Pioneers of Armour in the Great War tells the story of the only Australian mechanized units of the Great War. The 1st Australian Armoured Car Section, later the 1st Australian Light Car Patrol, and the Special Tank Section were among the trailblazers of mechanization and represented the cutting edge of technology on the Great War battlefield. The 1st Armoured Car Section was raised in Melbourne in 1916, the brainchild of a group of enthusiasts who financed, designed and then built two armored cars. Having persuaded the Australian Army of the vehicles' utility in the desert campaign, the armored car section, later re-equipped with Model T Fords and retitled the 1st Australian Light Car Patrol, provided valuable service until well after the Armistice. The First World War also saw the emergence of the tank which, despite unpromising beginnings, was to realize its potential in the crucial 1918 battles of Hamel and Amiens. A British Mark IV tank which toured Australia in 1918 demonstrated the power of this new weapon to an awestruck Australian public. Much of the story of the armored cars is told in the voices of the original members of the section and in newspaper articles of the time which highlight the novelty of these vehicles. Painstaking research has produced a remarkable collection of images to accompany the narrative, many never previously published. Biographies of the members of these extraordinary units are also a feature of this book, their stories told from the cradle to the grave. Appendixes provide a wealth of supporting biographical and technical information that enriches the text and adds factual detail.

Pioneers of Armour in the Great War

History

Cecil, Michael K.

Finlayson, David A

Australia & Oceania

Pen and Sword Military

Like all military organisations around the world, the Australian Military are prodigious users of abbreviations, acronyms and codes. While many are used in common with other nations, there are equally as many that are uniquely Australian. Nowhere else on the globe will you find 'WTC' standing for 'Woomera Test Centre', or 'BLG' for 'Bandiana Logistics Group'. This dictionary brings together over 10,500 abbreviations, acronyms and codes that have been used by the Australian Military since Federation. It provides researchers, historians and collectors with a reference work that will take the frustration and guesswork out of reading and interpreting Australian military documents, be they current of archival.

Australian Military Abbreviations, Acronyms & Codes

Virtualbookworm.com Publishing

A comprehensive and complete guide to vehicles and artillery used in the Vietnam War from the world-leading museum, the Australian War Memorial. Includes over 800 photographs.

Mud & Dust: Australian Army Vehicles & Artillery in Vietnam

Military

New Holland Pub Pty Ltd

Following the re-integration of West Germany into NATO in the mid-1950s, the Bundeswehr was equipped with American tanks under the Military Aid Program. Quickly realising they were not suitable, Germany began the design of their own main battle tank in 1956. The Leopard 1 family of vehicles became the first fully-German developed series of armoured combat vehicles to be built after the Second World War, and it owes much to the design concepts developed through combat experience during the latter stages of that war. Using the German-built version of the British L7 105mm gun for its main armament, the Leopard focused on firepower and with its impressive cross-country performance it was unmatched by most other tank designs of the era. The first production Leopard 1 left the line in September 1965 and since then Leopards have seen operational service in Afghanistan (Canadian Leopard C2 MEXAS), Bosnia and Croatia (UNPROFOR Danish Leopard 1A5-DK MBT), Kosovo (KFOR: Danish 1A5-DK; Canadian C1 and Italian 1A5), and Somalia (UNOSOM German Bergpanzer and Pionierpanzer). In 2003 the German Army relinquished its Leopard 1s, and in 2011 the Canadian Battle Group withdrew its Leopard 1s from Afghanistan.

Leopard 1 Main Battle Tank Owners' Workshop Manual: 1965 to present (all models and variants) - An insight into the design, construction, operation ... first post-war armoured fighting vehicle

Shackleton, Michael

Americas

Haynes Publishing, UK

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