Modern Tanks (Technical Guides): 1991–Present Armoured Fighting Vehicles

Nice up to date book on modern MBT’s, AFV’s and MICV’s.Looking forward to the books dedicated to Russia and China, and hoping for more on the USA, Israel, UK, Germany etc.

What a fantastic book for the money! If you love tanks and all things military or you just want to find out how tanks and armoured cars have developed over the years then this is the book for you

Currently the most up to date book on the subject available.

These latest releases in the technical guide series (Modern Tanks and WWII German Tanks) are physically larger books than the initial two in the series (so goodbye consistency on the book shelf). They are seemingly intended to be quick reference type coffee table books, and generally fit the bill within certain limitations as follows:1. They are not immune to clear 'proof reading' errors which can be highly deceptive. The entry for the Merkava Mk.III includes an 'at a glance' tech spec entry that is wholly inaccurate, referring to its weight as 46.5 tonnes, crew of 3 , 950bhp engine and a 125mm 2A46M main armament (this is a Soviet gun!), together with a production run of 436. The main body of the text actually contains the correct details; those being weight 65 tonnes, crew of 4 (as the artwork itself shows!), a 120mm Israeli IMI MG 251, and a production run of 780! A further proof reading error can be located in the entry for the Al Zarrar where the tech spec is duplicated over P107/108(one assumes the second entry should have referred to the Al Zarrar II being discussed on P108). The concern of course being other errors that are not so readily apparent.2. The artwork only shows, in the main, a single side profile of the tank. There are some accompanying photos which help to offset this.3. Whilst the sub title indicates this volume is modern tanks from 1991 to present, in reality it means tanks still in service somewhere in the world as of approx. 2018. Thus, there are no specific entries for British Centurions/Chieftans, or American M48/M60's (although some upgrades by other nations are included), or German Leopard 1 but there are for Soviet/Russian T54's onwards. Strangely there is an entry for the Brazilian Osorio that only amounted to 2 prototypes in the mid-late 1980's!?All things considered they are worthwhile additions but I probably would not rely on them without double checking the information from other sources.

excellent