M. P. Robinson
Autor von The Royal Armoured Corps in the Cold War 1946 - 1990 (Images of War)
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M. P. Robinson studied history at Toronto's York University. He is interested in military history of all periods with a focus on 20th Century ground warfare. He has written four books on post-war armour. He is currently also preparing a study of the 1st Canadian Corps and the 21st Tank Brigade in mehr anzeigen the Battle of the Gothic Line. Robert Griffin joined the British Army in 1967 as a Junior Leader and served for many years as an AFV crewman in the 4/7th Royal Dragoon Guards worldwide including Northern Ireland and Bosnia. An expert on British armour, he has written books and articles on armoured vehicles of the Cold War period. He lives in Gloucestershire and is involved in the Army Cadet Force. weniger anzeigen
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I was pleasantly surprised with the quality of this work. The "Images of War" series always struck me as a more expensive picture book more akin to the Squadron and Detail in Scale series; however, the text in this book is more substantive and sourced. The other series mentioned hardly ever source their content.
This book follows the usual armored vehicle history format, with the telling of the story of the AMX-13 design origins, the postwar state of French armored vehicle development and manufacturing, a description of the various models of the AMX-13 gun tanks and their deployment in French Army service, the description of the various AMX-13 variants using the same chassis, and finally, the story of foreign AMX-13 sales and their operational use. The authors' writing style is very easy to understand; however, the profusion of designations applied to the AMX-13 tanks and variants is a confusing mess that probably no author could make clear.
This book greatly clarified the story of this important postwar armored fighting vehicle as well as that of French armor development and manufacturing in general. The only reason I rated this book at four stars is that the short format of this book series wouldn't allow more details.… (mehr)