Tank Warfare (Battle Tactics) - Hardcover

Ripey, Tim

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1932033106 ISBN 13: 9781932033106

Publisher: Casemate Pub & Book Dist Llc, 2003

Synopsis

Tank Warfare looks at the way that tanks changed warfare from their first introduction on the static Western Front of World War I, through the proving ground of World War II, where the tank became the queen of the battlefield, to its more dangerous position on the modern battlefield. Today, the tank is still a major asset but against it there has evolved a range of defensive antitank options - light infantry-borne antitank weapons, mines, attack helicopters, and tank-busting aircraft - that do much to dull its edge of invincibility.Each chapter in Tank Warfare examines carefully the evolution of tanks in the period, illustrating the seminal types, and looks at the changes to the threats against armor, assessing the improvement of the tank's physical and tactical defenses against such threats. It is intelligently written, cogent, and extremely well illustrated and it provides a much-needed discussion of a vital component of land warfare.

About this title

Synopsis

An illustrated history of tank combat, based on the events of twenty major battles - from the first major tank action (British Mark Is at the Somme) to the most recent large-scale tank battles (US M-1 Abrams in the Gulf). First World War; Inter-War Years; Second World War; Cold War; New World Disorder; Future of the Tank; Each battle is covered in an eight-page section examining the battle itself, the role of the tank forces in the battle, details of a specific tank from that battle and a personal examination of its crew: how they felt and acted in battle what it is like to live and fight from inside a tank.

Edition details

• Publisher: Casemate Pub & Book Dist Llc
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1932033106
• ISBN 13: 9781932033106
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 160