AFV Alphabet

By Russell Phillips

Russell Phillips wrote an "A to Z" series of blog posts around the theme of AFVs (Armoured Fighting Vehicles). They have been edited and collated into this ebook.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Shilka Publishing
• Release date: Nov 28, 2022
• ISBN: 9781804430163

Russell Phillips

Russell Phillips writes books and articles about military technology and history. Born and brought up in a mining village in South Yorkshire, they have lived and worked in South Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Cumbria and Staffordshire. Russell has always had a deep interest in history and conflicts all over the world, and enjoys sharing their knowledge with others through clear, factual accounts which shine a light on events of the past. Their articles have been published in Miniature Wargames, Wargames Illustrated, The Wargames Website, and the Society of Twentieth Century Wargamers' Journal. They have been interviewed on BBC Radio Stoke, The WW2 Podcast, Cold War Conversations, and The Voice of Russia. They currently live in Stoke-on-Trent with their wife and two children.

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Book cover. Book title "AFV Alphabet" at the top. Photographs of an Antonov A-40 and ZSU-57-2 below. Author name "Russell Phillips" at the bottom.

AFV ALPHABET

RUSSELL PHILLIPS

SHILKA PUBLISHING

Copyright © 2022 by Russell Phillips

All rights reserved.

No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without written permission from the author, except for the use of brief quotations in a book review.

CONTENTS

Introduction

A: Antonov A-40

B: Bishop

C: Carden-Loyd tankette

D: Deerhound

E: Eifv

F: Fox

G: Gvozdika

H: Hornet

I: Infanterikanonvagn 91

J: Jaguar

K: Kangaroo

L: Light Tank, Marks I to VI

M: Maus

N: Nahuel

O: OT-64

P: Pig

Q: Al-Qaswa Logistics Vehicle

R: Rolls-Royce Armoured Car

S: Sexton

T: Tiger

U: Urutu

V: Valentine

W: Wiesel

X: X1 Light Tank

Y: Yeramba

Z: ZSU-57-2

About Russell Phillips

Also by Russell Phillips

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INTRODUCTION

Inspired by Tim Gow’s A to Z of Wargaming series of posts, I wrote an A to Z series of blog posts around the theme of AFVs (Armoured Fighting Vehicles). To mark History Writers Day 2022, I've edited the posts and collated them into this free book.

History Writers Day is a virtual Twitter Christmas Market for history-related books, both fiction and non-fiction. It's organised by @Books2Cover, which is well worth a follow if you don't do so already.

RUSSELL PHILLIPS

A: ANTONOV A-40

Antonov A-40

When I started writing this series, I hoped to find some interesting subjects. I think it’s fair to say that the Antonov A-40 flying tank qualifies as interesting. Airborne troops can be vulnerable, because they can’t use heavy support weapons or vehicles. The A-40 was an attempt to address this