Jane's Tanks and Combat Vehicles Recognition Guide, 3e (Jane's Tanks Recognition Guide) [Paperback]

Christopher F. Foss (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 2, 2003 | Series: Jane's Tanks Recognition Guide

Every tank and AFV in use today. Since the publication of the first edition in 1996, Jane's Tanks Recognition Guide has been the most authoritative and comprehensive military vehicle handbook available. This fully-updated, third edition is mainly in colour, making it much easier to distinguish key features of the vehicles. Technical information includes: Specifications, Development of the design, Variants, Status of production, Manufacturer's details and key recognition features. The new format is user friendly, allows for an even greater range of vehicles and additional information to be included, and is a handy size. Introduction Tanks Tracked APCS/Weapons Carriers 4x4 Vehicles 6x6 Vehicles 8x8 Vehicles Self Propelled Guns Glossary

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About the Author

Chris F Foss has been writing on armoured fighting vehicles and artillery systems since 1970 and has written and edited well over 60 books on this and allied subjects including air defence systems. He has also edited a major defence magazine and contributed on a wide range of land based weapon systems to countless magazines world wide. Besides lecturing on AFVs around the world Foss has also driven well over 40 tracked and wheeled armoured vehicles and chaired a number of major defence conferences on armoured fighting vehicles and artillery systems. He is married with 3 grown up children.

Product Details

• Paperback: 496 pages
• Publisher: Collins; Third edition edition (September 2, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0007127596
• ISBN-13: 978-0007127597
• Product Dimensions: 7.4 x 4.7 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,293,419 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The perfect book for the beginner, October 28, 1999

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Philippe Lemieux (St-Ferréol, Québec) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Jane's Tank & Combat Vehicle Recognition Guide (Jane's Recognition Guides) (Paperback)

It is a really good reference work.It's quite complete covering all the fighting vehicles currently in service.However I think that the description of each vehicles are somewhat sketchy.The author should have stuck to one type of description always listing and explaining the same characteristic.Instead he talks about something on one entry and misses the same kind of info on the next.It is really annoying.There are also big errors.Many words are printed to or three times and the orthograph of certain entries are incorrect.A very good book, not of paramount interest to the expert but very interesting for the military enthusiast.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Resource, However not as advertised!, July 22, 2004

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Paul Perry (Tucson, AZ United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Jane's Tanks and Combat Vehicles Recognition Guide, 3e (Jane's Tanks Recognition Guide) (Paperback)

Just recently picked up the 2002 edition of this book (current edition as above). Great reference book for anyone interested in modern AFV's.

However, there is a major omission, as the book states it contains Self Propelled Anti-Aircraft systems, but they are not included in the book. An obvious error that should be corrected either by including them in a future edition, or removing mention of them being included on the back cover (2000 edition also has this same error).

Only reason for the 3 star rating. Otherwise the book is well worth the price, and has a mountain of detailed info, statistics, color photos & diagrams on most all of the AFV's being used around the world today.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars How can a Warrior NOT have this book?, August 10, 2000

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Sam Damon Jr. (Fort Bragg, NC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Jane's Tank & Combat Vehicle Recognition Guide (Jane's Recognition Guides) (Paperback)

Let's face it, a full-sized Jane's book is too large, too heavy and too expensive for most of us, but we NEED THE INFO. Jane's has done a tremendos service for the fighting man with this Battle Dress Uniform (BDU) pocket-sized armor recognition and description manual. I read it daily. I refer to it often. How can you be a professional Soldier and be ignorant of its contents? This book should be on the required reading lists and be issued to Soldiers and tested on it. This is a matter of life/death to know the weaponry that is out there in use by us and the enemy.

I wish Christopher Foss put an email address in the book so we could interact and improve future versions of this affordable and important book. If you don't have this book, get it right away and start studying what is out there on the battlefield. I learn something every day from this book.

Airborne!