{"product_id":"the-age-of-the-mainbattle-tank","title":"The Age of the Main Battle Tank","description":"\u003ch2\u003e The Age of the Mainbattle Tank by AK-Interactive\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e Please note that this is an English language product.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e Historic military book with numerous photos and 220 profiles.\u003cbr\u003e English. 304 pages. Hard cover. LIMITED EDITION.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003eThe fifteen years after the Second World War saw the technology of tank design advance\u003cbr\u003e by leaps and bounds, resulting in the concept of the Main Battle Tank (MBT). This book by\u003cbr\u003e MP Robinson and Dick Taylor examines the history of the first western Main Battle Tanks\u003cbr\u003e designed in that period. The discussion of these weapons in the context of the 1960-1975\u003cbr\u003e period includes the evolution of successful and unsuccessful designs. The tank and MBT\u003cbr\u003e development programs pursued by the United States and its NATO allies, as well as by\u003cbr\u003e neutral Switzerland and Sweden are documented and described in detail. The emergence of\u003cbr\u003e 105mm and larger guns capable of being mounted in tanks in the 30-55 ton range became\u003cbr\u003e a catalyst for the disappearance of the old Medium and Heavy tank classifications- and for\u003cbr\u003e even more ambitious developments following the Yom Kippur War of 1973. Each army's\u003cbr\u003e Interpretation of these advances and the contrasts in Western MBT design priorities are\u003cbr\u003e examined in hundreds of photos and color profiles.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"AK-Interactive","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48023302111402,"sku":"127497","price":43.23,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0696\/3432\/6698\/files\/127497-the-age-of-the-mainbattle-tank-ak130014-1.webp?v=1783206832","url":"https:\/\/tabletop-depot.de\/en\/products\/the-age-of-the-mainbattle-tank","provider":"Tabletop Depot","version":"1.0","type":"link"}