Tanks at the Iron Curtain 1960-75

A new analysis of the technology and tanks that faced off against each other on opposite sides of the Iron Curtain, during the very height of the Cold War. From the 1960s onwards, there was a generational shift in tank design and warfare with the advent of CBR (chemical, biological, radiological) protection and a move away from HEAT ammunition to APFSDS. This shift confronted the growing threat of guided anti-tank missiles and saw the introduction of composite armor. Soviet heavy tanks and tank destroyer/assault guns became obsolete, giving way to the technological might of the T-62 and T-64, while NATO forces employed the Chieftain, AMX-30, Leopard I, and M60, plus the initial attempt at a common US-German tank, the MBT-70. Using detailed illustrations and contemporary photographs, this companion volume to NVG 301, Tanks at the Iron Curtain 1946 - 60 focuses on key battle tanks and their technology to give a comprehensive overall picture of how tanks developed during modern times.>

List of contents

Introduction
The Tanks, Doctrine, and Organization
Soviet Union: The Rise of the Missile Tank
Warsaw Pact
United States: The Missile Tank Debacle; Radical Alternatives; M48/M60 Improvements
United Kingdom
West Germany
France
Tanks in Battle
Technical Analysis
Firepower
T-62 vs. NATO tanks
Fire control
Protection
Tank Armor of the 1960s
Mobility
Tank Comparisons
Combat Effectiveness of NATO/Warsaw Pact Tanks:
Further Reading
Index

Product details

• Authors: Steven J Zaloga, Steven J. Zaloga, Zaloga Steven J.
• Assisted by: Felipe Rodríguez (Illustration)
• Publisher: Osprey Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.07.2022
• EAN: 9781472848161
• ISBN: 978-1-4728-4816-1
• No. of pages: 48
• Series: New Vanguard
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Contemporary history (1945 to 1989); NATO, USA, HISTORY / Europe / Germany, France, Germany, HISTORY / Military / United States, HISTORY / Military / Weapons, HISTORY / Military / Nuclear Warfare, Military vehicles, United Kingdom, Great Britain, c 1960 to c 1970, United States of America, USA, c 1960 to c 1969, Former Soviet Union, USSR (Europe), USSR, Soviet Union, The Cold War, Tanks & military land vehicles, Cold wars and proxy conflicts, Warsaw Pact, Eastern bloc, NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation)