Soviet Cold War Weaponry: Tanks and Armoured Vehicles

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Автор: Anthony Tucker-Jones

Название: Soviet Cold War Weaponry: Tanks and Armoured Vehicles (Modern Warfare)

Издательство: Pen and Sword

Год: 2015

Формат: EPUB

Страниц: 160

Размер: 148 Mb

Язык: English

The T-54, T-62 and T-72 main battle tanks along with the personnel carriers, assault guns, self-propelled guns and anti-tank missiles that are illustrated in this photographic history represent the high point in the design and manufacture of armoured vehicles by the Soviet Union during the Cold War. Although the superpowers never came to blows, the 'Cold War' was far from cold, as numerous 'hot' proxy wars were fought in Africa and the Middle East, and these conflicts employed the Soviet weaponry that is shown in action in the colour and black-and-white photographs selected for this book. Between the 1950s and 1980s Soviet and Warsaw Pact countries produced thousands of tanks and armoured vehicles ready for the Third World War. They embarked on a technological arms race with the NATO allies in an attempt to counter each new piece of equipment as it appeared in service.