T-72 Main Battle Tank 197493
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
T-72 Main Battle Tank 197493
By (Author) Steven J. Zaloga
Illustrated by Peter Sarson
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Osprey Publishing
30th September 1993
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Military engineering
Weapons and equipment
623.7
Physical Properties
Paperback
48
Width 184mm, Height 248mm, Spine 5mm
198g
Description
The Russian T-72 Ural tank is the most widely-deployed main battle tank of the current generation. Used by the armies of the former Warsaw pact and Soviet Union, it has also been exported in large numbers to many of the states in the Middle East. This book reveals the previously secret history behind the tank. Steven J Zaloga examines the conditions under which the T-72 was designed and produced. Technical aspects of the weapon are also discussed, including its EDZ reactive armour which, when it first appeared in December 1984, gave NATO a nasty shock.
Author Bio
Steven J. Zaloga was born in 1952, received his BA in history from Union College, and his MA from Columbia University. He has published numerous books and articles dealing with modern military technology, especially armoured vehicle development. His main area of interest is military affairs in the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe in the Second World War, and he has also written extensively on American armoured forces. Peter Sarson has produced graphic cutaways for many armoured vehicle publications, and is regarded as one of the worlds great illustrators of military vehicles. Peter lives and works in Dorset.
