres Pionierbataillon 901 took place in glorious sunshine. The German-Bri..

Development History - Technology - Modernisation and Upgrades By experts considered as the best main battle tank in the world, the Leopard 2 in 2014 reached a vital stage of modernisation: the 2A7. This publication covers the introduction and the many technical improvements of the new 2A7-variant of..

Leopard 2A4 Part 2 - Technology and Driver Training Vehicle Leopard 2 The Leopard 2 main battle tank can easily be regarded as a child of the depths of the Cold War. When the Leopard 2 was first fielded in 1979, it already was by far the best MBT in the world as it not only stood out from other tank..

FV4201 Chieftain Britain's Cold War Main Battle Tank The FV4201 Chieftain was the first purposely designed main battle tank (MBT) of the British Army, and the main weapon system of the Royal Armoured Corps for most of the Cold War era. When it entered service in the 1960s it replaced the medium an..

RAC Germany Armoured Vehicles of the Royal Armoured Corps during the Cold War in West Germany 1950-90 Almost 85 years ago, the Royal Armoured Corps (RAC) was formed and it can be found today in every theatre of operations of the British Army. One of the most important episodes in the RAC's history w..

REFORGER 78 Saxon Drive / Certain Shield US Army and Allied Armies train to counter a Conventional Attack from the East During REFORGER 78 forces from the USA were mainly deployed in the autumn manoeuvres Saxon Drive and Certain Shield in West Germany. During the corps training exercise Saxon Drive ..

US Military Vehicles on Exercise in Australia US Army and USMC stem the tide against Chinese ambitions in Asia-Pacific Australia has long enjoyed a strong defence relationship with the USA. It was strengthened by Australian support for the USA's Global War on Terror, specifically the operations in I..

The HEMTT family of vehicles is a series of heavy off-road-capable 8x8 trucks in the 10-ton class. Introduced into service in 1982, these vehicles have formed the backbone as transport and logistic assets of combat and combat support units of brigade combat teams and divisions of the US Army until t..

The HEMTT family of vehicles is a series of heavy off-road-capable 8x8 trucks in the 10-ton class. Introduced into service in 1982, these vehicles have formed the backbone as transport and logistic assets of combat and combat support units of brigade combat teams and divisions of the US Army until t..

Cold War Warrior - M60/M60A1/A2/A3 The M60-Series of Main Battle Tanks in Cold War Exercises 1962-88 For many people the American M60 main battle tank is a crucial symbol of the Cold War period. No other NATo vehicle so heavily embodies the confrontation between East and West during these tough year..

Cold War Warrior M1/IPM1 Abrams The M1/IPM1 Abrams Main Battle Tank during the Cold War 1982-88 The last decade of the Cold War was dominated by the introduction of state-of-the-art weapon systems for the American units in Europe, first and foremost receiving the revolutionary new M1 Abrams main bat..

REFORGER 85 Central Guardian Winter War FTX against the Warsaw Pact In January 1985, the US Army conducted a cold-weather, multinational field training exercise (FTX) in West Germany - Central Guardian. This was part of the strategic mobility exercise Return of Forces to Germany 85 (REFORGER 85). ..

AERoSAN Soviet Aero-Sleighs of World War Two in Service with the Red Army, Finnish Army and the German WehrmachtThe Aerosan (Russian for "Aero-Sleigh" or propeller-driven sleigh) is a very specific form of military vehicle that was used operationally in snowbound winter regions of northern Europe..

With amalgamation of the German army's main reconnaissance forces into the Army Reconnaissance Force in 2008, this troop type has a broad, complementary spectrum of ground-based and airborne reconnaissance capabilities. This variety of different assets, from reconnaissance to unmanned aerial vehicle..

Development of the protected Bandvagn (Bv) 206 S, successor to the world-famous Bv 206 D, began in the late 1980s. At the beginning of the 1990s, the German Armed Forces began to take an interest in the vehicle. Since 1985, its predecessor, the Bv 206 D Husky was used very successfully, but the Germ..

JACKAL High Mobility Weapons Platform CoYoTE Tactical Support Vehicle - Light Due to its involvement in Northern Ireland, the British Army had a lot of practical experience in fighting a counterinsurgency, plus it owned the vehicles to do so. However, in Afghanistan these had to be used in deserts a..

CVR(T) Scorpion - Scimitar - Sabre Development of vehicles of the CVR(T) family and their introduction into service with the British Army 50 years ago can be considered a revolution in the field of conducting armoured reconnaissance. Never before had the attributes of mobility, speed, protection and..

Cold War Warrior LEOPARD 1 The Leopard 1 MBT in Cold War Exercises with the German Bundeswehr At the end of the 1950s, the German Bundeswehr decided to replace its M 47 / M 48 tanks of American origin as soon as possible with a new main battle tank built in West Germany. In many respects, the Americ..

Sanitatsfahrzeuge - German Field Ambulances and Medical Evacuation VehiclesThe German Sanitatswesen im Felde (Army Medical Service) played a major role during campaigns on the frontlines of World War One, saving millions of soldiers' lives. The core task of the Sanitatswesen was the evacuation of ..