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Armour in Profile-Armoured Fighting Vehicles USA 1945-2018 By MP Robinson, David Grunnitt, Leif Robinson Armour in Profile: Armoured Fighting Vehicles of the United States Army, 1945-2018 contains profiles of five armoured fighting vehicles that have shaped the strategy and tactics of the United States Army since the end of World War II. From the battlefields of the Korean Peninsula and the jungles of Vietnam, to the plains of Central Europe and deserts of Iraq and Kuwait, these vehicles are iconic of American military might. Beginning with the M47 and M48 Patton tanks, replacements for the M4 Sherman, it goes on to examine the M60 tank and the mighty M1 Abrams Main Battle Tank, a vehicle that is expected to serve as the principal weapon of the U.S. Army for at least another two decades. As well as these main battle tanks, it profiles the 'King of Battle', the M109 self-propelled howitzer, another relic of the Cold War continuously updated to meet the challenges of warfare in the twenty-first century. Finally, the book looks at the 'REFORGER' exercises held in the 1970s and 80s, at the height of the Cold War, and which moved thousands of U.S personnel and vehicles to Germany on an annual basis.

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de Havilland Vampire 1. de Havilland Vampire T.55. 187. lrish Air Corps, 1956. 2. de Havilland Vampire T.55.209. Arab Legion Air Force (Royal Jordanian Air Force). 1956. Note that this aircraft was flown by King Hussein himself. 3. de Havilland Vampie T.55. 263. Advanced Flying School. South African Air Force, early 1970. 4. de Havilland Vampire T.11.WZ 518. No 14 Sguadron RAF. Oldenberg (Germany) as seen at Blackbushe on 7 September 1955. 5. de Havilland Sea Vampire T.22.J-311. Grupo 8n. Chilean Air Force, 1976. 6. de Havilland Vampire T.11. XD 624/Z, No 19 Sguadron RAF, seen at Church Fenton in July 1957. 7. de Havilland Vampire T35A A79-813. 78 Sguadron RAAF 1960 Aluminium overall with black wing leading edges. 8. de Havilland Sea Vampire T.22 XG 775/VL, 'Admiral's Barge' . Station Flight. Yeovilton. 9. de Havilland Vampire NF.54,ID 593. No 10 Sguadron. Indian Air Force Palam, 1953. 10. de Havilland Vampire T.11 XA 888/74 Nos 43/151 Sguadron RAF, Leuchars Station Flight 1958. 11. de Havilland Vampire T.22 XA 126/557/BY. No 727 Sguadron FAA, Brawdy, 1963. 12. de Havilland Vampire T.35 A 79-648/48 Telstars Aerobatic Team, RAAF.1967.

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