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A very detailed account as one would expect from janes of light tanks and armored cars from the 1960s through the 1980s. Janes is a recognition guide, and a fine one at that. Publication date 19841001 topics janes, tanks, us army, armoured cars collection opensource language english. By now its a bit dated, since many of the vehicles described are no longer in service. Armoured fighting vehicles provides profiles of military platforms currently in development and under production around the. Janes pocket book of modern tanks and armoured fighting vehicles janes pocket books 4 paperback january 1, 1974 by christopher f foss author. Military vehicles include all land combat and transport vehicles, excluding railbased, which are. It should be noted, however, that as a recognition guide, it is not a book about tanks and other fighting vehicles, so dont expect much text covering armored vehicle tactics, operations, capabilities, weapon systems, etc. This guide to armoured fighting vehicles of the world is a concise, informative. Armoured personnel carriers apcs are tracked armoured vehicles that are used for transporting infantry into battle.
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