Complete Dictionary of Military Vehicles
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Complete Dictionary of Military Vehicles by Pat Ware
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.
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.
SKU | CIN1780190212G |
ISBN 13 | 9781780190211 |
ISBN 10 | 1780190212 |
Title | Complete Dictionary of Military Vehicles |
Author | Pat Ware |
Condition | Good |
Binding Type | Paperback |
Publisher | Anness Publishing |
Year published | 2012-02-29 |
Number of pages | 160 |
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