Kurt Grant (182 results)

Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. Tiger I Heavy Tank: Development, Battlefield Role, Variants, Armor, Markings & Modeling Reference. Book.

Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. Panther Tank: Battlefield Role, Variants, Armor, Camouflage & Modeling Reference. Book.

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. 319pp. 6 x 9" The author describes the inner workings of the military as he saw it during his tour of duty as a reservist with 1 RCR, as part of UNPROFOR to CANBAT One.

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Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. first printing. text clean and unmarked. binding tight. covers have very light wear. fore-edge, head and foot of book have very light wear.

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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Light wear to edges. Light bumping to bottom of spine.

Hardcover. 58p., 12x8.5 inches landscape layout, profusely illustrated with the contest photos, very good in cloth boards. Rear pocket lacking prescribing information. Howard Grant of Oakland won the grand prize.

Hardback or Cased Book. Condition: New. Tiger I Heavy Tank: Development, Battlefield Role, Variants, Armor, Markings & Modeling Reference. Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 319pp., photos, glossary map. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Fine. First Edition, First Printing.

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Hardcover. 58p., 12x8.5 inches landscape layout, profusely illustrated with the contest photos, very good in cloth boards and dj. Rear pocket lacking prescribing information. Howard Grant of Oakland won the grand prize.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Speed, firepower, doctrine, and survival came together in one of the most distinctive American armored vehicles of the Second World War. Behind its famous performance was a deeper story of experimental design, rapidly changing requirements, battlefield improvisation, and crews learning how to exploit extraordinary mobility without the protection of a conventional tank.M18 Hellcat follows that story from the origins of U.S. tank-destroyer doctrine through development, production, frontline combat, crew experience, variants, and postwar legacy.Built around carefully researched historical evidence, this volume explains not only what the Hellcat was, but why it was designed this way, how it was actually used, and what happened when doctrine met the realities of combat.Inside, you will discover: - THE DOCTRINE BEHIND THE MACHINE - how the U.S. Army envisioned fast tank-destroyer forces responding to enemy armored breakthroughs, and how those ideas shaped the Hellcat from the beginning.- FROM T49 TO T70 TO M18 - the little-known development path, experimental changes, production decisions, Buick's role, and the engineering choices that produced exceptional speed.- COMBAT FROM ITALY TO BASTOGNE AND BEYOND - documented operations at Anzio, Arracourt, the Ardennes, Germany, and even the Pacific, showing how Hellcat crews adapted the vehicle to missions far beyond its original doctrine.- CREWS, AMMUNITION, MAINTENANCE, VARIANTS, AND LEGACY - practical realities inside the open turret, battlefield survivability, field modifications, the M39 and experimental derivatives, foreign service, and the evidence behind the Hellcat's enduring reputation.Along the way, lesser-known episodes, development decisions, crew practices, and operational details reveal a vehicle far more interesting than its famous top speed alone suggests.Part of the Armored Legends Field Guide series by Kurt Grant, this volume gives military-history readers, tank enthusiasts, modelers, and collectors a focused yet substantial understanding of the M18 Hellcat and the wartime system that created it.Finish the book understanding not only how fast the Hellcat could move, but why speed became a weapon-and what it cost to build an armored fighting vehicle around that idea.…

