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Technical artist and military historian George Bradford has been producing detailed drawings of armored fighting vehicles for over thirty years. Based on meticulous research of actual vehicles, official photographs, factory specifications, and, in some cases, the original design plans, each drawing is rendered with great precision--and in exact scale--offering military enthusiasts and modelers an essential reference on these steel chariots of war.
Filled with fine-scale drawings of America's tanks and other armored vehicles during the entire course of World War II.
• M2 Halftrack
• M3 Lee/Grant Tank
• M3A3 Stuart Tank
• M4 Sherman Tank
• Staghound Armored Car
• LVT Amphibious Tank
• And dozens more . . .
Filled with fine-scale drawings of America's tanks and other armored vehicles during the entire course of World War II.
• M2 Halftrack
• M3 Lee/Grant Tank
• M3A3 Stuart Tank
• M4 Sherman Tank
• Staghound Armored Car
• LVT Amphibious Tank
• And dozens more . . .
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American Armored Fighting Vehicles - George Bradford
Copyright © 2007 by George Bradford
Published by
STACKPOLE BOOKS
5067 Ritter Road
Mechanicsburg, PA 17055
www.stackpolebooks.com
All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. All inquiries should be addressed to Stackpole Books, 5067 Ritter Road, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania 17055.
Cover design by Wendy A. Reynolds
Printed in the United States of America
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
FIRST EDITION
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Bradford, George.
American armored fighting vehicles / George Bradford.—1st ed.
p. cm.—(World War II AFV Plans)
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN-13: 978-0-8117-3340-3
ISBN-10: 0-8117-3340-8
1. Armored vehicles, Military—United States. 2. Tanks (Military science)—United States. I. Title.
UG446.5.B682 2007
623.7'475097309044—dc22
2006038952
eBook ISBN 978-0-8117-4462-1
Contents
M1 Combat Car
M2 Combat Car
M1 Armored Car
M2A2 Light Tank
M2A3 Light Tank
M2A4 Light Tank
M3A1 White Scout Car
M2A1 Medium Tank
M2 Half-Track Car
T16 Half-Track Car
CTMS-1TB1 M-H Light Tank
MTLS-1GI4 M-H Light Tank
M3 -75mm Gun Motor Carriage
M3 Stuart Light Tank (early)
M3 Lee Medium Tank (early)
M4A1 Sherman Medium Tank (initial)
T19 105mm Howitzer Motor Carriage
T30 75mm Howitzer Motor Carriage
M4 Sherman Medium Tank
M3 Lee Medium Tank (late)
M3A1 Lee Medium Tank
M3A1 Stuart Light Tank
M4A2 Sherman Medium Tank
M15 Multiple Gun Motor Carriage
M8 Scott Howitzer Motor Carriage
M29 Weasel Cargo Carrier
M2A1 Half-Track Personnel Carrier
M9A1 Half-Track Personnel Carrier
M3A4 Lee Medium Tank
T13 Heavy Armored Car
T17 Deerhound Armored Car
T24 Scout Car
T17E1 Staghound Armored Car
T17E2 Staghound AA Armored Car
M3 Grant Medium Tank
M31 (T2) Armored Recovery Vehicle
M7 Priest Howitzer Motor Carriage
M29C Weasel Cargo Carrier
M8 Greyhound Armored
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