Armored car : a history of American wheeled combat vehicles / by R.P. Hunnicutt ; line drawings by Michael Duplessis ; foreword by Gordon R. Sullivan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hunnicutt, R. P., 1926-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Armored vehicles, Military--United States.

Armored vehicles, Military.

United States.

Tanks (Military science)--United States.

Tanks (Military science).

Physical Description:

340 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Novato, CA : Presidio, [2002]

Summary:

Experimentation with armored cars by the American military goes back to 1898. The outbreak of World War I in Europe resulted in the construction of a wide variety of armored cars. None of them, however, deployed to Europe. At the beginning of World War II, British experience in the desert against Rommel served to renew American interest in the armored car. After the war, demand for lightly armored vehicles waned as the army focused on heavily armored tanks to combat the Soviet Union on the plains of central Europe.

Today, the armored car is once again back in favor as the Marine Corps and U.S. Army look for economical solutions for the third-world battle-fields of today and tomorrow.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (page 336) and index.

ISBN:

089141777X

OCLC:

48979515