M60 vs T-62: Cold War Combatants 1956-92

M60 vs T-62: Cold War Combatants 1956-92

M60 vs T-62: Cold War Combatants 1956-92

M60 vs T-62: Cold War Combatants 1956-92

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Overview

Designed for the battlefields of Europe at the height of the Cold War, the M60 and T-62 were the premier combat tanks of their day. However, it was in the deserts of the Middle East that they finally met in battle. This new Duel title examines the design and development of these main battle tanks, identifying their strengths and weaknesses, and describing and analyzing their performance on the battlefield during the Yom Kippur War, the Iran–Iraq War, and the first Gulf War.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781472803948
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date: 05/20/2013
Series: Duel , #30
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 80
File size: 8 MB

About the Author

David Isby is an experienced author, having written or edited 20 books and over 350 articles in journals such as Jane's Intelligence Review and Air Force Monthly. His work on World War 2 military aviation includes Jane's At the Controls The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress (London, 1999, Harper Collins) and editing three volumes of Luftwaffe accounts. He is an experienced pilot (and son of a USAAF C-47 navigator). Lon Nordeen is an experienced write on Cold War armor, Lon has spent several months researching in Russian and American archives to research the history of the T-62 and M60 tanks. He currently works for the Boeing Corporation.
Lon Nordeen worked for more than 40 years in aerospace at the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics and then as a manager of marketing communications and business development for a wide range of McDonnell Douglas/Boeing products (including the Harpoon/SLAM ER missile) and as a technical writer in defence, aviation and military technology. He has a long-term interest in aerospace, defence technology and military history. He is the author/co-author of more than 12 published books on these subjects, including four for Osprey. Lon lives near Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Richard Chasemore completed a four-year course in technical illustration in 1992. Since then, he has worked on a wide variety of projects in publishing and advertising, using both traditional and digital media. He has lectured in airbrush techniques, and written six educational books on digital art. A long-standing contributor to the top-selling Star Wars Incredible Cross Sections series, his contribution has taken him to Skywalker Ranch in California to work with Lucasfilm's concept artists. Richard also enjoys music and is a co-founder of Superglider Records.

Table of Contents

Introduction 4

Chronology 6

Design and Development 8

M60 Main Battle Tank

T-62 (Obietk 166) Main Battle Tank

The Battle of the Chinese Farm, 1973 18

Israeli Forces

Egyptian Forces

The Conflict

Impact of the War

Post-1973 M60 and T-62 Development 43

M60 Developments

T-62 Developments

USMC M60A1 vs. Iraqi T-62, Kuwait 1991 54

Desert Shield

Desert Storm

Conclusion 76

Bibliography 78

Index 80

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