Modelling the T-55 Main Battle Tank. Osprey Modelling Series No 20

Corterse, Nicola; Davidson, Graeme; and Dwyer, Sam

Published by Osprey Publishing UK 2005. ISBN 1841769002.

About this Item

Sales/posting to the USA suspended". Card covers, 80pp, colour photos of models. Light wear to card edges; a near fine copy. The T-55 tank first appeared in 1958, a result of numerous improvements made to the (1949) T-54 series, and with a lineage stretching back to the wartime T-34 and the T-44. The T-55 series has seen service around the world with many armed forces, including the Warsaw Pact countries, Afghanistan, Angola, Cambodia, China, Croatia, Egypt, Iran, North Korea, Poland, Somalia, Sudan, and Vietnam, and has seen action in key modern conflicts, most recently in the two Gulf Wars. This title showcases the talents of several leading modellers, and presents Serbian, Iraqi, Czech, Syrian, and Russian variants across 1/35 and 1/72 scales. It also features several challenging projects that involve extensive scratchbuilding.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Modelling the T-55 Main Battle Tank. Osprey Modelling Series No 20
• Publisher: Osprey Publishing UK 2005. ISBN 1841769002.