The world's greatest tanks: an illustrated history

INTRODUCTION 6FROM WORLD WAR I TO WORLD WAR II 8 Mark V Male (1917) 10 Sturmpanzerwagen A7V (1918) 14 BT-5 (1932) 18 Type 95 Kyugo Light Tank (1934) 22 T-35 (1935) 26 Panzer II Ausf F (1936) 30 Char B1 bis (1937) 34 Panzer 38(t) (1938) 38 Mk III Valentine Infantry Tank (1939) 42 Panzer III Ausf F (1940) 46 KV-1A Heavy Tank (1940) 50 Panzer IV Ausf F1 (1941) 54 Mk VI Crusader I Cruiser Tank (1941) 58 Churchill Mk IV (1941) 62 M3A3 Stuart (1941) 66 M3A3 General Lee (1941) 70 T-70 (1942) 74 T-34 Model 1943 (1942) 78 Panzer VI Tiger Ausf E (1942) 82 M4A4 Sherman (1942) 86 Panzer V Panther Ausf D (1943) 90 KV-85 Heavy Tank (1943) 94 Churchill AVRE (1943) 98 T-34/85 (1944) 102Sherman Crab Mine-Clearing Tank (1944) 106 Sherman VC Firefly (1944) 110 Cromwell Mk VIII (1944) 114 Tiger II \'King Tiger\' (1944) 118 Jagdpanzer VI Jagdtiger (1944) 122 M-24 Chaffee (1944) 126MODERN TANKS 130 IS-3 (1945) 132 Centurion A41 (1945) 136 T-54/55 (1947) 140 AMX-13 (1952) 144 M-48 Patton (1952) 148 PT-76 (1952) 152 M-60 Patton (1960) 156 T-62 (1961) 160 Chieftain Mk5 (1963) 164 Leopard 1 (1965) 168 Stridsvagn 103B (1967) 172 Scimitar (1970) 176 T-72 (1971) 180 Merkava (1977) 184 Leopard 2 (1979) 188 M2 Bradley (1981) 192 Challenger 1 (1982) 196 M1A1 Abrams (1985) 200 AMX-56 Leclerc (1991) 204 T-90 (1992) 208 M1A2 Abrams (1996) 212 Challenger 2 (1998) 216INDEX 220