Armor of the Afghanistan War [Import] [Paperback]

Steven Zaloga (Author), Wojciech Luczak (Author), Barry Beldam (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 88 pages
• Publisher: Concord Publications (1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 962361909X
• ISBN-13: 978-9623619097
• Shipping Weight: 10.1 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,679,078 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Steven Zaloga is a senior analyst for Teal Group Corp., an aerospace consulting firm. His professional specialization is the commercial and technological aspects of the international trade in missiles, precision guided munitions, and unmanned aerial vehicles. He also serves as an adjunct staff member with the Institute for Defense Analyses, a federal think-tank.

Mr. Zaloga has published numerous books and articles on military technology and military history. His books have been translated into Japanese, German, Polish, Czech, Romanian, and Russian. He has been a special correspondent for "Jane's Intelligence Review" and is on the executive board of the "Journal of Slavic Military Studies". From 1987 through 1992, he was the writer/director for Video Ordnance Inc., preparing their TV series "Firepower" that aired on The Discovery Channel in the US.

Mr. Zaloga was born in 1952 and received his BA in history from Union College, Schenectady, NY. He received an MA in history from Columbia University specializing in modern East European history, and did graduate research and language study at Uniwersitet Jagiellonski in Krakow, Poland.

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars an interesting topic of tank in Afghanistan, November 2, 2001

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N. tan (manila Philippines) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Armor of the Afghanistan War (Paperback)

If you're a great interest in the Russian armor,this book is for you, these covers all the tanks use by the Russian army during their 10 years fighting with the Afghans guerillias,this book focus mainly on pictures and some informations on the tanks. but it's worth.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars an interesting topic of tank in Afghanistan, November 2, 2001

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N. tan (manila Philippines) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Armor of the Afghanistan War (Paperback)

If you're a great interest in the Russian armor,this book is for you, these covers all the tanks use by the Russian army during their 10 years fighting with the Afghans guerillias,this book focus mainly on pictures and some informations on the tanks. but it's worth.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Interesting but not comprehensive book, May 10, 2005

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Jukka-pekka Hietaniemi (Finland) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Armor of the Afghanistan War (Paperback)

This is book that concists of photographs from Soviet Union armoured equipment in Afghanistan war. The subject is very interesting: first combat use of many soviet weapons by themselves in the Afghanistan war. In those days of cold war, combat success and limitations of soviet armor were under great surveillance by Nato.

The book contains mostly photographs,there are background text only 1 page in beginning of the book. Many photos are of course very interesting because there are very few publications that shows armor equipment of Aghanistan war.

What i don't like in this book is that book shows many many photos that are irrelevant to subject, such as in beginning pages images from some Afghan tank museum of obsolete pre-2WW tanks which weren't used combat in Afghanistan or are relevant for this book. Book also shows photos of helicopters and artillery.

Another shortcoming is that big part of the book includes pictures from soviet pull-out in 1988, that means that there are many "Btr in column"-pictures which gives nothing much of informational or modelling value. There are actually none real combat pictures and very few after the combat- pictures.

No detailed pics of Aghanistan special armour solutions, such as no close-ups from Bmp additional side armour plates, or t-62 add-on armour. No pictures of afghanistan-modified Shilka Zsu-23-4 etc. Actually very much better book of close-up pics of modified-bmp afghanistan pics is Zaloga's Bmp, Concord 1990 book.

But even if there is some limitations, this book is very interesting. And i suggest every one interested in Soviet Armour to buy it ( altough it is hard to find).