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - For readers who want to understand armored vehicles beyond reputation and surface-level facts, the StuG III offers one of the most revealing studies of battlefield utility, production logic, and tactical adaptation in the Second World War.STUG III ASSAULT GUN is a compact premium field guide to Germany's most important assault gun, tracing its development from short-barreled infantry-support vehicle to long-gunned armored fighting vehicle. Built on the Panzer III chassis and shaped by the fixed-casemate assault-gun concept, the StuG III became a practical answer to changing battlefield demands-valuable for historians, WWII armor enthusiasts, collectors, and scale modelers who want clear, serious, usable reference.This guide gives readers a focused journey through the vehicle's doctrine, variants, firepower, armor layout, battlefield role, crew operation, camouflage, markings, and modeling details. The goal is to help you see the StuG III with sharper eyes: not only as a famous German vehicle, but as a working machine shaped by compromise, production pressure, tactical discipline, and field adaptation.Inside, you'll learn how to: - Understand the StuG III's evolution from early short-barreled assault gun to long-barreled tank killer.- Identify major variants and production features including Ausf. A-G, mantlet types, Schürzen, Zimmerit, roof details, and external fittings.- Read the vehicle's battlefield role clearly across infantry support, defensive fighting, anti-armor use, and service on multiple fronts.- Build stronger scale models using practical guidance on gun length, superstructure shape, markings, camouflage, weathering, stowage, and reference selection.Designed in the style of the Armored Legends Field Guide series, this volume gives the StuG III the focused treatment it deserves: concise, serious, visually aware, and useful from the first page to the last. For anyone who studies, collects, or models WWII armored vehicles, the StuG III remains one of the essential machines to understand.…

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 319 pp. Photos. Edgewear, corners rubbed. Inscribed and signed by the author. The candid account of a reservist (Brockville Rifles) who served with 1 RCR as part of UNPROFOR in Croatia. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author.

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Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket as Issued. 1st Edition. " . . . a soldier takes us on a quest for meaning and faith . . . " (rear panel) Forward [sic] by The Reverend DR. Alan Bennett dated May, 2010 at Brockville. Fourteen chapters, 145 pp. plus Epilogue. FlatSIGNED in black ink by author. Book has light shelf/edge wear. Bookseller's Inventory # 251440. Signed by Author(s).…

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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Some armored vehicles become famous because of the battles they fought. Others become essential because they arrived at exactly the moment the battlefield demanded something more. The M36 belongs to that second category-a late-war answer to heavier German armor, shaped by urgency, adaptation, and the hard lessons of combat.M36 Jackson - Armored Legends Field Guide, Volume 16 follows the complete story of America's 90 mm tank destroyer, from the doctrinal problems that exposed the limits of earlier weapons to its development, production, combat debut, crew experience, variants, and long postwar career.Built around verified history rather than surface-level specifications, this field guide explains why the M36 was created, how it was actually used, and what its design meant to the men who fought from it. Technical details are always connected to real consequences-firepower, protection, visibility, ammunition handling, maintenance, mobility, battlefield employment, and survivability.Inside, you will discover: - How the M36 evolved from the M10A1, why the 90 mm gun became urgent, and how the new turret transformed an existing chassis into a far more capable anti-armor weapon.- What crews actually experienced, from open-turret exposure and ammunition handling to field modifications, armored roof solutions, maintenance demands, and practical battlefield improvisation.- How the Jackson fought across Europe, including France, the West Wall, the Ardennes, and Germany, with documented unit-level evidence, tactical employment, long-range engagements, and direct-fire missions.- How the M36 outlived World War II, through the M36B1 and M36B2, Korean and foreign service, Cold War use, and the evolution of the names 'Jackson' and 'Slugger.'Along the way, the book brings forward the details enthusiasts value most: production expedients, lesser-known combat reports, crew-level realities, unusual field solutions, ammunition performance, and historical points that rarely appear in shorter summaries.By the final page, you will understand the M36 as more than a 90 mm gun on a Sherman-derived chassis. You will see how doctrine, industry, crews, logistics, and combat experience came together in one of America's most important late-war tank destroyers.…

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Some tanks are remembered because of speed, others because of firepower. The Churchill earned its place through something more demanding: the ability to survive early flaws, adapt repeatedly, and keep proving useful across radically different battlefields.Churchill Tank takes the reader inside one of Britain's most distinctive armored vehicles of the Second World War, following its journey from emergency development to mature combat service, specialist conversion, and lasting historical reputation.Built around the premium Armored Legends Field Guide approach, this volume combines clear narrative history with carefully selected technical detail, crew experience, production realities, battlefield evidence, and lesser-known episodes that reveal how the Churchill actually performed in war.Inside, readers will discover: - How the Churchill evolved from the A20 concept into a vehicle repeatedly improved under wartime pressure- What crews faced inside the tank, from visibility and workload to maintenance, recovery, and practical battlefield use- How the Churchill fought at Dieppe, in North Africa, Italy, and Northwest Europe, including important actions and operational lessons- How specialist versions such as the AVRE, Crocodile, ARK, and NA75 transformed the Churchill into one of Britain's most adaptable armored platformsThe book also explores production changes, reliability improvements, Soviet service, Korea, the Black Prince, surviving vehicles, visual identification, and the gap between the Churchill's popular reputation and the historical evidence.The result is a focused, richly researched reading experience that gives the buyer a deeper understanding of why the Churchill mattered, how it changed, how soldiers learned to use it, and why its story remains far more interesting than the familiar stereotype suggests.…

