1914-1938 Armored Fighting Vehicles

71 Pages·2010·1.73 MB·English

by  George R.Bradford

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GEORGE BRADFORD
1914 - 1938
ARMORED
FIGHTING VEHICLES
GEORGE BRADFORD
STACKPOLE
BOOKS
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CONTENTS
Copyright© 20I0byGeorge Bradford 1914 1926
BRITAIN: Rolls-RoyceArmored Car 7 USA: TIE2 LightTank 35
Published by
BELGIUM: MinervaArmored Car 8 BRlTAIN: Rolls-Royce 1924Armored Car 36
STACKPOLEBOOKS
5067 Ritter Road
Mechanic burg, PA 17055 1915 1928
www.stackpolebooks.com
BRITAIN: LanchesterArmored Car 9 RUSSIA: BA-27Armored Car 37
All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or portions BRITAIN: LittleWillie 10 CZECH: SkodaPA-3 OAArmored Car 38
thereof in any form or by any means, el ctronic or mechanical, including FRANCE: WhiteAJmored Car II USA: T7 FranklinAJmored Car 39
photocopying, recording, or by any information t rageand retrieval system,
FRANCE: FCMChar2CSuperHeavyTank 40
without permission in writing from the publi her. II inquiries should bead
1916
dressed toStackpole Books,5067 Ritter Road, Mechanicsburg, Penn ylvania
17055. BRITAIN: MarkITank(Male) 12 1930
BRITAIN: MarkIVTank (Female) 13 RUSSIA: FA1-MArmored Car 41
CoverdesignbyWendyA. Reynolds
FRANCE: CharSt-Chamond 14 ITALY: CarroArmato Fiat3000Mod. 30 42
Printed in the UnitedStatesofAmerica FRANCE: CharSchneiderCAl 15 FRANCE: AMC SchneiderP16 Half-Track 43
RUSSIA: Benz-MgebrovArmored Car 16 BRlTAIN: LanchesterMk. II 44
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RUSSIA: Garford-PutilovArmored Car 17
FIRSTEDITION RUSSIA: Austin-Putilov Armored Car 18 1931
FRANCE: Char RenaultDI Tank 45
1917 RUSSIA: BA-27MArmored Car 46
BRITAIN: Mark IVTank (Male) 19 RUSSIA: T-26M.1931 LightTank 47
RUSSIA: Austin-KegresseArmored Car 20
BRlTAIN: Mark IVTadpoleTank (Male) 21 1932
CANADA: Armored Autocar 22 FRANCE: CharRenaultD2 48
ITALY: Lancia IZMArmored Car 23 POLAND: TK-3 Light ReconTankette 49
BRITAIN: Medium MarkAWhippetTank 24 POLAND: Ursus wz. 29Armored Car 50
GERMANY: A7V Sturmpanzerwagen 25 GERMANY: Gepanzerter Kraftwagen (Sd.Kfz. 3) 51
FRANCE: Char-mitrailleuseRenaultFT-17 26 RUSSIA: T-27ATankette 52
RUSSIA: T-24MediumTank 53
LibraryofCongress Cataloging-in-Publication Data 1918 RUSSIA: BT-2 FastTank 54
BRiTAIN: Mark VTank (Male) 27 USA: T3 ChristieMedium Tank 55
Bradford,George.
FRANCE: White-Laffly Armored Car 28 BRITAIN: Mark III MediumTank 56
1914-1938armored fighting vehicles/George Bradford.- lSIed.
p.cm.- (AFY plans) USA: Ford 3-TonTank 29
Includes bibliographical references. ITALY: CarroArmato FiatTypo 2000Tank 30 1933
ISBN978-0-8117-0568-4
USA: M1917 6-TonTank 31 iTALY: CarroVeloceL3/33 Tankette 57
I. Armored vehicles, Military-History-20th century. 2. Tanks (Military
science)-History-20Ih century. 3. Armored vehicles, Military-Drawings. RUSSIA: T-26 Model J933 LightTank 58
4. Tanks (Military science)-Drawings. l. Title. [I. Title: Armored fighting 1919 USA: T3E2 Christie MediumTank 59
vehicles.
USA: Mark VIII "Liberty" HeavyTank 32 BRITAIN: Vickers MediumMarkII** 60
UG446.5.B6620I0
RUSSIA: T-26 Model 1933 LightTank 61
6237'475-dc22
2010031279 1920 GERMANY: Adler Kfz. 13 Recon Car 62
ITALY: CarroArmato Fiat3000Mod. 21 33
BRiTAIN: Rolls-Royce 1920Armored Car 34
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1934 1937
POLAND: C7PAltilleryTractor 63 JAPAN: Type97Tankette 99
POLAND: Ursus wz. 34Armored Car 64 BRITAIN: MarkVIE LightTank 100
GERMANY: Neubaufahrzeug 65 RUSSIA: T-38 LightAmphibiousTank 101
INTRODUCTION
ITALY: CarroArmato L35 Flamethrower 66 FRANCE: Laffty typeW15TCC 102
POLAND: TKS Light ReconTankette 67 ROMANIA: R-I Tankette 103
RUSSIA: BT-5 FastTank 68 ROMANIA: R-2 LightTank 104
BRITAIN: Carden-Loyd MarkVI MG Canier 69 GERMANY: Pz.Kpfw. IE LightTank 105
RUSSIA:T-28 HeavyTank 70 FRANCE: Char BI bisTank 106
CZECH: LT vz. 34 LightTank 71 SWEDEN: Strv m137 LightTank 107
BELGIUM: TI3B2 Self-Propelled Gun 72 BRITAIN: Morris LightArmored Car 108
USA: M1ArmoredCar 73 RUSSIA: T-26S Model 1937 LightTank 109
FRANCE: Renault UESupply Carrier 74 FRANCE: LOITaine 1938L 110
BELGIUM: TI5 LightTank 75 GERMANY: Pz.Kpfw. rub LightTank III
GERMANY: Pz.Kpfw. IV/ATank 112
1935 RUSSIA: BT-7 FastTank 113
FRANCE: Laffty S-I5TOE 76 USA: M2CombatCar 114
CZECH: LT vz. 35 LightTank 77 USA: M2A2 LightTank 115 T
