American wheeled armoured fighting vehicles : rare photographs from wartime archives / / Michael Green

• Autore: Green Michael
• Pubblicazione: Barnsley, [England] : , : Pen & Sword Military, , 2016; ©2016
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (279 pages)
• Disciplina: 358.18830973
• Soggetto topico: Armored vehicles, Military - United States
• Soggetto geografico: United States
• Nota di contenuto: Pre-Second World War wheeled AFVs -- Second World War wheeled AFVs -- Cold War wheeled AFVs -- The high mobility multipurpose wheeled vehicle -- Post-Cold War wheeled AFVs.
• Sommario/riassunto: "Numerous wheeled armoured fighting vehicles have seen service in the US armed forces over the last 80 years. Due to various changes of policy, twice they went out of favour, firstly after the Second World War and then post-Vietnam in the late 1970s, but their use is now well established. This well researched and superbly illustrated book ... describes all the different types and variants since the first M1 was ordered in 1931. The M8 armoured car was widely used during World War Two but it was not until Vietnam that further wheeled AFVs came into service, notably the M706 armoured car. After a lull the US Marine Corps adopted the Light Armoured Vehicle (LAV) in 1983. The US Army first used armoured Humvees in 1994 and variants remain in service (M1141 and M1116). Other types today include the Guardian (M1117) and the Army version of the LAV named the 'Stryker'. To meet the operational requirements of Iraq and Afghanistan the Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle (MRAP) was ordered in bulk from 2007"--
• Titolo autorizzato: American wheeled armoured fighting vehicles
• ISBN: 1-4738-5439-3; 1-4738-5437-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910155081703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Images of war.