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Besatzungstruppe US Army From Enemy to Ally - U.S. Army occupation Forces in Germany 1945-55 From enemy to ally - Almost exactly ten years after World War Two, a period when American and German forces had been fierce enemies, West Germany joined the U.S.-led NATo as an ally of the Cold War in May 19..

When the most modern German Panzer types were needed on the frontlines, it became the task of captured tanks, the Beutepanzers, to control the German-occupied territories and to supplement German armoured formations. Among the many types used in the war, Beutepanzers of French origin stand out for t..

History - Technology - Production Batches - Combat Designed on a civilian background, the SdKfz. 2 "Kettenkrad" tracked motorcycle soon made an impact in the Wehrmacht. over the wartime years this unique, extremely off-road capable and sturdy design grew into one of the most versatile vehicles servi..

Armoured HEMTT Despite their overall success and high reputation within the U.S. Army the HEMTT tactical trucks showed on international missions from 1996 the lack of armour protection for the crews. This situation became critical after the 2003 operation Iraqi Freedom had been launched. This publi..

Unimog U1300L The Legendary 2-ton Unimog Truck in German Army Service - Part 1 - Development Since 1978, the 2-ton Unimog U1300L has shown its worth in service with the German Bundeswehr as the successor to the legendary 1.5-ton Unimog S. Today the U1300Ls still serve as workhorses in many different..

Challenger 1 The Last Cold War Era Tank of Britain's Armoured Corps The FV4030/4 Challenger 1 MBT was the last vehicle of its type developed and fielded by the British Army during the Cold War era. Procured as a stop-gap measure in the early 1980s to replace part of the ageing fleet of FV4201 Chieft..

Royal Armoured Engineers Updated and enhanced reprint with 44 new photos and now 72 pagesLimited Edition: 999 copiesThe modern Royal Armoured Engineers are a truly special formation within the British Army. This publication provides in-depth coverage with written information and photographs show..

U.S. Army WWII 155mm Howitzers M1 & M1917/M1918 & 4.5in Gun M1 Illustrated throughout. Excerpts of technical manuals, original in-service photos. Ideal companion for modellers and fans of technology. Complete background history and variants.Quality Photos and Illustrations; 3 colour / 190 black&wh..

In September 2017, the Iron Brigade of the 4th (US) Infantry Division handed over command to the relieving 2nd Brigade Combat Team Dagger of the 1st (US) Infantry Division, or Dagger Brigade for short. The unit rotated for a nine-month-long period which included the exercises Allied Spirit VII, Alli..

A focal point during the Cold War was situated along the inner German border in the area between Hesse and Thuringia. Known as the Fulda Gap, East German territory extended farthest into West Germany in this area. Recent research has demonstrated that the risk of conventional war in this region was ..

Soviet Tank Transporter in Detail: MAZ-537G with MAZ/ChMZAP-5247G Semitrailer Finally! The long awaited title in time for the release of the 1/35 scale model kit!The complete walkaround - an ideal technical companion to the historical volume Soviet Special 2004.Quality Photos and Illustrations; ..

Vehicles of the Modern Italian Army in Action In the past twenty years the Italian Army was subject to a conversion away from territorial defence and towards an internationally deployable modern army. This publication grants for the first time the historical background of this development and an ex..

The Hungarian Army was one of the cornerstones of Warsaw Pact military strategy. As late as 1988, the peacetime strength of personnel in the armed forces reached 106,800 soldiers supported by 1,435 tanks, 2,310 AIFVs/APCs, 1,750 howitzers, 270 anti-tank guns, almost 500 air defence systems, and much..

The Norwegian Land Forces (Harems Stryker) underwent a significant reorganisation after the Cold War had ended. Main target was the transformation from a territorial defence force towards a worldwide deployable modern NATo nation. Despite cutbacks in the defence budget the Norwegian Army created mod..

Modern British Army Tank Transporters With the introduction of the Centurion MBT in 1945 the British Army tank transporters of World War Two, the Scammell Pioneer and the Diamond-T M19, were outclassed. From 1951 they were replaced by the Thornycroft FV12000 Antar. More than three decades later, in ..

San-Boxer Boxer Wheeled Armoured Ambulance - In action photographs and a detailed walkaround, English. - Limited print-run 999 copies - As our series "In-Detail" but half size / half price!Quality Photos and Illustrations; Illustrated with 68 colour photographs Language: English Number of Pages:..

Leopard 2A5 The German Leopard 2A5 Main Battle Tank Development, Technology and Active Service - Part 1 The quantum leap in the modernisation of the German Leopard 2A4 main battle tank was the upgrade to the A5 version. With this project the Leopard also received a radical new armour suite that sign..

After the experience of World War One, the newly founded Red Army identified a need for heavy artillery pieces ranging from 152mm to 280mm. Despite the fact that the young Soviet state of the 1920s did not possess any major heavy industry, not to speak of experienced designers of military equipment,..

PANZER II History - Technology - Variants - Combat The legendary reputation of the German Panzertruppe is mainly based on the tank types Panther and Tiger. However, less than ten years before these legends entered the stage the German Armoured Corps had to make do with the Panzer I and Panzer II whi..

M915 Early Variants AM General-built Trucks of the M915 Family in the US Army The M915 is the baseline vehicle of a family of tractor trucks and construction vehicles that was manufactured initially by AM General (early variants, as covered in this publication: M915, M915A1, M916, M917, M918, M919, ..

Armoured/Gun Trucks of the US Army in Iraq Until recently the US forces had conducted a conventional war in Iraq fighting a technically far inferior Iraqi adversary, who was no match for the US military machine. Now, the war in Iraq has developed into an asymmetric conflict. Vehicles in service with..

Soviet Trucks of WW2 in Red Army and Wehrmacht Service The Soviet Union had a relatively standardised military vehicle park at the outbreak of the Second World War, consisting primarily of GAZ and ZiS vehicles. These trucks were simple to produce in massive numbers and were straightforward to operat..

The first tanks of the East German armed forces in the immediate post-war era became the Soviet T 34/76 and T 34/85. These vehicles came from Red Army wartime production and were soon supplemented by post-war Polish production vehicles. During its service in the armed forces of the German Democratic..

Leopard 2 Main Battle Tank International Service and Variants The Leopard 2 has repeatedly underlined its leading position as the most capable and most versatile main battle tank of the world. This publication grants an overview on the Leopard 2 today in service with no less than 15 export nations...