Cold War Armored Fighting Vehicles

75 Pages·2010·51.22 MB·English

by  George Bradford

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GEORGE BRADFORD
COLD WAR
ARMORED
FIGHTING VEHICLES
GEORGE BRADFORD
STACKPOLE
BOOKS
011557006780
CONTENTS
Copyright©2010 byGeorgeBradford
1945 USA: M55 I55mm Self-Propelled Howitzer 33
UK: BlackPrinceInfantryTank(A43) 7 UK: FerretMk. 2Armored Car 34
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STACKPOLEBOOKS USA: Sherman M4A3(76)W HVSS 8 FRANCE: AMX-13 LightTank 35
5067 Ritter Road RUSSIA:T-34/85 MediumTank 8 UK: CharioteerTank Destroyer 36
Mechanicsburg, PA 17055 UK: CometCruiserTank (A34) 9 USA: M56Scorpion 37
www.stackpolebooks.com
USA: M59Armored Personnel CalTier 38
1946 RUSSIA: T-IOM HeavyTank 39
All rights reserved, includingtherightto reproducethi b okorponi ns
thereof in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, includ USA: M26 PershingMediumTank 10
ing photocopying, recording, orbyany information storageand r trieval RUSSIA: IS-3 HeavyTank II 1955
system, without permission in writing from the publisher. All inquirie UK: Centurion Mk. I(A4J) Main BattleTank II USA: T54EIMain BattleTank(prototype) 39
should be addres ed to tackpole Books, 5067 Ritter Road, Mechanics
UK:AvengerTankDestroyer(A30) 12 UK: SaracenAPC 40
burg, Pennsylvania 17055.
UK: Tortoise HeavyAssaultTank 13 USA: MI13AI APC 41
CoverdesignbyWendyA. Reynolds USA: M46 Patton MediumTank 13 USA: T69MediumTank 42
USA: T28/95 SuperHeavyAssaultTank 14
Printed in theUnitedStatesofAmerica 1956
1948 USA: M50OntosTank Destroyer 43
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 I
FRA CE: ARL-44 HeavyTank IS UK: ConquerorMk. 2 HeavyTank 44
FIRSTEDJTION USA: T29E3 HeavyTank(prototype) 16 RUSSIA: PT-76B LightAmphibiousTank 44
RUSSIA: IS-7 HeavyTank(1948 prototype) 17 UK: Ferret2/6ArmoredCar 45
RUSSIA: BTR-40APC 17 ISRAEL: M50Mk. ISuperSherman 46
EGYPT: M4/FLlOSherman 47
1950
RUSSIA: BTR-152APC 18 1957
RUSSIA: BTR-152VAPC 19 UK: Centurion Mk. 5/2MBT 48
CANADA: BobcatAPC 49
1951 ISRAEL: M50Mk. 11SuperSherman 50
RUSSIA: BTR-I52KAPC 19
FRANCE:AMX-50 MediumTank (early) 20 1958
RUSSIA: T-54A Main BattleTank 20 FRANCE: CharAMX-50Surbaisse 51
USA: M-47 Patton MediumTank 21 EGYPT: WaiidAPC 52
UK: ConwayInterim HeavyGun Tank(FV4004) 22
LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData
UK: CenturionMk. 3Main BattleTank 23 1960
Bradford,George. FRANCE: EBR 75Armored Car 24 UK: SaladinArmored Car 53
Cold wararmored fighting vehiclesIGeorge Bradford.- 1sted. USA: M551 Sheridan 54
p.cm - (AFV plans) 1952 UK: CenturionBARV 55
[SB 978-0-81 17-0678-0 USA: M41AI WalkerLightTank 25 RUSSIA: BTR-60APC 56
I. Armored vehicles,Military-Drawings.2. Tanks(Militaryscience)
RUSSIA: ASU-57AirborneAnti-TankGun 26 RUSSIA: BRDM-J 57
Drawings. 3. Armored vehicle, Military-History-20th century. 4.
RUSSIA: T-54B Main BattleTank 27 FRANCE: AML-6017ArmoredCar 58
Tanks (Militaryscience)-History-20thcentury. 5. ColdWar. 1.Title.
