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A15 Cruiser Mk.VI Crusader Tank A Technical History

A15 Cruiser Mk.VI Crusader Tank A Technical History

A15 Cruiser Mk.VI Crusader Tank A Technical History

P.M. Knight

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Año de edición:
2015
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Historia
ISBN:
9781326278342
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There can be few tanks that have proved as controversial in their deployment as the Crusader, a tank that was invested with high hopes on its entry into service in 1941. This book investigates in unprecedented detail the issues that impinged on its service life. Drawing extensively on original archive sources, a new perspective is drawn on both the employment of the tank itself, and on British tank development of the era. The complex story that unfolds encompasses many interwoven and sometimes contradictory threads, allowing the author to reach both perceptive and surprising conclusions.

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