![]() ![]() To Philip First published 1 984 Published in the United States by HIPPOCRENE BOOKS, Inc., 171 Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y. * World Tanks and Reconnaissance Vehicles Since 1945 NOEL AYLIFFE-JONES 10016 ISBN 0-88254-978-2ĭigitized by the Internet Archive in 2018 with funding from Kahle/Austin Foundation Published in the United States by HIPPOCRENE BOOKS, Inc., 171 Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y. ![]() Separate sections cover firepower, the threat of ATGW, armour and the future of the AFV. The story of the evolution from Centurion to Challenger, M26 to Ml Abramc, 7-64 to T-72 is covered with perception and insight. ![]() Today's generation of tank and reconnaissance vehicle still present the same outward appear3n'~5 in many ways to their World War 2 predecessors, but laminate or spaced armoured, laser rangefinders, improved weaponry and ammunition make them an even more difficult proposition for the defending infantrymen. In this fascinating and eminently readable work, Noel Ayliffe-Jones provides the reader with a commentary Lha changing face of armoured warfare. However, what hasn't changed - despite the threat of easily-portable anti-tank weapons, the advent of tne attack helicopters and the sophistication of tanx-Dusting' aircraft - is the fact that the heavily armoured battle tank is still the most potent vehicle involved in the modern land ba^ls that the best weapon to deal with a tank is still another tank. Computers, lasers, solid-state electronics, miniaturisation, active and passive sensor equipment: the developments in the aviation and maritime field have been mirrored on land. ![]() World Tanks and Reconnaissance Vehicles since 1945 NOEL AYLIFFE-JONES Since World War 2 the armoured fighting vehicle has developed into a sophisticated - and expensive! - fighting machine in an evolution comparable with other facets of modern warfare. ![]()
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