Five New Tankograd Titles

Cold War Warrior M60/M60A1/A2/A3
For many people the American M60 main battle tank is a crucial symbol of the Cold War period. No other NATO vehicle so heavily embodies the confrontation between East and West during these tough years. In the form of a journey through time, this publication looks at different variants of the M60 MBT in service with armoured units of the US Army, Army National Guard and US Marine Corps that deployed to Germany for exercises along the Iron Curtain and conducted training at German training areas between 1962 and 1988…

UNIMOG 1,5 Tonner S Part’s 1, 2 & 3
For many German ex-soldiers, Unimog means first and foremost the Unimog Type S, known as the “one-and-a-half tonner”. This type of truck was their daily workhorse and, with a massive 36,638 Unimog S trucks in service with the Bundeswehr, the word omnipresent could well be applied here. This figure also makes the Type S the top of the line in terms of military trucks delivered to the German armed forces..

US WWII Chevrolet 1 ½-ton 4×4
Trucks Cargo, M6 Bomb Service and others – Production of the first Chevrolet 1 ½-ton 4×4 trucks started in August 1940 with cargo and dump trucks with and without winch, panel trucks and the Bomb Service Truck M6. Of these models only the cargo trucks kept rolling off the assembly lines until the end of production in August 1945, as these were the main models to be used for International Aid requirements and delivered to allied nations through Lend-Lease…

New Titles From Tankograd

M1 Abrams Breacher : The M1 Assault Breacher Vehicle (ABV) – Technology and Service

The M1 Assault Breacher Vehicle (ABV) is the newest and long expected addition to the M1 Abrams tank family. The M1 ABVs fielded by the US Army and US Marine Corps marked the end of a very long search and development by the US Armed Forces for a vehicle to clear mines, as well as one that can be used as a dozer to clear battlefield obstacles and to prepare firing positions.

 

 

Operation Big Lift 63 : Cold War Airbridge from Texas to Germany

45,000 troops with 800 main battle tanks, 6,500 other tracked vehicles, 12,000 wheeled vehicles and 1,200 aircraft. Today these figures seem to come from another age, yet they define the field training exercise Operation Big Lift 63, the biggest airlift operation ever done on a possible central European battlefield.

 

 

Unimog U4000/U5000 : The Unimog Series 437.4 – Development, Technology, Variants, Service

This publication tells the development history, technology and variants of the U4000/U5000 in modern German Army service. Among the variants covered are the U4000 box body types, U5000 Cargo, U5000 UAV Recovery Vehicle and the U5000 Forest Firefighting Vehicle.

New Tankograd Titles

ANZAC Army Vehicles : Vehicles of the Modern New Zealand and Australian Armies – This publication seeks to reflect the close bonds of the New Zealand and Australian Armies forged in war.

M60, M60A1, M728 : The M60 / M60A1 / M60A1 (AOS) / M60A1 (RISE) MBTs and the M728 CEV in Service with the US Army – This publication describes in great detail the development history, active service and technology of the M60 family covering the MBT variants M60, M60A1, M60A1 (AOS), M60A1 (RISE), M60A1 (RISE Passive) and the CEV M728.

Tankograd Military Fahrzeug 2-2014Tankograd Military Fahrzeug 2-2014 – Latest issue of this popular German magazine.

UNIMOG U1300L : The Legendary 2-ton Unimog Truck in German Army Service – Parts 1, 2 and 3. For the first time this trilogy shows the variants and tasks of the U1300L within the Bundeswehr in unprecedented detail.