The Gulf warfare bore witness to a few lethal encounters among those nice adversaries. seriously armored, hugely cellular and able to killing at over 2500m the M1 Abrams is, to today, a veritable struggling with computing device. enhanced to either Iraq's Soviet period T-55 and T-62 tanks, approximately all resources declare that no Abrams tank has ever been destroyed through enemy hearth. regardless of getting into carrier in 1980, the M1 Abrams remained untested in wrestle until eventually the Gulf struggle in 1991, the place it used to be to be faced by means of its archenemy the Iraqi-assembled Soviet-designed T-72. getting into creation in 1971, the T-72 arguably outstripped its contemporaries in a stability of mobility, safeguard and firepower. by the point of Operation wasteland typhoon, despite the fact that, the tables had became and the tank suffered as a result of low caliber ammunition and poorly proficient crews. during this attention-grabbing research, Steven Zaloga pits those nice scuffling with machines opposed to each other, plotting the improvement of the chilly conflict till either tanks met in wrestle within the deserts of Iraq and Kuwait.
Read or Download M1 Abrams vs T-72 Ural: Operation Desert Storm 1991 (Duel) PDF
Best Conventional books
The Evolution Of Weapons And Warfare (A Da Capo paperback)
A historical past of guns and battle, from the Macedonian sarissa to the atomic bomb. The ebook describes technological and strategic advances in army technological know-how, but in addition goals to rouse the horror of warfare and touch upon the way forward for struggle.
Medieval Warfare: Theory and Practice of War in Europe, 300-1500
Conflict in medieval instances used to be by no means static or predictable - even if there have been beliefs and conventions to stick to, within the box commanders needed to use their initiative and adapt to the desires of the instant. during this concise, wide-ranging research, Helen Nicholson presents the fundamental introductory consultant to a desirable topic.
The Armourer and His Craft: From the XIth to the XVIth Century
Regular reference bargains accomplished, distinct list of 500 years of ecu armor — manufacture, fabrics, instruments, rate, weight, and extra. Over a hundred illustrations. Bibliography.
Rommel's Desert War: Waging World War II in North Africa, 1941-1943 (Cambridge Military Histories)
Entire new historical past of the Axis crusade in North Africa in the broader strategic context of the second one international conflict.
Additional resources for M1 Abrams vs T-72 Ural: Operation Desert Storm 1991 (Duel)