his volume is dedicated to 1/48 and 1/35 scaledrawings Over the years, scale drawings of various w'mored vehicles
GERMA Y: Schwerer Panzerspahwagen Sd.Kfz. 231 78
of armored vehicles from an earlier period than those have appew'ed in magazines and books, but never all in one
FRANCE: AMD Panhard 178Armored Car 79 1938 covered to date. There are a few representations of the place where they would be easy for the resew'cher or modeler
FRA CE: AMC Renault 1935ACG-I LightTank 80 GERMANY: Schwerer Panzerspahwagen Sd.Kfz. 231 116 first tanksthat madehistory in WorldWw'I,and then we follow to acce s them. Manydifferentscales have fought for the lime
GERMANY: Sd.Kfz. 221 Armored Car 81 GERMANY: SchwererPanzerspahwagen most of the development between the wars up to about 1938. light, but the more populw' ones of late have boiled down to
FRANCE: AMD Laffty 80AM Armored Car 82 Sd.Kfz. 232 Fu 117 The drawings w'e organized in a more or less chronological mainly 1/35, 1/48,and 1/72 in the armor modeling world.
GERMANY: Schwerer Panzerspahwagen BRITAIN: Crui erTankMarkI 118 order, working up through the years and labeled by country. You will also find a chw·t at the beginning of this book for
Sd.Kfz. 232Fu 83 POLAND: 7TPjw LightTank 119 Detailedandclearreferrenceisveryhw'dtocomebyforsome reducing or enlw'ging any of these drawings to other popu
FRA CE: Renault R-35 Tank 84 POLA D: 7TPdw LightTank 120 ofthese earlier vehicles, and only the more common ones are lar scales. The quality and accuracy of modern photocopying
covered here. There were also numerous changes made along should make it possible for you to achieve whatever final scale
BELGIUM:TI3B3 Self-PropelledAnti-Tank Gun 85 BRITAI :CruiserTankMark III 121
the way, which re ulted inchw'acteristicsthatonlyappearedon you require at the lower end of 1/48 and under. However, in
RUSSIA: T-35 HeavyTank 86 RUSSIA: SMKHeavyTank 122
agiven model. somecaseswherehigherenlargementis required,you mayfind
GERMANY: Pz.Kpfw. IA LightTank 87 HOLLAND: Pantserwagen M.38 Armored Car 123
This is by no means a complete coverage of every vehicle acertain degreeofroughness.
HOLLAND: Pantserwagen M.39Armored Car 124
from World War I to World War II, but it will be a great re These drawings have been created using vector based draw
1936 USA: M2A3 LightTank 125
source for anyone modeling this early period. The ultimate ing applications with line weights ranging from .25 point to I
RUSSIA: OT-26 FlamethrowerTank 88 BRITAIN: CruiserTank MarkIV ]26 purposeofthis book is to try toshow plan-view scaledrawings point, and thus should easily hold the finer detail when copy
FRANCE: FCM 36 LightTank 89 CZECH: LT vz. 38 (T H-P) 127 ofthese early vehicles that have been overlooked in the previ ing. The bulkofthese drawings weredone overa period often
BRITAIN: MarkVIA LightTank 90 GERMAN: Pz.Kpfw. II Ausf. C 128 ous eight books in this series. Most ofthese drawings display years and w'e currently among the most precise and accurate
GERMANY: Kleiner Pz.Bef.Wg. 265 91 4-view plans, but with some of the smaller vehicles we were AFV drawings available.You will also noticea variance in the
BRITA! :Matilda Mark I InfantryTank 92 Bibliography 129 able toshow five or more views. However, no matter how well drawings as the wt style changes slightly over the yew's, but
HOLLAND: Pantserwagen M.36 Armored Car 93 the plans are drawn, it wiII always be necessw'y to have suf eventually upports shading in the majority ofthe laterworks.
JAPAN: Type 89B MediumTank 94 Various ModelingScales 130 ficient photo reference books as well.
FRANCE: SOMUA S-35 MediumTank 95
RUSSIA: BA-20V CommandArmored Car 96
USA: MI CombatCar 97
JAPAN: Type94Tankette 98
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1:72 to 1:76 Scale = 95%
1:48 to 1:72 Scale = 66%
1:48 to 1:76 Scale = 63%
1:48 to 1:87 Scale = 55%
1:48 to 1:87 Scale = 55%
1:35 to 1:48 Scale = 73%
1:35 to 1:76 Scale = 46%
1:35 to 1:72 Scale = 49%
1:35 to 1:87 Scale = 41%
ENLARGING
1:72 to 1:35 Scale = 207%
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1:48 to 1:35 Scale = 138%
1:48 to 1:32 Scale = 150%
1:48 to 1:16 Scale = 300%
1:35 to 1:32 Scale = 109%
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1:35 to 1:16 Scale 218%
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BRITAIN: 1915 Little Willie White FRANCE: 1915
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