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PublisherBloomsbury Publishing
ISBN-10147282251X
ISBN-139781472822512
eBay Product ID (ePID)14038375084
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Book TitleTECHNICALS : Non-Standard Tactical Vehicles from the Great Toyota War to Modern Special Forces
Number of Pages48 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicModern / 21st Century, Modern / 20th Century, Military / Vehicles, Automotive / Trucks
Publication Year2018
IllustratorDennis, Peter, Yes
GenreTransportation, History
AuthorLeigh Neville
Book SeriesNew Vanguard Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.2 in
Item Weight6.3 Oz
Item Length9.8 in
Item Width7.3 in
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Intended AudienceTrade
Reviews"Neville and Osprey Publishing give us a unique glimpse into this rapidly evolving tool of insurgency forces from the Middle East to Africa and beyond. It makes for fascinating reading and certainly you'll be hard pressed to go through this book and not get a great modeling idea or two. This is a truly valuable resource for anyone interested in modern warfare, and I cannot recommend it enough." - IPMS / USA "This is a very nice reference book that contains many close-up detailed subject specific photographs and illustrations and well detailed captions. As the title states, the book details various non-standard tactical vehicles from the Great Toyota War and use by modern Special Forces. I would have no hesitation to add other Osprey Publishing titles to my personal library nor would I hesitate to recommend this book to others as it will be a welcome addition to one's personal military reference library." - Armorama.com, "Neville and Osprey Publishing give us a unique glimpse into this rapidly evolving tool of insurgency forces from the Middle East to Africa and beyond. It makes for fascinating reading and certainly you'll be hard pressed to go through this book and not get a great modeling idea or two. This is a truly valuable resource for anyone interested in modern warfare, and I cannot recommend it enough." - IPMS / USA "This is a very nice reference book that contains many close-up detailed subject specific photographs and illustrations and well detailed captions. As the title states, the book details various non-standard tactical vehicles from the Great Toyota War and use by modern Special Forces. I would have no hesitation to add other Osprey Publishing titles to my personal library nor would I hesitate to recommend this book to others as it will be a welcome addition to one's personal military reference library." - Armorama.com " ...I can't remember having so much fun with an Osprey effort. Grab this terrific little tome. Roundly recommended!" - Cybermodeler Online, "Neville and Osprey Publishing give us a unique glimpse into this rapidly evolving tool of insurgency forces from the Middle East to Africa and beyond. It makes for fascinating reading and certainly you'll be hard pressed to go through this book and not get a great modeling idea or two. This is a truly valuable resource for anyone interested in modern warfare, and I cannot recommend it enough." -- IPMS / USA "This is a very nice reference book that contains many close-up detailed subject specific photographs and illustrations and well detailed captions. As the title states, the book details various non-standard tactical vehicles from the Great Toyota War and use by modern Special Forces. I would have no hesitation to add other Osprey Publishing titles to my personal library nor would I hesitate to recommend this book to others as it will be a welcome addition to one's personal military reference library." -- Armorama.com "...I can't remember having so much fun with an Osprey effort. Grab this terrific little tome. Roundly recommended!" -- Cybermodeler Online
Dewey Edition23
Series Volume Number257
Dewey Decimal623.747
Table Of ContentIntroduction Origins The Toyota War Somalia: The Rise of the Technical The Taliban's APC: Afghanistan 2001 onwards The Men of Sacrifice: Iraq 2003 The Libyan Civil War The Endless War: Iraq and Syria 2011 onwards Back to Africa: Mali, Sudan, Somalia, Yemen Pimp my Hilux: Special Operations Forces Pick-ups Bibliography Index
SynopsisOver the last 30 years, the "technical" or armed pick-up truck has become arguably the most ubiquitous military land vehicle of modern warfare. Harking back to the armed Jeeps and Chevrolet trucks of the SAS and Long Range Desert Group in North Africa in World War II, the world's first insurgent technicals were those of the Sahrawi People's Liberation Army in Algeria in the late 1970s, followed by the Chadian use of technical in the so-called Toyota War against Libya. Since then, technicals have seen use in Somalia, Iraq, Afghanistan, and Libya, as well as being used by Western and Russian Special Forces. Fully illustrated with commissioned artwork and providing rigorous analysis, this is the first history of how this deceptively simple fighting vehicle has been used and developed in conflicts worldwide., The first military history of the fast, agile, heavily armed and readily available technical, examining more than 30 years of tactical and technological development.
LC Classification NumberUG615
