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Tankograd Yearbook Armoured Vehicles of the Modern German Army 2020 The Tankograd-YEARBOOK provides an overview over the in-service armoured vehicles of the Modern German Army and updates Tankograd's vehicle monographs published over the past years by describing and listing all main types, their var..

When the most modern German Panzer types were needed on the frontlines, it became the task of captured tanks, the Beutepanzers, to control the German-occupied territories and to supplement German armoured formations. Among the many types used in the war, Beutepanzers of French origin stand out for t..

During the late 1980s, the threat level for NATO in Europe changed significantly due to dramatic political and military developments in Eastern Europe. The Cold War ended soon after. These fundamental changes also had an impact on the British Army of the Rhine (BAOR). A new aim was to create a much ..

With the Cold War evolving, the search for more military applications of nuclear weapons was carried out by the United States and the Soviet Union. The major aim was, on the one hand, to improve the yield of devices and thus increase their destructive levels, and on the other hand to make them deplo..

The aim of the Protected Command and Multipurpose Vehicles (Geschutzte Fuhrungs- und Funktionsfahrzeuge, or GFF) project is to optimally meet the armed forces' need for different protected platforms for operations, and to replace outdated unprotected vehicles. The Enok 5.4 used today by the German A..

As the first military customer and as one of the first export customers, the Swiss Army received its initial four Unimog U25-series trucks as early as 1950. After a longer period of testing, the Unimog S was procured from 1961 onwards. The Unimog S and "Dieseli", which were purchased in large number..

DACHS The Dachs Armoured Engineer Vehicle in German Army Service After the failure of the project to develop the Armoured Engineer Machine and to close the existing equipment gap in the Bundeswehr's Engineer Corps, a solution was sought and found in the Pionierpanzer 2A0 Dachs AEV. The first of its ..

UNIMOG-Sonderfahrzeuge Specialised UNIMOG Truck Variants in German Army Service In previous volumes of this series the various legendary Unimog truck variants in Bundeswehr service were covered in great detail, including the U1300L, U4000, U5000 and Unimog S. This publication now closes the gaps on ..

REFoRGER 87 - Certain Strike The Cold War's Largest Transatlantic Bridge When REFoRGER 87 - Certain Strike was conducted in northern Germany, evidence showed that, in a hypothetical war with NATo, the Warsaw Pact would attempt to break through NATo's forward defences along West Germany's eastern bor..

Finnish LEOPARDs Vol. 2The modern Finnish Army is among the best equipped users of the German Leopard main battle tank and its variants. In addition to the already (Special 8005 - Vol. 1) portrayed Leopard 2A4 FIN main battle tank, Leopard 2L bridge-laying tank and Leopard 2R armoured engineer veh..

White Rhino 89 "A Last Hurrah" - The last Large-Scale Cold War Exercise of the 1st (UK) Armoured Division The 1st (UK) Armoured Division of the British Army of the Rhine conducted Exercise White Rhino between 07 and 25 September 1989. The exercise covered an area of 7,500km2 and included 13 district..

Panzergrenadiere - German Armoured Infantry Today reference to more than 70 years of development of a proud combat arm, including 60 years of tradition established as part of the ground forces of the modern German Army. Integrated into armoured forces of the German Army, the combat arm in the future..

Beginning in around 2000, the Australian Defence Force identified the need to replace its ageing and extensive fleet of Land Rover Perentie vehicles and associated trailers, and so work began to lay the foundations for a future acquisition of light tactical vehicles. A request for tender drew severa..

Leopard 2A5 The German Leopard 2A5 Main Battle Tank Development, Technology and Active Service - Part 1 The quantum leap in the modernisation of the German Leopard 2A4 main battle tank was the upgrade to the A5 version. With this project the Leopard also received a radical new armour suite that sign..

Feuertaufe Leopard 2 The Leopard 2 MBT's Baptism on Fire on Army Exercises 1984-86 The introduction of the Leopard 2 main battle tank from 1980 into the German Panzertruppe was a highly demanding task. This publication describes the teething problems and shows the early series production Leopard 2A0..

PUMA The New Armoured infantry Fighting Vehicle of the Bundeswehr - Part 2 After a long and demanding development the new Schutzenpanzer Puma armoured infantry fighting vehicle was now introduced to the German Bundeswehr. During his research the author was granted hitherto unprecedented access to ..

PUMA The New Armoured infantry Fighting Vehicle of the Bundeswehr - Part 1 After a long and demanding development the new Schutzenpanzer Puma armoured infantry fighting vehicle was now introduced to the German Bundeswehr. During his research the author was granted hitherto unprecedented access to th..

REFORGER 77 Carbon Edge was conducted as a free-running corps-level FTX. It involved 51,800 troops with 4,000 tracked vehicles, 7,500 wheeled vehicles, 500 helicopters and 90 combat aircraft. The aim of Carbon Edge was to test the capability of NATO to slow down, intercept and stop a major conventio..

T-35 The Soviet "Giant of the Eastern Front" - Development, Production Batches and Combat After midnight on 22 June 1941, the Soviet 34th Tank Division of 8th Mechanised Corps was put on alert. The T-35 tanks were readied to move and bombed up on the training ground of the unit's home base at Gorodo..

Please Note: Language: German ONLYEinheiten der Bundeswehr: Gebirgspanzerbataillon 8 (8th Mountain Panzer Battalion) US Army: Bavarian School Bus Waffen systeme der Bundeswehr: DUKW und LARC - Amphibische Gruppe Bw Deutsche Rustungsprodukte Heer (German armament products): WISENT ARV und AEV Na..

Pansarbandvagn 302 B Sweden's "M113" - In action photographs and a detailed walkaround, English text. - Limited print-run 599 copies - As our series "In-Detail" but half size / half price! Quantity Photos and Illustrations: Illustrated with 72 colour photographs Text - Language: English Text Number ..

UNIMoG U4000/U5000 The Unimog Series 437.4 - Development, Technology, Variants, Service The Unimog in service with the Bundeswehr is a longstanding success story. After the three volumes on the Unimog U1300L of the 435 series (Tankograd specials 5047, 5048 and 5049), here is the publication covering..

The TM truck range is a family of all-wheel-drive logistics trucks manufactured for the British Armed Forces by Bedford Vehicles in the final decade of the Cold War era. It contains the TM 4-4 fleet of 8-tonne and TM 6-6 fleet of 14-tonne payload-class vehicles. The range includes 4x4 and 6x6 cargo ..

In previous volumes of this series the various legendary Unimog truck variants in Bundeswehr service were covered in great detail, including the U1300L, U4000, U5000 and Unimog S. This publication now closes the gaps on specialised Unimog variants, including aircraft tugs, small emplacement excavato..