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U.S. Military Tracked Vehicles (Crestline Series)

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Staggering in it's scope, this book covers the development of every tracked vehicle in the U.S. Army. Never before seen pictures of vehicles, many that never went into production. What makes the book truly special is the author's personal antecdotes about the vehicles that he gleaned from a lifetime of study and a career as an ordinance officer.

This is the Best Book I have read on US Tracked Vehicles. The Details and pictures are great. I Worked for the US Army for 30 years and served 6 years in the army, and I can tell you from first hand knowledge of many of the vehicles in this book that it very good at details. It covers many one of a kind vehicles that were prototype and experamental. This book is a must for the person that is interested in US Tracked Vehicles.

Fred Crismon has turned a lifetime of photographing military vehicles and rummaging through archives into a pair of superb reference books, "U.S. Military Tracked Vehicles," and its companion, "U.S. Military Wheeled Vehicles" (he also published a third, paperback volume recently that brings the series up to date). There are hundreds of photos of all types of armored and unarmored vehicles. If you are just interested in the famous vehicles, then this book is only slightly useful--for instance, there are much better references on the Sherman tank available. But for an overview of all vehicles, including obscure machines that never served in frontline combat, this is a unique reference. Where else could you find photos of arctic snow tractors of the 1950's, or experimental light tanks of the 1930's, or airfield tractors of the US Air Force? Most types or subtypes receive a long paragraph and a single b&w photo. Should be in the library of every serious military vehicle historian.