M1 Abrams: Development, Combat Service, Modernization, and Battlefield Adaptation of America's Main Battle Tank (Modern Battlefield Tanks) - Brossura

Rowen, Stephen

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1809270170 ISBN 13: 9781809270177

Casa editrice: Oscar Publications, 2026

Riassunto

Modern armored warfare rewards readers who look beyond armor thickness, gun caliber, and headline claims. Understanding a tank means understanding the doctrine, crews, logistics, industrial choices, battlefield pressures, and adaptations that determine what the machine can actually achieve.

M1 Abrams: Development, Combat Service, Modernization, and Battlefield Adaptation of America's Main Battle Tank takes you inside one of the defining armored fighting vehicles of the modern era, following its evolution from Cold War requirement to contemporary battlefield system.

Inside, you will discover:

- How the Abrams was created - from the lessons of MBT-70 and the XM1 competition to the design choices that shaped armor, mobility, firepower, and crew operation.

- How the tank actually functions as a fighting system - including crew workload, fuel demand, maintenance, recovery, transport, ammunition supply, training, and the support network required to keep an Abrams formation operational.

- What combat revealed - from Desert Storm and Iraq to the Abrams experience connected with Ukraine, examining documented strengths, vulnerabilities, losses, battlefield adaptations, and the limits of what available evidence can genuinely prove.

- How the Abrams continues to evolve - through the M1A1, M1A2, SEP generations, industrial rebuilding, current modernization, and the transition toward the M1E3.

By the final chapter, you will understand the Abrams not simply as a famous American tank, but as the product of decades of engineering, doctrine, industrial capacity, crew experience, combat evidence, and continuous adaptation.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Oscar Publications
• Data di pubblicazione: 2026
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1809270170
• ISBN 13: 9781809270177
• Rilegatura: Paperback
• Numero di pagine: 116
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile