The Churchill Tank - Vehicle History and Specification
David Fletcher MBE
Neben einer kurzen Einleitung enthält dieser Band das komplett digital aufbereitete Handbuch für die Besatzung des Churchill Panzers.
The Churchill tank was probably the most famous British armoured fighting vehicle of the Second World War. With frontal armour that was 6 inches thick, it was also one of the toughest, and its ability to absorb punishment and come back for more was legendary.
Designed for operations in North West Europe, the Churchill’s baptism of fire came with the tragic Dieppe landings in 1942. Later. it served with distinction in Tunisia and Italy, while others fought with the Red Army on the Russian Front. However, it was the campaign in Normandy and the subsequent advance into Germany for which it is best remembered. The Korean conflict saw it in action again, but this was its swansong.
In Churchill Tank: Vehicle History and Specification, it lives again as an edited facsimile reprint of the official Service Instruction Book on the Churchill Marks VI and VIll published in 1944. This is the crew’s ‘bible’: it instructs them how to handle and maintain their charge, and in doing so, it presents the modern reader with a detailed anatomy of the tank – from driving instructions to the Bedford Twin-Six engine, transmission and tracks: and from turret to armament and stowage.
Introduced by a concise historical survey, it provides a valuable and original reference work for historians, enthusiasts and modellers, for whom detailed component drawings and accurate scale plans are included.
First published in 1983 but out of print for many years, Cromwell Tank: Vehicle History and Specification is available again from The Tank Museum in this redesigned and re-illustrated new edition.
Format 24,5 x 17,3 cm, Paperback, 168 Seiten, über 110 Fotos sowie Zeichnungen und technische Abbildungen,
englischer Text, Best-Nr. PTM006
Inhalt:
Series Introduction
The Churchill Tank
Layout Specification
General Description
Driver’s Controls
How to Drive
Engine and Clutch
Transmission
Tracks and Suspension
Brakes
The Turret
Armament
QF 75mm Gun
75mm Ammunition
QF 95mm Howitzer
95mm Ammunition
7.92mm BESA Machine Gun
7.92mm Ammunition
2-in Bomb-Thrower
2-in Bomb-Thrower Ammunition
The Gun Mountings
Internal Stowage
Diagrams
External Stowage
Diagrams
Plate Thickness Diagrams
Scale Drawings