The Complete Guide To Tanks & Armored Fighting Vehicles: Over 400 Vehicles And 1200 Wartime And Modern Photographs

The Complete Guide To Tanks & Armored Fighting Vehicles: Over 400 vehicles and 1200 wartime and modern photographs

An illustrated history of the world's most important tanks and AFVs from the beginning of the 20th century to the present day. Featuring A-Z visual directories of tank destroyers, command versions, bridgelayers, mine-clearers and other Funnies, armored personnel carriers and self propelled artillery, this authoritative book covers the vast range of wheeled, tracked and semi-tracked vehicles.About the AuthorLt Col (Retd) George Forty OBE is a well known military historian with over 50 books to his credit. A veteran of the Korean War (he commanded a tank troop at the Battle of the Hook) he left the Army to pursue a writing career. From 1981 until 1993 he was Curator of the Tank Museum at Bovington. He is Editor of 'The Tank'.Jack Livesey's love of armored fighting vehicles started after a visit to the Imperial War Museum in London at the age of 12. In his 20 years in the British Army, most of them spent with the Parachute Regiment, he not only learned to drive AFVs but also trained as a specialist in Soviet military vehicles. Now retired from the Army, Jack works for the Imperial War Museum at Duxford, which has a large collection of Soviet and British military vehicles. He is also a freelance military historian, giving talks and lectures on AFVs and taking part in television programs. He has acted as historical adviser on films such as Saving Private Ryan and television programs such as Band of Brothers and D-Day to Berlin.