Tank Warfare (Battle Tactics)

Ripley, Tim

ISBN 10: 1932033106 / ISBN 13: 9781932033106

Published by Casemate, Havertown, PA, 2008

About this Item

Hardcover in dust jacket. First printing of first edition. Book and unclipped dust jacket are in fine condition, crisp and clean, with tight binding and sharp corners. Historic, photos, illustrations and technical diagrams throughout. 4to. 160 pp. Including index. In protective Mylar.

Seller Inventory # 89638

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Tank Warfare (Battle Tactics)
• Publisher: Casemate, Havertown, PA
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1932033106
• ISBN 13: 9781932033106
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine

About this title

Synopsis

Tank Warfare looks at the way that tanks changed warfare from their first introduction on the static Western Front of World War I, through the proving ground of World War II, where the tank became the queen of the battlefield, to its more dangerous position on the modern battlefield. Today, the tank is still a major asset but against it there has evolved a range of defensive antitank options - light infantry-borne antitank weapons, mines, attack helicopters, and tank-busting aircraft - that do much to dull its edge of invincibility.

Each chapter in Tank Warfare examines carefully the evolution of tanks in the period, illustrating the seminal types, and looks at the changes to the threats against armor, assessing the improvement of the tank's physical and tactical defenses against such threats. It is intelligently written, cogent, and extremely well illustrated and it provides a much-needed discussion of a vital component of land warfare.

About the Author

Tim Ripley is a correspondent for Jane’s Defence Weekly and has covered widely during the recent Middle East wars. He is the author of more than 20 books, including Air War Iraq, Middle East Air Forces and 16 Air Assault Brigade published by Pen & Sword.