![]() ![]() ![]() In my capacity as editor and compiler of the Naval & Military Press (previously the London Stamp Exchange) Book Lists during the past nine years, many hundreds of books have passed through my hands for description and write-up, but never before have I been at such a loss for superlatives to describe a book as I am now in the case of this outstanding publication. Ĭonsidered a ‘masterpiece’ by the late Terry Cave who wrote this review in 1996. Popular Science documented the evolution in tanks, that thunder before the blitz, from slow novelty to deadly weapon in the interwar years, a selection of which can be found in “ The Rise Of The Tank Before World War II.”Īlso included are novel ideas that didn’t make the cut: heavy, winged “flying tanks,” or unusual lightweight fast tanks and goofy, armored cars.Īs for the tank evolution over a full 100 years, the British Army is again happy to tell that story in a video that is as much historical timeline as modern military infomercial.Vol 1 contains 257pp with 106b/w and 40 colour illus By the start of the next World War, however, German tanks were powerful, fast, armored and deadly machines, which enabled a style of fast attack that shaped not just World War II, but how nations after the war envisioned future wars. The earliest appearance of tanks in Popular Science comes from the December 1918 issue, in “German Monsters–Clumsy Copies of the French Tanks.” The tanks used by Germany were heavy, slow, poorly designed, and weak to all kinds of weapons, including rifle fire. See how it evolved /XmkU8VkHyo- British Army □□ September 14, 2016 The British tank continues to play a decisive role on the battlefield.
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