British Light Tanks 1927-45 - Marks I-VI

Informationen zum Autor David Fletcher MBE was born in 1942. He has written many books and articles on military subjects and until his retirement was the historian at the Tank Museum, Bovington, UK. He has spent over 40 years studying the development of British armoured vehicles during the two World Wars and in 2012 was awarded an MBE for services to the history of armoured warfare. Klappentext This is a definitive study of key British tanks from the early part of the Second World War. These types saw active service with the British Expeditionary Force in France, with British Forces in the Western Desert and in India. They also took part in the campaigns in Norway, Persia and Sumatra as well as serving with the Garrison of Malta. The German Army modified a lot of these tanks for their own use, tanks that they had captured in France while others were adapted as anti-air craft tanks or fitted with special flotation devices. Some Mark VI series light tanks were also issued to Australia and Canada while a slightly modified version was supplied in large numbers to India where they were used on the North West Frontier. The book also examines the Marks that led up to the VI and chronicles various experiments carried out on these tanks, with text and illustrations. It ends with coverage of the final model, the MarkVIC and details of the experimental Lloyd airborne Light tank of 1942 which has a number of features in common with the better-known Vickers-Armstrongs designs.A detailed study of the Light Tank series that made up much of the British armoured force in the early years of World War II. Zusammenfassung Presents the study of British light tanks of the Second World War. This book draws upon a vast and comprehensive body of archival information and research to explore their technical characteristics and combat performance. It focuses on the very widely used Mark VI, and also covers all the variants that preceded it. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction/ Design and Development/ Operational History/ Conclusion and Analysis...

Product details

• Authors: David Fletcher, Henry Morshead
• Assisted by: Henry Morshead (Illustration), Henry (Illustrator) Morshead (Illustration), Mr Henry Morshead (Illustration), Morshead Henry (Illustration)
• Publisher: Osprey Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.12.2014
• EAN: 9781782003779
• ISBN: 978-1-78200-377-9
• No. of pages: 48
• Dimensions: 185 mm x 250 mm x 3 mm
• Series: New vanguard series; New Vanguard; New Vanguard; New vanguard series
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration; HISTORY / Military / Weapons, Military vehicles, Warfare & defence, Second World War, United Kingdom, Great Britain, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, c 1940 to c 1949, c 1919 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), Tanks & military land vehicles, Land forces and warfare