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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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Sikorsky/Westland Sea King with 180 page and over 400 photos, no detail of the Sea King is overlooked in this book. Many different versions of the Sea King are included, from the Belgian Mk.48, German Mk.41, Norwegian Mk.43B, RAF HAR.3, Royal Navy HC4, HAS.6, ASaC.7, Canadian CH-124, and many others, including Marine One ! A really close-up look at the fuselage, cockpit, cargo bay, landing gear, main and tail rotor, a lot of action and as usual an extensive maintenance chapter of 22 pages.

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Westland Sea King In Worldwide Service (9) Westland Sea King Mk.50 N16-125, '10' of 817 Naval Air Squadron, Royal Australian Navy, 1977. Westland Sea King Mk.48 'RS01' of 40 Squadron, Belgian Air Force, 2007. Westland Sea King Mk.42C 'IN559' of 40 Squadron, Indian Navy, 2007. Westland Sea King Mk.41, '89+63', of Marinefliegergeschwader 5, West German Navy, Based at Kiel-Holtenau, Germany, 2023 Westland Commando Mk.3 'QA30' of No.8 Anti-Surface Vessel Squadron, Qatari Emiri Air Force, 2011. Westland Commando Mk.2 '721' of Republic of Egypt Air Force, 1980. Westland Sea King Mk.50A 'N16-118'/'07' of 817 Squadron, Royal Australian Navy, 2005. Westland Sea King Mk.43B, '073', of 330 Squadron, Royal Norwegian Air Force, Based at Bodo Main Air Station, Norway, 2014. Westland Sea King Mk.45 '11' Pakistan Navy, 2005.

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