Tanks and armoured fighting vehicles have revolutionised modern warfare, dominating the battlefield in conflicts all over the world with their firepower, armour and mobility. Featured in this book are over 900 tanks, armoured personnel carriers, self-propelled guns, reconnaissance vehicles and armoured cars.

Over 400 vehicles and 1200 wartime and modern photographs. Features A-Z catalogs for tank destroyers, command versions, specialized tanks, armored cars, armored personnel carriers and self propelled artillery.

A highly illustrated and comprehensive view of armored combat vehicles from around the world.

A well illustrated and highly informative compendium of armored fighting vehicles, from four wheel drives to main battle tanks, dating from World War II to the present.

This book is an authoritative history and directory of tanks and their immediate derivatives, such as ARVs (armoured recovery vehicles), tank destroyers, command versions, bridgelayers, mine-clearers and other Funnies, and AFVs such as armoured cars, armoured personnel carriers and self-propelled artillery, covering a vast range of wheeled, tracked and semi-tracked vehicles. From the world's first tank, Little Willie , to the contemporary M1A2 Abrams Main Battle Tank, the book examines a vast range of tanks and AFVs. This unique volume, with over 1200 wartime and museum photographs, brings together the most significant tanks and AFVs in military history.

Explore 300 major tanks from World War I to the present day, arranged by type--from battle tanks and tank destroyers to armored cars, amphibious vehicles, and anti-aircraft guns. Each vehicle receives a full-page entry featuring a color side-profile illustration; a detailed specifications table with country of origin, crew, weight, dimensions, armor, armament, powerplant, and performance; and information on the tank's development and history.

This volume begins with the armoured vehicles of World War I, such as the Lanchester armoured car and Sturmpanzerwagon A7V tank and comes right up to date to the modern era covering the latest tanks and armoured vehicles, such as the Challenger II tank and the M88 armoured recovery vehicle.