UG446.5.B68245 20I0 USA: M103 HeavyTank 28
623.7'475-dc22 USA: M75 APC 28 1962
2010031420 UK: FerretMk. IIIArmored ScoutCar 29 USA: M557AIArmored Command Post 59
UK: FV432APC 60
1954 RUSSIA: ASU-85Tank Destroyer 61
USA: M48AIPatton MediumTank 30 RUSSIA: BRDM-2ScoutCar 62
RUSSIA: T-55 Main BattleTank 31 GERMANY: Marder IA2 ICV 63
UK: FerretMk. 1/2LightRecon Vehicle 32 USA: M60AIMBT 64
USA: T57 HeavyTank(prototype) 32 USA: MI 14AIC&R 65
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RA CE:AML-60/l2Armored ar 65
SWEDEN: Pbv301 APC 66 T rmored Self-PropelledGun 101
FRANCE: AML-90ArmoredCar 67 h 102
ISRAEL: M51 1 herman 6 103
104 INTRODUCTION
1963
SA: M109ArmoredArtillery Howitzer 69 1978
JAPAN: Type61 MBT 70 USA: MI13A2ACAV 105
UK: AbbotSelf-PropelledFieldArtillery 71 CANADA: LeopardCI MBT 106
HOLLAND: OAFYP-408APC 72
1979
1964 FRA CE:AMX 301B2MBT 107
USA: M60A2 MBT 73 FRA CE: Panhard ERC90Sagaie2ArmoredCar 108
UK: CenturionAVREMk. 5 74 CANADA: AVGPGrizzlyAPC 109
RUSS[A: T-55AM MBT 75 CANADA:AVGPCougarFireSupportVehicle 110
CZECH:O~64C(SKOT)APC 75
SA: MI13AI APC 76 1980
FRA CE:AMX 10 RCArmored Car III
1965 CANADA: AVGP Husky MRV 112
USA: M109A2Self-Propelled Gun 77 CZECH: VZOR77 DA A 152mm PH 113 This volume is dedicated to 1/48, 1172, and 1/35 scale Over the years, scale drawings of various armored vehicles
GERMA Y: JagdpanzerJaguar I 78 drawing of po t- World War (] armored vehicles from have appeared in magazines and books, but never all in one
CA DA: Lynx C&RVehicle 79 1982 1945 to 1990and the Cold War period. However, it will place, where they would beeasy for the researcheror modeler
USA: XM808TwisterArmored Car 79 USA: M2 Bradley IFV 114 by no meanscoverall the vehicle in thi period, butjustth e to acce them. Manydifferentscales have fought for the lime
S.AFRICA: Eland-60Armored Car 80 JAPAN: Type87 Recon CombatVehicle 115 for which we have completed drawings. Again, the drawings light, but the more popular one of late have boiled down to
[SRAEL: Centurion Sh'ot MBT 80 FRANCE: PanhardVBLScoutCar 116 are organized in a more or less chronological order, working mainly 1/35, 1/48, and 1172 in the armor modeling world. In
SA: XM706ArmoredCar 81 SA:AAV7Al AAV 117 from theend ofWorld WarII up to early 1990. this volume, since many ofthe vehicles aresimply too large to
SA: M270MLRS 118 Detailedandclearoverheadreferenceis veryhardtocomeby print in 1/35 scale, the dominantscale are 1/48and 1172.
1966 JAPA :Type82Command &Communications 119 forsomeofthe evehicles,andonlythe morecommononesare You will al 0 find a chart at the beginning of this book for
S.AFRICA: Eland-90Mk. 5Armored Car 82 RUSSIA: T-80MBT 120 covered here. There were also numerous changes made along reducing or enlarging any of these drawings to other popu
UK: Centurion Mk. 13 MBT 82 theway, which resulted incharacteristicsthatonlyappearedon lar scales. The quality and accuracy of modern photocopying
GERMANY: Leopard IA5 MBT 83 1985 agiven model. houJd make itpossiblefor you to achieve whatever final scale
R SSlA: 2S9Self-Propelled Howitzer/Mortar 121 This is by no mean a complete coverage of every vehicle you require at the lower end of 1/48 and under. However, in
1968 ISRAEL: Magach 6B Gal MBT 122 from the Cold War, but it will be a great resource for anyone someca e wherehigherenlargementis required, you may find
USA: MBT-70 International MBT 84 UK: WarriorMCV 123 modeling thi period. The ultimate purpose of this book is to acertain degree ofroughness.
