Description
304 pages. Hardcover. LIMITED EDITION.
Historical war book with numerous photographs and 220 profiles.
In the fifteen years following World War II, tank design technology advanced by leaps and bounds, leading to the concept of the main battle tank (MBT).
This book by M. P. Robinson and Dick Taylor examines the history of the first Western main battle tanks developed during this period.
Discussion of these weapons in the context of the period 1960-1975 includes the evolution of successful and unsuccessful designs.
Tank and MBT development programs implemented by the United States and its NATO allies, as well as neutral Switzerland and Sweden, are documented and described in detail.
The advent of 105 mm or larger guns, which could be mounted on tanks weighing 30–55 tons, was the catalyst for the disappearance of the old classifications of medium and heavy tanks, as well as even more ambitious developments after the Yom Kippur War of 1973.
Each army's interpretation of these adva