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Some tanks define an era through sheer numbers. Others reveal the moment an army begins to rethink what comes next. The M26 Pershing belongs to the second category: a vehicle shaped by wartime urgency, institutional debate, hard-earned battlefield lessons, and the need for greater firepower and protection as American armored warfare moved toward a new generation.Pershing Tank follows the complete story of the M26 from the experimental T20, T22, T23, T25, and T26 programs through production, European combat, Korea, specialist developments, and the transition toward the M46 Patton.Written in the established Armored Legends Field Guide style, this volume combines development history, combat evidence, crew experience, production realities, technical explanation, and historical interpretation in one focused narrative. Every design feature is connected to its real consequence: why it was adopted, how crews experienced it, how it affected reliability and battlefield employment, and what the U.S. Army ultimately learned from it.Inside, you will discover: - Why the Pershing took so long to reach combat, including the competing views of Ordnance, Army Ground Forces, and the changing requirement for a 90 mm-armed tank.- How the T20-series experiments became the T26E3 and M26, with the important design decisions, production changes, identification details, and lesser-known development paths that shaped the final vehicle.- What happened when Pershings finally went to war, from Zebra Mission and the famous fighting around Cologne to the Super Pershing, Korea, and encounters with the T-34-85.- How crews actually lived with the M26, including visibility, ammunition handling, maintenance, recovery, mobility, reliability, and the lessons that led directly toward the Patton generation.Along the way, the book examines overlooked prototypes, unusual field modifications, production decisions, mechanical compromises, and combat episodes that rarely receive more than a passing mention.By the final chapter, the Pershing becomes more than a late-war American tank. The reader can see how it connected two periods of U.S. armored development: the mass-production warfare of the Sherman era and the increasingly powerful, heavily armed tanks of the early Cold War.A compact, carefully researched field guide for military-history readers, tank enthusiasts, modelers, collectors, and anyone who wants to understand the Pershing beyond its specifications.…

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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Some armored vehicles are remembered for a single weapon, a famous battle, or an intimidating silhouette. The IS-2 rewards a deeper look. Its story reveals how the Soviet Union transformed hard-earned wartime lessons into a heavy tank built for breakthrough operations, fortified positions, urban combat, and the final offensives into Central Europe.IS-2 Heavy Tank takes the reader inside one of the Red Army's most distinctive late-war fighting vehicles, following its development from the problems of the KV series through design, production, combat service, crew experience, postwar modernization, and historical legacy.Written in the precise, accessible style of the Armored Legends Field Guide series, this volume connects technical features with the conditions that gave them meaning: factories, doctrine, ammunition supply, crew workload, maintenance, battlefield organization, and the realities faced by Guards heavy-tank regiments.Inside, you will discover: - How the IS-2 was created, including the KV-13 and IS-1 lineage, Object 240, and the revealing Soviet debate between 100 mm and 122 mm armament.- How the tank actually functioned as a fighting system, from armor and ammunition handling to observation, communications, mobility, survivability, and field maintenance.- How IS-2 units fought, with focused treatment of Soviet heavy-tank doctrine and campaigns from Ukraine and Sandomierz to East Prussia, Budapest, Poznan, Breslau, and Berlin.- How to recognize and understand its evolution, including production changes, early and late hull features, IS-2M modernization, surviving vehicles, markings, and useful details for modelers and enthusiasts.Along the way, documented evidence is separated from battlefield claims and later mythology, revealing details that are often lost in simple comparisons of gun caliber and armor thickness.The result is a compact but information-rich military history designed to leave the reader with a clearer understanding of how the IS-2 was designed, produced, crewed, supplied, fought, modified, and ultimately remembered.For tank enthusiasts, military-history readers, modelers, and anyone fascinated by Soviet armored warfare, this field guide offers the experience of seeing the IS-2 as more than a famous heavy tank-and understanding the wartime system that made it possible.…

