Modern U.S. Military Vehicles (Crestline Series) [Paperback]

Fred Crismon (Author)

Book Description

Series: Crestline Series | Publication Date: January 1999

Approximately the last twenty years of high- tech weaponry and support equipment are illustrated and desc ribed, with motorcycles, staff cars, scout vehicles, buses, amphibious vehicles and aircraft support equipment included. '

Product Details

• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: Motorbooks International (January 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0760305269
• ISBN-13: 978-0760305263
• Product Dimensions: 10.6 x 8.3 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,530,340 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very useful quick reference guide, December 14, 1998

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This review is from: Modern U.S. Military Vehicles (Crestline Series) (Paperback)

An excellent scource for information on some of the lesser known vehicles in the US inventory. Good pictures although lacking in text and technical data. As a battle simulation instructor for the US Army one needs to have up to date reference material and this book will definately help me with my job.As this book shows the armed forces use a lot of equipment and it is hard to keep it straight even when you work on it on a day to day basis. So this is a valuable assest.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Poor man's Janes' - when your company isn't paying, May 31, 1999

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Michael Horn "mikie" (US Army Combat Support Training Center, Dublin, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Modern U.S. Military Vehicles (Crestline Series) (Paperback)

As a Computer Combat Simulations Analyst who recreates units and equipment on a simulation training model for the US Army Reserve and National Guard - I find this book a handy reference to create workaround vehicles not able to be replicated by my database. In such cases, visuals of similar equipment are invaluable.

My only criticism stems from the work related uses I need this book for. The MIXING of competitors prototypes with actually accepted models of (especially) support vehicles is mildly annoying. Ditto for historical items no longer in the current inventory. Putting these units in their own chapters - dividing by service - would make this book even more valuable for me as a user.

Other than Janes' series ($$$$) which my company isn't about to pay for - this is one of the few available volumes that has visuals on current Army support, engineering vehicles, specialty vehicles and truck, tanker, cargo and utility vehicles.

As a suggestion, the Army also owns logistics boats of 300'+ length in it's Transportation Co and Bn's - putting them in would be very entertaining for the casual reader.

Good book. Buy it, use it and enjoy it!

3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Fun reading but not technically informative., March 28, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Modern U.S. Military Vehicles (Crestline Series) (Paperback)

Mr. Crismon's Modern US Military Vehicles is a fun book to browse through. However, its technical information and photographic quality is disappointing. This book does not compare favorably to the 2 previous books in this series, the wonderfully informative- US Military Wheeled Vehicles and US Military Tracked Vehicles.