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MOVING THE GUNS: THE MECHANISATION OF THE ROYAL ARTILLERY 1854-1939
Written by Philip Ventham; David Fletcher.
Stock no. 1330059
Published by HMSO. 1st 1990. Slightly better than very good condition.

Chronicling the story of the mechanisation of the Royal Artillery, following the technical development of the means to move guns in warfare from early experiments through to the beginning of the Second World War. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 0112904777. Very light crease to lower corner of front cover.

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TANK TRACKS 9TH BATTALION ROYAL TANK REGIMENT AT WAR 1940-45
Written by Peter Beale.
Stock no. 1830148
Published by Budding Books. 1st thus 1997. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

What it was like to live and fight as a member of a British heavy tank battalion during the second world war. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos. 238 pages including index. ISBN: 1840150033. A lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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TANK COMBAT IN NORTH AFRICA: THE OPENING ROUNDS
Written by Thomas L. Jentz.
Stock no. 1830068
Published by Schiffer Publishing Ltd.. 1st 1998. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Operations Sonnenblume, Brevity, Skorpion and Battleaxe: February 1941 - June 1941. The focus of this book is the tank battles fought during the opening phase of the war in North Africa. Substantive, basic facts gleaned from searching for details in the surviving original records. Beige cloth boards, black titles. Marbled endpapers. B/w photos. 221 pages. ISBN: 0764302264. Black dustwrapper is lightly scuffed. A lovely copy.

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CROMWELL TANK: VEHICLE HISTORY AND SPECIFICATION
No author listed.
Stock no. 1829986
Published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office. 1st 1983. Nearly fine condition.

the Cromwell ws one of the most important British tanks of the later war years. This book shows what made them tick. The text is taken from the original Vehicle Handbook which describes every detail in straightforward terms. Supplemented by a concise historical survey, scale drawings and original photographs. The book has been prepared entirely from original material by the staff of the Tank Museum at Bovington Camp in Dorset. Large format. Cardwraps. Includes 1:35 Scale plans. xiv and 95 pages. ISBN: 0112904033. A lovely copy.

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THE UNIVERSAL TANK: BRITISH ARMOUR IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR PART 2
Written by David Fletcher.
Stock no. 1829985
Published by HMSO. 1st 1993. Nearly fine condition.

Picking up from where The Great Tank Scandal left off, in the winter of 1942/43, The Universal Tank carries the story of British and Commonwealth Armoured Fighting Vehicles forward to 1945. Large format. Cardwraps. B/w photos. vi and 125 pages including index. ISBN: 011290534X. A lovely copy.

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THE GREAT TANK SCANDAL: BRITISH ARMOUR IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR PART 1
Written by David Fletcher.
Stock no. 1829984
Published by HMSO. 1993. Nearly fine condition.

The development of British and Commonwealth armoured fighting vehicles, building a convincing picture of the factors which led to the 'great tank scandal'. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. vi and 141 pages including index. ISBN: 0112904602. Second impression. A lovely copy.

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LANDSHIPS: BRITISH TANKS IN THE FIRST WORLD WAR
Written by David Fletcher.
Stock no. 1829935
Published by HMSO. 1992. Nearly fine condition.

The tank was conceived as an answer to a specific problem, the mass slaughter and stalemate of the trenches. Its development is the subject of this book. Every type of tank built for the British Army during this period is illustrated and described against the background of the battles in which they fought and the organization which supported them. Cardwraps. B/w photos. 60 pages including index. ISBN: 0112904092. Second impression. A lovely copy, appears unread!

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JAKE WARDROP'S DIARY: A TANK REGIMENT SERGEANT'S STORY
Written by George Forty.
Stock no. 1329618
Published by Amberley Publishing. 1st 2009. Fine condition.

From defeat in 1940 to ultimate victory in 1945, sadly Jake Wardrop was killed in action during the dying days of the war. Cardwraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 9781848685802. A super copy, looks unread.

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HISTORIC MILITARY VEHICLES DIRECTORY
Written by Bart H. Vanderveen.
Stock no. 1829843
Published by Battle of Britain Prints International Ltd.. 1st 1989. Nearly fine condition.

A Wheels & Tracks Directory. A uniquely comprehensive, richly-illustrated directory providing general, technical and physical data of transport and fighting vehicles which were produced for armies, air forces and other services from the mid-1930s until about 1960. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos throughout. 400 pages including index. ISBN: 0900913576. A nice, clean copy.

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GENESIS, EMPLOYMENT, AFTERMATH: FIRST WORLD WAR TANKS AND THE NEW WARFARE, 1900-1945
Written by Alaric Searle.
Stock no. 1329505
Published by Helion & Company Ltd. 1st 2015. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Modern Military History series no.1. Black boards, silver title to spine. 244 pages. Some b/w photos and maps. ISBN: 9781909982222. Top of spine bumped. A lovely copy, looks unread.

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TANK TRACKS 9TH BATTALION ROYAL TANK REGIMENT AT WAR 1940-45
Written by Peter Beale.
Stock no. 1329503
Published by Alan Sutton. 1st 1995. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

What it was like to live and fight as a member of a British heavy tank battalion during the second world war. Black boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. 238 pages. ISBN: 0750908807. A super copy, looks unread.

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"EVERYTHING WORKED LIKE CLOCKWORK"
Written by Roger E. Salmon.
Stock no. 1329482
Published by Helion & Company Ltd. 1st 2016. Fine condition.

The Mechanization of British Regular and Household Cavalry 1918-1942. An important book not just for cavalry mechanization but for British defence policy in the inter-war years. Glazed pictorial boards. bw/321 pages (including index). Wolverhampton Military Studies No.18. ISBN: 9781910777961. A super copy, looks unread.

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