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M88 Armoured Recovery Vehicle The Recovery Vehicle, Full-Tracked, Medium, M88 ARV was introduced from 1960 and since then formes the backbone of heavy recovery operations within the U.S. Army and U.S. Marine Corps. Several attempts have been made to replace it, without any success yet. The M88 was m..

Finland's Maavoimat Vehicles of the modern Finnish Army Among modern armies the motor pool of the Finnish Army (Maavoimat) is certainly the most eccentric. The vehicles denote from the Soviet Union / Russian Federation but also from Scandinavian and Western countries creating a fascinating mix of mo..

After a long planning phase the Canadian Army decided to purchase the German Leopard 1 main battle tank in the C1 version. From 1978 this new tank replaced the ageing Centurions and served in the sabre squadrons of the Canadian regiment deployed to West Germany up till the withdrawal of the Canadian..

As the German Bundeswehr reconnaissance troops" Luchs reconnaissance vehicle became obsolete it was high time to develop and procure a completely new armoured wheeled reconnaissance vehicle. Delivery of the first Fennek Reconnaissance Vehicle to the Bundeswehr at the German Armour School in Munster ..

Panzerschlacht in Suddeutschland - Kecker Spatz 87 Cold War Tank Battle in Southern Germany: The German Army and French Army jointly train to fight the Warsaw Pact Invasion Forces on FTX Kecker Spatz 87Field training exercise (FTX) Kecker Spatz 87 (Bold Sparrow 87) was held in the southern part of..

The Modern German Army in the Cold War 1967-1990 From the early 1960s a potential battlefield in Europe became the key factor in NATo and Warsaw pact strategic concerns. The Cold War made it necessary to extend the Modern German Army into the conventional backbone in Europe at that date. Neither bef..

British Armour Evolution The past two decades saw many changes in modern tracked vehicle armour. Exemplary on the vehicles of the British Army, this publication shows this development from "Stillbrew" via "Chobham" to the new "Enhanced Protection Bar Armour" in unprecedented detail.Quality Photos ..

Aside from the well-known battlefields in the West, on the Eastern Front and in North Africa, there was a small area were the Panzers ruled as well: the oZAK (operations Area Adriatic Coastland). What makes the oZAK so special are the unusual German armoured formations deployed there with an excepti..

The Soviet T-34 medium tank was undoubtedly the most important tank design of World War 2. In retrospect, one can go as far as to say "it was the tank that won the war". On the other hand, it was not an easy birth of a legend, as its revolutionary new tank design was not widely embraced when it was ..

Russian Army on Parade - The Return of Russia's Red Square Military Parades 2008-09 During the days of the Soviet Union, the annual military parades held on Red Square were for most foreign military observers the highlight of the year, the day when the Soviet Union's latest military technology was p..

JGSDF Vehicles of the Modern Japanese Army All around the globe Japan is well known as one of the major industrial nations. one of the core industries of Japan today is car production. When compared with Japanese commercial cars, Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) military vehicles are not so w..

The CV 90 AIFV was initially developed for service with the Swedish Army as the Stridsfordon 90 but it also turned into an export success almost immediately. As of today CV 90s with 30mm or 35mm automatic guns serve in Norway, Switzerland, Finland, Denmark and in the Netherlands. This publication gr..

MARDER 1 A5 / 1A5A1 The Marder 1 A5 and 1 A5A1 AIFVs in Modern German Army ServiceNo other vehicle has shaped the German Panzergrenadiertruppe, armoured infantry, more than the Schutzenpanzer Marder. While the development history and Cold War use of the Marder armoured infantry fighting vehicle h..

British Next Generation Armour Types and Detail of Modern British Vehicle Armour our publication "British Armour Evolution" already described in detail the development of British Army armour since the Cold War. The ongoing British Army involvement in Iraq, however, made it necessary to introduce eve..

U.S. WW II M10 and M10A1 Tank Destroyers 48 pages with 150-200 illustrations, among them WW2 action photos, colour photos and technical drawings.Illustrated throughout. Excerpts of technical manuals, wartime photos, photos of restored vehicles. Ideal companion for modellers and fans of technology...

U.S. WW II 105MM Howitzers M2A1 & M3 Illustrated throughout. Excerpts of technical manuals, wartime photos, photos of restored vehicles. Ideal companion for modellers and fans of technology. Complete background history and variants.Quality Photos and Illustrations; 150-200 illustrations, among the..

Feldluftschiffer The German Balloon Corps and Aerial Reconaissance When thinking about the battles fought in the trenches of the Great War, what comes to mind is first and foremost infantry, supported by tanks, artillery and airplanes. Yet another major arm of service also played a vital role that u..

The vehicles of the German Wehrmacht of 1935 to 1945 are certainly the best documented and most published military vehicles of their time. However, there are still major gaps in Wehrmacht vehicle history. This publication grants for the very first time a deep look into some of the strangest and most..

45,000 troops with 800 main battle tanks, 6,500 other tracked vehicles, 12,000 wheeled vehicles and 1,200 aircraft. Today these figures seem to come from another age, yet they define the field training exercise operation Big Lift 63, the biggest airlift operation ever done on a possible central Euro..

NUCLEAR WINTER FTX US Army Vehicles during the Cold War Exercises WINTER SHIELD I and II in 1960-61 In the early 1960s Germany was the centre of the Cold War and a nuclear clash of the superpowers on German soil was a realistic yet in the same way horrific scenario. The exercises Winter Shield I and..

1st Armoured Division Vehicles of the 1st Armoured Division in Germany 1971-2011 The 1st Armoured Division is among the most famous and oldest divisions of the US Army, and it has now been in existence for more than seventy years. The unit can look back on the many operational deployments it conduct..

M520 Goer - M561 Gama Goat Articulated Trucks of the US Army in the Cold War In the 1950s the development of highly off-road capable tactical trucks for the US Army was launched. The two outstanding results of this undertaking were from 1966 the M520 Goer and from 1969 the M561 Gama Goat articulated..

USAREUR Vehicles and Units of the U.S. Army in Europe 1992-2005 After the Iron Curtain had fallen in 1990 the strategic scenario in Europe changed dramatically. There was no longer a need for a large U.S. armed forces presence. In 1990 USAREUR (US Army Europe) still fielded 213,000 soldiers, a numbe..

M939 5-ton 6x6 Truck Series The use of 5-ton trucks for hauling material and for special purposes has a long tradition within the U.S. Army. Since its introduction from 1982 the M939 series of tactical trucks is the backbone of U.S. military transport all over the world. This publication shows the d..