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Inside the Great Tanks

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This book is outstanding in its presentation of the real meat of armored vehicles. It puts you in the turret and drivers seat of some old and some new tanks through its superb photographs and excellent write ups. The Road Report on each vehicle by those that have actually driven these vehicles adds much credibility and real feel for the beasts. The only improvement I could make to it would be to add more vehicles to the already impressive list covered. Great job Hans!

Hans Halberstadt, please make more books like these! This book was perhaps one of the first books to introduce the Jacques Littlefield collection, the worlds largest privately owned armor vehicle collection with over 220 tanks/vehicles. He passed in 2009, but created the MVTF (Military Vehicle Technology Foundation). You can see some of the tanks used in this book from this fantastic collection - stop by if you're in the San Francisco area. It's certainly on my bucket list.

In this book you'll find photos of the Matilda, Stuart, Sherman, Hetzer, T-34/85, T-55, M-60, M551, T-72 a few more, and of course, the M-1. High glossy paper, superb photos, cut aways, spotlessly restored tanks inside and out. Photos of the engines, guns, controls, ammo, are there along with enough text to help beginners understand the who/what/where/whys of armored vehicles past to present. A few of the photos show the M-1 in the field - dirty, dusty, stains, chipped paint, kicking up dust - that's tanking!

This is not a comprehensive book of any one tank, nor does it really cover all of the great tanks, but the photos are so good, I'd recommend this book to anyone with an interest in armor. The only regret is that there are not more pages, more tanks shown. Hans, go back out there and get the rest of the vehicles from this collection!