LIBROS DEL AUTOR: r phunnicutt

9 resultados para LIBROS DEL AUTOR: r phunnicutt

  • Bradley
    R.P. Hunnicutt / R.PHunnicutt
    This entry in R. P. Hunnicutt’s unrivaled 10-volume history of American armored fighting vehicles focuses on the spectrum of armored personnel carriers with a focus on the Bradley fighting vehicle (BFV). Operations in WWII indicated a need for an armored vehicle with improved protection and reliable mobility for transporting soldiers in and out of battle. To address this need, ...
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    98,38 €

  • Sheridan
    R.P. Hunnicutt / R.PHunnicutt
    This installation in R. P. Huunnicutt’s legendary 10-volume history of American tanks and armored vehicles provides a detailed survey of the American light tank’s developmental history, culminating with the M551 Sheridan AR/AAV and the vehicles based on its design. In the period directly after WWII, the Army became interested in developing a light tank. Hunnicutt begins by deta...
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    68,85 €

  • Armored Car
    R.P. Hunnicutt / R.PHunnicutt
    The armored car has played a major role in American military operations since the relatively early days of the 20th Century. In 1989 Col. Royal P. Davidson arranged for the installation of a .30 caliber Colt machine gun on a Duryea light three-wheeled car. In doing so, he jump-started the development and production of armored fighting vehicles that have served in the American m...
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    67,69 €

  • Abrams
    R.P. Hunnicutt / R.PHunnicutt
    This installment in R. P. Hunnicutt’s ambitious 10-volume series on the history of American tanks covers the development of the American main battle tank from its conception in the 1950s through the production and standardization of the M1 Abrams main battle tank. In the 50s, as the M48 Patton was gearing up for production, there was a great deal of interest in developing new d...
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    71,47 €

  • Pershing
    R.P. Hunnicutt / R.PHunnicutt
    This comprehensive entry in R. P. Hunnicutt's 10-volume compendium of American tank history details the development of the T20 series of American tank prototypes ending with the standardized M26 Pershing. Although M4 Medium Tank Sherman proved itself by contributing mightily to U.S. Armored divisions in WWII, it was eventually outclassed by some later German armored vehicle...
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    61,66 €

  • Patton
    R.P. Hunnicutt / R.PHunnicutt
    Featuring hundreds of photos from the national archives, diagrams, and detailed specifications, Hunnicutt’s Patton remains the definitive developmental history of Patton tanks for the military historian, professional soldier, and tank restorer.This ambitious entry in R.P. Hunnicutt’s 10-volume compendium of American tank history details the development of the Patton tanks, incl...
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    93,53 €

  • Half-Track
    R.P. Hunnicutt / R.PHunnicutt
    Featuring over a thousand photos from the National Archives, diagrams, and detailed specifications, Hunnicutt’s Half-Track remains the definitive development history of half-track vehicles for the military historian, professional soldier, and tank restorer. In this ambitious work, Hunnicutt details the developmental history of half-tracks, examining its modifications and effect...
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    61,66 €

  • Stuart
    R.P. Hunnicutt / R.PHunnicutt
    In Stuart: A History of the American Light Tank (Vol. I), Richard Hunnicutt outlines the development history of the American light tank and its associated self-propelled guns and support vehicles.Beginning with the modification of the French Renault in the midst of WWI, Stuart covers all pre-Stuart vehicles active during WWI in addition to light tank models and variations activ...
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    112,02 €

  • Sherman
    R.P. Hunnicutt / R.PHunnicutt
    In Sherman: A History of the American Medium Tank, R. P. Hunnicutt provides the comprehensive history of the technological evolution that led to the production of Sherman M4 in 1942 and its development, variants, and modifications.Although the Sherman was part of the US pre-war development program, its adaptability to conditions on the front led to extensive British innovations...
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    114,66 €