 Название: Abrams: A History of the American Main Battle Tank
Автор: R. P. Hunnicutt
Издательство: Presidio Press
ISBN: 089141388X
Год: 1990
Страниц: 320
Формат: PDF в RAR
Размер: 163.25МБ
Качество: отличное
Язык: английский R.P Hunnicutt has written a series ofbooks that mark the definitive history of American armored fightingvehicles, and serious students of the subject would be well advised tocollect them all. Each encyclopedia-size volume has a thorough historyof vehicle development, chapters devoted to prototypes and experimentalvehicles, four view 1:48th scale drawings of all major types andsubtypes, and a photo section depicting the vehicles in service. Thereare hundreds of detail photographs and illustrations, and the books areprinted on high quality glossy paper.
This particular volumechronicles the US military's search for a true main battle tank thatcould replace both the medium and heavy gun tanks in service in the1950's and early 60's. The MBT-70/XM803 project of the 1960's and early70's is covered in detail, and finally the M1 Abrams itself, developedin the 1970's and first fielded in 1982. The book discusses themultilayered armor (nicknamed Chobham armor after the British MVEEfacility that developed it) which gave the new generation of tankstheir reputation for invincibility, though of course the exactcomposition was and is classified. It also covers the competitivetrials between the General Motors and Chrysler Abrams prototypes andthe German Leopard 2. The Leopard 2 was rejected for US service, butits 120 mm gun was incorporated into the US tanks beginning with theM1A1. The book went to print just as the M1A1 was being deployed toSaudi Arabia in 1990, so the history ends there, but it is still asuperb reference for the Abrams. Скачать: http://letitbit.net/download/316cc62fdaa1a97/Hunnicutt___Abrams.rar.html http://depositfiles.com/files/vmh8h89gi
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