A Complete Directory of Military Vehicles - Softcover

Pat Ware

 
9781780190211: A Complete Directory of Military Vehicles

Synopsis

This title features over 180 vehicles with 320 identification photographs. It is an A-Z guide to logistics and troop carriers, wreckers, tankers, radio trucks, ambulances, missile transporters, amphibious cars and other specialized army vehicles of the world. It is an illustrated A-Z directory of more than 180 vehicles, including Austin, Dodge, Diamond T, Land Rover, Mitsubishi, Timoney, ZiL, and many more. Specification boxes provide information about each vehicle's country of origin, type, manufacturer, production dates, powerplant, transmission, suspension, brakes, electrical system, dimensions, weight and performance. It features photographs of each vehicle, including many rare pictures from archives, museums and private collections around the world. This book explores the vast diversity of military vehicles of the world, covering cargo trucks, artillery tractors, ambulances, ammunition carriers, gun trucks, and signals and reconnaissance vehicles. Organized as a country-by-country A-Z directory, it covers over 180 vehicles, from basic motor lorries through to half-tracked vehicles, ambulances, missile transporters and amphibious cars. Detailed specification boxes contain information about country of origin, type, manufacturer, production dates, powerplant, transmission, suspension, brakes, electrical system, dimensions, weight and performance, and the book includes over 320 museum and historical photographs.

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About the Author

Pat Ware has been involved in the military vehicle scene for more than a quarter of a century. He was the founding editor of Classic Military Vehicle magazine in 2001 and is also military editor for Land Rover Enthusiast magazine. He is a knowledgeable commentator at the War & Peace Show at Beltring in Kent, England, each year. As the author of more than 20 books on military vehicles, Pat Ware has become recognized worldwide as a leading historian on this subject area.

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