Modern Battle Tanks and Support Vehicles

by Russell, Alan K.; Hutchins, Ray

• ISBN13: 9781853672583
• ISBN10: 1853672580
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1997-04-01
• Publisher: Stackpole Books

Summary

-- The most informative concise guide to modern tanks -- Describes support vehicles used by military forces around the world -- Updated technical details and illustrations -- A Greenhill Military Manual This is a completely revised and updated edition of the first Greenhill Military Manual: the indispensable Battle Tanks And Support Vehicles. All of the original entries have been revised, with new and upgraded information and in many cases new drawings and photographs as well. In addition, there are six wholly new entries: the Polish PT-91; the Rumanian TR-580, TR-85 and TR-800; the CIS T-90 Series; the CIS T-800 Series; the CIS T-72S Series; and the Ukrainian T-84. All 55 entries provide details of the history and current status of the vehicles and their variants, as well as technical specifications, drawings, and photographs. "Modern Battle Tanks And Support Vehicles" is the most up-to-date guide available on the subject.

Table of Contents

Introduction	5	(3)
The Future	8	(2)
TAM (Tanque Mediano Argentino), Argentina	10	(2)
NORINCO Type 59, People's Republic of China (PRC)	12	(2)
NORINCO Type 69/Type 79, PRC	14	(2)
NORINCO Type 80/Type 85/Type 90, PRC	16	(2)
T-55AM, Former Czechoslovakia	18	(4)
GIAT Industries Leclerc, France	22	(6)
GIAT AMX-30/AMX-30 B2, France	28	(2)
Krauss -- Maffei Leopart 2 to 2A5 Series, Germany	30	(4)
Krauss -- Maffei Leopard 1 to 1A3 Series, Germany	34	(2)
Krauss -- Maffei Leopard 1A4 to 1A5 Series, Germany	36	(2)
Arjun Mk 1, India	38	(2)
Vijayanta, India	40	(2)
T-55 variants, Iraq	42	(2)
Merkava Mk 3/Mk 4, Israel	44	(2)
Merkava Mk 1/Mk 2, Israel	46	(3)
Mag'ach (Upgraded M48/M60 series Patton), Israel	49	(2)
Sho't (Upgraded Centurion), Israel	51	(2)
OTOBREDA/IVECO Fiat C-1 Ariete, Italy	53	(2)
OTOBREDA OF-40 Mk 1/Mk 2, Italy	55	(3)
Mitsubishi Type 90, Japan	58	(2)
Mitsubishi Type 74, Japan	60	(2)
Vickers Defence Systems Khalid, Jordan	62	(2)
PT-91, Poland	64	(2)
TR-580, TR-85, TR-800, Romania	66	(2)
Olifant Mk 1A/Mk 1B, South Africa	68	(2)
Kl (Type 88 or ROKIT), South Korea	70	(3)
T-90 Series, CIS	73	(2)
T-80U Series, CIS	75	(3)
T-80/T-80B Series, CIS	78	(3)
T-72S Series, CIS	81	(2)
T-72B Series, CIS	83	(2)
T-72 A, G and Ml Series, CIS	85	(2)
T-72, A, B (export) and M Series, CIS	87	(2)
T-64 Series, CIS	89	(3)
T-62, CIS	92	(3)
T-55, CIS	95	(2)
T-54, CIS	97	(2)
T-34-85, CIS	99	(2)
Bofors Stridsvagn (Strv) 103A/B/C, Sweden	101	(2)
Swiss Ordnance Enterprise Pz 68 Series, Switzerland	103	(2)
Swiss Ordnance Enterprise Pz 61, Switzerland	105	(2)
Vickers Defence Systems Challenger 2, UK	107	(5)
Vickers Defence Systems Challenger l, UK	112	(6)
Chieftain FV4201/Improved Chieftain FV4030/1, UK	118	(4)
Vickers Defence Systems Mk 1/Mk 3, UK	122	(2)
Centurion, UK	124	(4)
T-84, Ukraine	128	(2)
Abrams M1A1/M1A1(HA)/M1A2, USA	130	(6)
Basic Abrams M1/Improved Performance M1, USA	136	(4)
M60A3/M60A3 TTS Paton, USA	140	(4)
M60/M60A1 Patton, USA	144	(4)
M48A5 Patton, USA	148	(4)
M48A1/M48A2/M48A3 Series Patton, USA	152	(3)
M47/M47M Patton, USA	155	(3)
M-84 Series, Former Yugoslavia	158	(2)
Abbreviations	160