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - The T-34 is one of the defining armored vehicles of the Second World War, yet its full story reaches far beyond famous photographs and familiar battlefield reputation. Understanding it means seeing how Soviet design philosophy, industrial survival, factory improvisation, crew workload, maintenance, doctrine, and combat experience combined to create a machine whose influence extended from the crisis of 1941 to the final offensives into Germany.T-34 Tank - Design, Mass Production, Eastern Front Combat, T-34/76 & T-34/85 Variants, Crew Experience & Modeling Reference takes you inside that complete story through the evidence-led approach of the Armored Legends Field Guide series.Inside you will discover: - How the T-34 was created and transformed - from the A-20 and A-32 prototypes to the T-34/76, the nearly forgotten T-34M, and the major changes that produced the T-34-85.- How Soviet industry actually built the tank - factory evacuation, wartime simplification, production differences, shortages, quality variation, and the identifying features that distinguish vehicles from different plants and periods.- How the T-34 fought and how its crews experienced it - Barbarossa, Stalingrad, Kursk, Operation Bagration, Berlin, communications, visibility, maintenance, recovery, ammunition handling, logistics, and the realities behind combat statistics.- How to recognize and understand surviving T-34s - turret forms, wheels, fittings, factory variations, postwar production, foreign service, restoration changes, and practical details valuable to historians and modelers.Written by Kurt Grant, this volume combines design history, industrial reality, battlefield evidence, crew experience, and visual reference into a focused military-history guide designed to leave you with a deeper understanding of how the T-34 evolved, how it was actually used, and how it became one of the most consequential armored vehicles of its era.…

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Some armored vehicles are remembered for a single quality. The KV-1 deserves to be understood as something far more complete: a machine shaped by Soviet doctrine, industrial pressure, crew realities, mechanical compromise, battlefield shock, and a rapidly changing war.KV-1 Heavy Tank by Kurt Grant takes the reader inside the complete story of one of the Red Army's most important early-war heavy tanks, from its origins in Soviet breakthrough doctrine to its combat service, production evolution, crew experience, variants, and eventual transition toward the next generation of Soviet heavy armor.Built around the Armored Legends Field Guide approach, this volume combines clear historical narrative with carefully selected technical detail, operational evidence, and lesser-known material that gives the reader a deeper understanding of how the KV-1 actually functioned within the Soviet war machine.Inside, you will discover: - How the KV-1 was conceived and developed, from the failures of multi-turret heavy tanks to Winter War trials, early production, and the compromises accepted before the design had fully matured.- How the tank changed in production, including turret types, armament developments, factory differences, wartime simplification, industrial relocation, and the identification details that separate major configurations.- What crews and maintenance personnel experienced, from visibility, workload, driving and communication to transmission strain, recovery, repair, and the practical challenge of keeping a forty-ton heavy tank operational.- How the KV-1 performed in war, including Barbarossa, famous early encounters, German countermeasures, Eastern Front service, the KV-1S, foreign evaluation, experimental derivatives, and the development path that ultimately led toward the IS series.Along the way, the book examines celebrated combat stories against surviving evidence, explains how German troops adapted to the KV's protection, explores what foreign evaluators discovered when they examined captured or supplied examples, and shows why apparently small production changes can reveal a much larger story about Soviet wartime industry.For tank enthusiasts, military-history readers, modelers, collectors, and anyone who wants to understand the KV-1 beyond specifications and legend, this field guide offers a focused, richly researched journey through the machine, the people around it, and the war that defined its reputation.…