Technicals - Non Standard Tactical Vehicles From Great Toyota War to Modern

Over the last 30 years, the 'technical' or armed pick-up truck has become arguably the most ubiquitous military land vehicle of modern warfare. Harking back to the armed Jeeps and Chevrolet trucks of the SAS and Long Range Desert Group in North Africa in World War II, the world's first insurgent technicals were those of the Sahrawi People's Liberation Army in Algeria in the late 1970s, followed by the Chadian use of technical in the so-called Toyota War against Libya. Since then, technicals have seen use in Somalia, Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya, as well as being used by Western and Russian Special Forces.Fully illustrated with commissioned artwork and providing rigorous analysis, this is the first history of how this deceptively simple fighting vehicle has been used and developed in conflicts worldwide.

About the author

Leigh Neville is an Australian national who has written a number of books on both modern conventional military units and special operations forces serving in Afghanistan and Iraq, their weapons and their vehicles, including Special Forces in the War on Terror. He has also consulted on military topics for several wargame companies and television documentary makers. He lives in Sydney with his wife and two dogs.Peter Dennis was inspired by contemporary magazines such as Look and Learn, leading him to study Illustration at Liverpool Art College. Peter has since contributed to hundreds of books, predominantly on historical subjects, including many Osprey titles. A keen wargamer and modelmaker, he is based in Nottinghamshire, UK.

Product details

• Authors: Leigh Neville, Neville Leigh
• Assisted by: Peter Dennis (Illustration), Peter (Illustrator) Dennis (Illustration)
• Publisher: Osprey Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2018
• EAN: 9781472822512
• ISBN: 978-1-4728-2251-2
• No. of pages: 48
• Dimensions: 185 mm x 248 mm x 5 mm
• Series: New Vanguard; New Vanguard; New vanguard series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Contemporary history (1945 to 1989); Non-fiction book; HISTORY / Modern / 21st Century, military history, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century, Warfare & defence, Warfare and defence, Military vehicles and transport of air, land and sea