Tank Birth Development (7 results)

Paperback. Condition: New. Photosniper No.27. New paperback copies at a reduced price.; Pictorial study. Illustrated ywith b/w and colour photographs; and colour tank profile illustrations.; 108 pages.

4°, Broschiert. Condition: Sehr gut. 90 Seiten Zahlr. Fotos, altersgemäß angedunkelt, Deckel lagerspurig B02-03-01A Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 501.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. This book is intended to be the first in a short series looking at the major developments of battle tanks by the western nations in the period from the end of the Second World War to the present.During WW2 the tank came of age, and was probably the predominant land weapon of the period. However the tank was never perfected during the war, and the post-war decades have seen enormous resources expended on trying to do just that ? to make the tank perfect. This of course is an impossible task, as threats evolve and mutate, and trying to design a vehicle (or indeed any weapon of war) to do a multitude of different tasks will inevitably lead to compromise.Notwithstanding this, the development of the modern ?Chariots of Fire? in the 1950s was an utterly fascinating process, with ten or more project and trial tank designs rejected for every design actually adopted. It was truly an era when technology was evolving rapidly, for if the specifications of the late 1940s differed little from the most powerful wartime designs; by 1960 the specifications for new battle tanks reflected every tactical implication of NATO?s nuclear strategy.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. This book is intended to be the first in a short series looking at the major developments of battle tanks by the western nations in the period from the end of the Second World War to the present.During WW2 the tank came of age, and was probably the predominant land weapon of the period. However the tank was never perfected during the war, and the post-war decades have seen enormous resources expended on trying to do just that ? to make the tank perfect. This of course is an impossible task, as threats evolve and mutate, and trying to design a vehicle (or indeed any weapon of war) to do a multitude of different tasks will inevitably lead to compromise.Notwithstanding this, the development of the modern ?Chariots of Fire? in the 1950s was an utterly fascinating process, with ten or more project and trial tank designs rejected for every design actually adopted. It was truly an era when technology was evolving rapidly, for if the specifications of the late 1940s differed little from the most powerful wartime designs; by 1960 the specifications for new battle tanks reflected every tactical implication of NATO?s nuclear strategy.…

Condition: gut. 1977. The Tank: Its Birth and Development In englischer Sprache. pages.

1st ed. thus card covers As New oblong quarto 90pp.,b/w plates, William Foster & Co Ltd was an agricultural machinery company based in Lincolnshire. During WWI Fosters built some of the first tanks for the British Army. Facsimile of the original 1920 publication. Scarce & fascinating.

First edition of this early history of the tank, published by the company instrumental in its design and testing. It is illustrated throughout with early prototypes, the men and women who helped build it, and images of the factory during the tank's production. Oblong quarto. Colour frontispiece with tissue guard, illustrations and photographs throughout. Original blue quarter roan by Bemrose & Sons, blue cloth sides, covers lettered in gilt with vignettes of tanks in black, brown pictorial endpapers. Soiling, damp staining and wear to cloth, hinge opposite p. 90 cracked, professional tape repair to p. 36. A good copy.…