Cold War Armored Fighting Vehicles (AFV Plans) [Paperback]

George Bradford (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 21, 2010

This volume of scale drawings of military vehicles covers the Cold War, from the end of World War II through 1990. Included here are the armored fighting vehicles that fought in Korea and Vietnam, in the Arab-Israeli wars, and in other conflicts around the globe, as well as those that never saw combat. Vehicles include:

Centurion main battle tank (Britain)

Leopard 2 main battle tank (Germany)

Magach 6 tank (Israel)

T-55 main battle tank (Soviet Union)

M47 Patton medium tank (United States)

And dozens more . . .

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About the Author

George Bradford is a technical artist and military historian who has been researching World War II and producing scale drawings for more than thirty years. He lives in Canada.

Product Details

• Paperback: 140 pages
• Publisher: Stackpole Books (October 21, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0811706788
• ISBN-13: 978-0811706780
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.5 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #52,283 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #10 in Books > History > Military > Pictorials
  • #53 in Books > History > Military > Weapons & Warfare > Conventional

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Quite Pleased, December 17, 2010

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DrBig (Laguna Niguel, CA United States) - See all my reviews

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A welcome addition to the series. This book is organized by year, which makes the reading difficult say if you wanted to see all American tank designs or all Russian etc. at once. There is no country cross index. One must go through the table of contents year by year to see if a model is included. Also, there are at least nine and a half pages of duplication from earlier books (Sherman, Pershing, T-34/85, etc.) while notable Cold War combatants like the M60 base model, Australian & South African Centurion mods, T-62 bra armor and Pre-Lebanon Magach mods (such as Yom Kippur models) are missing. Also no AA armor such at the Duster, Sgt. York, German or Soviet designs are included. Let's all buy this one & hope for a Cold War Vol. 2 (&3 & 4 etc.). Good work George. Keep them coming.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Another stellar book - mix of common and freakish vehicles, November 2, 2010

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As I've said in other reviews, there is nothing else out there quite like these Bradford books. This one covers 1945 to 1990 and contains a mix of common/expected vehicles and some downright bizarre creations (see XM808 Twister for example). It covers vehicles from the USA, UK, Russia, France, Israel, Egypt, Canada, Germany, Sweden, Japan, Holland, Czechoslovakia, South Africa, Belgium, and Austria. As Bradford points out in the introduction, the coverage is necessarily incomplete (no PT-76 for example) given the range of time and nations. The drawings are a mix of 1:72, 1:48, and 1:35 with conversions given in the front of the book.

Worth every cent.

5.0 out of 5 stars Interesting Series, October 16, 2011

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I like this series because it highlights some little known AFVs. Modeling companies should take note...there are still a large number of interesting subjects out there. I have two other books in this series and have enjoyed them all.