T-62 Main Battle Tank 1965-2005

Informationen zum Autor Steven J. Zaloga, illustrated by Tony Bryan Klappentext The Soviet Army hastily developed the T-62 in a struggle to compete against the rapid proliferation of NATO tanks in the 1960s. It was essentially a modification of the widely-manufactured T-55 tank with the addition of a new 115mm gun. Within the USSR itself, the T-62 was quickly superseded, but it was widely exported, becoming a critical component of the Egyptian and Syrian armies in the 1973 Yom Kippur conflict and heavily influenced later designs of the M1 Abrams and Challenger tanks. In the first English-language history of this tank, Steven Zaloga examines the development of the T-62 using detailed combat descriptions to bring to life the operational history of this tank from the deserts of the Sinai to the harsh terrain of Afghanistan. An examination of the development and service history of the T-62 tank. Zusammenfassung Examines the development of the T-62 using combat descriptions to bring to life the operational history of this tank from the deserts of the Sinai to the harsh terrain of Afghanistan. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Design and development Operational history Further reading

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Steven J. Zaloga, illustrated by Tony Bryan

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• Authors: Steven Zaloga, Steven J Zaloga, Steven J. Zaloga, Zaloga Steven J.
• Assisted by: Tony Bryan (Illustration), Bryan Tony (Illustration)
• Publisher: Osprey Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.08.2009
• EAN: 9781846033902
• ISBN: 978-1-84603-390-2
• No. of pages: 48
• Dimensions: 184 mm x 248 mm x 5 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; Zweite Hälfte 20. Jahrhundert (1950 bis 1999 n. Chr.), Bodentruppen und Kriegsführung, Military vehicles, Warfare & defence, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period), Land forces and warfare, HISTORY / Military / Vehicles / Land, HISTORY / Military / Land Forces