UK: Fox LightArmored Car 84 GERMANY: Bergepanzer BLiffelARV 124 try toshow plan-viewscaledrawingsofthe vehiclesdeveloped These drawing have been created u ing vector-ba ed draw
SWEDE :Strv 103 MBT 85 K: Challenger IMBT 125 afterWorld WarIIthatare notshown in theearlierbooks. Most ing applications with line weight ranging from .25 point to I
RUSS[A: T-62EMBT 86 AUSTRIA: KurassierSKI05 126 of the e drawings display 4-view plans, but with some of the point and thus should easily hold the finer detail when copy
smaller vehicle, we were able to how five or more views. ing. Thebulk ofthesedrawings weredone overa period often
1970 1988 However, no matter how well the plans are drawn, it will al years and are currently among the most precise and accurate
RUSSIA: BMP-I IFV 86 USA: Stingray I LightTank 127 ways be neces ary to have sufficient photo reference books as AFV drawings available. You will also noticea variance in the
EGYPT: T-34/122 Self-Propelled Gun 87 USA: M1[3A3APC 128 well. During this period, the Main Battle Tank emerged, and drawings as the art style changes slightly over the years, but
ISRAEL: Magach7AMBT 129 the terms Light, Medium, and Heavy Tank gradually disap eventually supports shading in the majorityofthe later works.
1972 S.AFRICA: Rooikat76mmArmoredCar 130 peared. AI 0, the pecializedAPC and IFYs cameofage, and
UK: Chieftain 11/2MBT 88 USA:MIAIAb~msMBT 131 very deadly anti-tank weaponson light vehicles madetheiren
RUSSIA: T-64A MBT 88 RUSSIA: BTR-70APC 132 trance.
BELG[UM: JPKJagdpanzerkanone4-5 89 CA ADA: Bison 8x8APC 133
R SSIA: 2SI GvozdikaArmoredArtillery Howitzer 90
SA: V-I50Commando (20mm Oerlikon) 91 1990
USA: V-I50Commando (90mm Mecargun) 92 GERMA Y: WaffentragerWiesel 1TOW 135
S.AFRICA: Mamba Mk. IIAPC 136
1975 CA ADA: Bison MRT 137
USA: M48A5 Patton MBT 93 RUSS[A: BMP-3 ICV 138
R SSIA:T-72MBT 94 ISRAEL: MerkavaMk. 2 MBT 138
JAPAN: Type74 MBT 95 RUSSIA: 2S19 152mm Self-Propelled Howitzer 139
SWEDEN: Ikv91 TankDestroyer 96 S. AFRICA: Rooikat 105mmArmored Car 140
S.AFRICA: Ratel 90IFV 97 GERMA Y: WaffentragerWiesel 1Mk20 [41
UK: Scorpion FVIOI 9
UK: ScimitarFVI07 99
GERMANY: Leopard2MBT 100
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UK: 1945
Black Prince
Infantry Tank
Mounting a 17-pdr gun
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USA: 1945
Sherman M4A3(76)W HVSS Comet Cruiser Tank (A34) UK: 1945
Medium Tank Mounting an 76mm gun Mounting a 17-pdr gun
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T-34/85 Medium Tank
Mounting an 85mm gun
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USA: 1946
IS-3 Heavy Tank RUSSIA: 1946
Mounting a 122mm gun
M26 Pershing Medium Tank
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Centurion Mk. I (A41) Main Battle Tank UK: 1946
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UK: 1946
UK: 1946 Tortoise Heavy Assault Tank (A39)
Mounting a32-pdr main gun. This project was started
Avenger Tank Destroyer (A30)
in 1943, and six prototypes were finished by 1947.
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TheTortoise.HeavyAssaultTank (~39) wasamassivevehicle builtalongthe same lineofthinking astheGerman
Jagdtlger.Witha32.-pdrgunand9Inchesoffrontal armor, itweighed inat78tonsand hadaspeedof12mph.Second
aryarmamentconsisted ofthree Besamachineguns,one inthehullfrontandtwoinasmallturretontopofthehull.
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USA: 1946 ARL-44 Heavy Tank FRANCE: 1948
M46 Patton Medium Tank
Mounting a90mm gun
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USA: 1948 15-7 Heavy Tank (1948 prototype) RUSSIA: 1948
Mounting a 130mm gun
T29E3 Heavy Tank (prototype)
Fitted with the T5E1 105mm gun and The 18-7 was being developed near the end
range finder. of World War 2to go up against the latest
German Tigers and other super tanks.
The IS-7wasarmed witha130mmnavalgunandseven MGs, andweighinginat68metrictons, thiswastheheaviest
tankbuiltbytheSovietUnion.Astrangefeature ofthisvehiclewasthatfourofthe7.62MGswerefitted inbarbettesin
theturretreararea.
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DevelopmentoftheT29seriesofheavytanksbeganlateinWW2inanattempttostayabreastof
GermanandRussianheavytankdevelopment.WhenWW2ended,seriesproductionwas
discontinued,but8testvehicleswerebuiltinthenextfewyears.Lessonslearnedfromtheseand
manycomponentswerelaterincorporatedintothepostwarM103heavytank.
RUSSIA: 1950
BTR-40 APe
An unobstructedoverhead
viewofthe driver'shatch.
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