12/23/2023 0 Comments Gulf war tank battles![]() There are many different aspects to the use of tanks, well illustrated in these assorted chapters, in open desert terrain, in towns/cities etc, along with which countries can not only manufacture/sell them, but what are the costs involved and how well trained are their crews. The whole thing is rounded off with a summary to consider if the era of the MBT has actually passed on by. Left over designs from WW2 such as the T-34/85 were involved, along with the P-54/55 and many more. They include Indo-China, Korea, the various Arab-Israeli wars, Vietnam, and the Gulf War to mention a few, along with less well remembered fights, such as in Angola, Ethiopia, Libya, the Suez Crisis, the Soviets in Afghanistan and more. In each one he focuses on the involvement of the tanks and armoured units, and their impact on the assorted scenarios. In 18 chapters he provides some very concise and readable summaries of various smaller wars, some better known than others I'd suggest. Read the full review here Beating Tsundoku This book, then, is a notable introduction to tanks in the Cold War for various reasons and highly recommended. Technical and design developments are important elements throughout the story, but so are dramatic changes in tactics and armaments which mean the tank has an increasingly uncertain role in modern warfare. ![]() But then in the mid-1960s anti-tank weapons became ever deadlier and the Mechanised Infantry Fighting Vehicle (MIFV), which was designed to support infantry and fight tanks, emerged and the heyday of the tank was over.Ĭhapters cover each major phase in the evolution of the tank and of tank warfare during the period, from the battles fought in the late 1940s and 1950s with Second World War armoured vehicles like the T-34 and the Sherman, through to the designs common in the 1960s and 1970s like the T-55, Centurion, Challenger and M60 Patton, to the confrontation between the M1 Abrams and the T-72 during the Gulf War in 1991. ![]() The Arab-Israeli wars witnessed some of the biggest tank battles of all time, and tanks played key roles in conflicts in Korea, Vietnam and Afghanistan as well as in the Iran-Iraq War and the wars fought between India and Pakistan. ![]() As Anthony Tucker-Jones shows in this highly illustrated, wide-ranging history, for most of the Cold War the tank retained its pre-eminence on the battlefield. ![]()
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