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PublisherBloomsbury Publishing

ISBN-101472820517

ISBN-139781472820518

eBay Product ID (ePID)228572020

Product Key Features

Original LanguageEnglish

Book TitleSoviet T-10 Heavy Tank and Variants

Number of Pages232 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2017

TopicRussia & the Former Soviet Union, Military / Weapons, Modern / 20th Century

IllustratorYes

GenreHistory

AuthorJames Kinnear, Stephen Sewell

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1 in

Item Weight35.1 Oz

Item Length10.1 in

Item Width7.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

Dewey Edition23

Dewey Decimal623.74752

Table Of ContentIntroductionChapter One: Development HistoryChapter Two: Service and Combat HistoryChapter Three: The T-10 Tank Variants DescribedChapter Four: Derivatives of the T-10 Tank DesignChapter Five: Preserved T-10 TanksAppendix One: T-10 Development, Production and Service ChronologyAppendix Two: T-10 Production Data TablesAppendix Three: Soviet Era Tank Design and Production FlowAppendix Four: T-10M Cutaway DiagramAppendix Five: Obiekt Number Listing of T-10 Tanks, Prototypes and ProjectsAppendix Six: Foreign Perspectives: T-10 Recognition during the Cold WarAppendix Seven: Preserved T-10 TanksAppendix Eight: T-10 and Variant Specifications: Data TablesAppendix Nine: Glossary and AbbreviationsBibliographyIndex

SynopsisWhen it was introduced into service in 1953, the T-10 represented a return to the "classic" Soviet heavy tank. Although considered a major threat to NATO tank forces, it also represented the end of an era. All gun-heavy tanks like the T-10 would eventually be made effectively redundant by later models like the T-62 which had powerful next-generation armament and new ammunition types. The tank was gradually withdrawn from service in the 1970s, though the last tanks would only leave Russian service by decree of the President of the Russian Federation in 1997. As such the T-10 outlived the Soviet state that had created it. Never exported outside of the Soviet Union and rarely used in combat, the T-10 has remained a mysterious tank, with many of its variants unknown in the West until very recently. This study, written from original Russian and Ukrainian primary source documents that have only recently been made available, uncovers the history of this enigmatic tank using 130 stunning contemporary and modern photographs of the T-10 as well as full color side-view artwork., A highly illustrated study of the T-10 Heavy Tank that served from the 1950s through to the end of the Soviet Union. It will appeal to any enthusiast of modern tanks and, in particular, modelers and wargamers., When it was introduced into service in 1953, the T-10 represented a return to the "classic" Soviet heavy tank. Although considered a major threat to NATO tank forces, it also represented the end of an era. All gun heavy tanks like the T-10 would eventually be made effectively redundant by later models like the T-62 which had powerful next generation armament and new ammunition types. The tank was gradually withdrawn from service in the 1970s, though the last tanks would only leave Russian service, by decree of the President of the Russian Federation, in 1997. As such the T-10 outlived the Soviet state that had created it.Never exported outside of the Soviet Union and rarely used in combat, the T-10 has remained a mysterious tank, with many of its variants unknown in the West until very recently. This study, written from original Russian and Ukrainian primary source documents that have only recently been made available, uncovers the history of this enigmatic tank using 130 stunning contemporary and modern photographs of the T-10 as well as full colour side-view artwork.

LC Classification NumberUG446.5