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Tanks at the Iron Curtain 1975-90: The ultimate generation of Cold War heavy armor
Author: Stephen J Zaloga
Publisher: Osprey Publishing
ISBN: 978-1-47285-380-6
Language: English
Binding: Paperback & eBook
Pages: 48
Size:18.4 x 24.8cm
Price: £12.99 (£10.39 eBook)
The latest Osprey Publishing release in the vaunted Vanguard series is a modest analysis of heavy armour in the waning years of the Cold War. Author Steven J. Zaloga covers the period between 19751990, providing an examination of the Soviet Union’s T-54, T-72 and T-80 main battle tanks, before comparing them to NATO counterparts like the M1 Abrams and Challenger I. Zaloga opens his work with a succinct look at the different types and variants of MBTs used by the Soviet Union and NATO member states, before analysing their doctrines and force organisation. Accompanied by a variety of cut-aways, technical diagrams and coloured illustrations, the author pinpoints key technical specifics of each design – highlighting how rival tank systems had advanced and improved since the early stages of the Cold War.
Verdict: At just 48 pages long, Tanks at the Iron Curt…
