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SAS Combat Vehicles 1942-93: The Regiment's Jeeps and Land Rovers in North Afric
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- Brand New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
- ISBN-13
- 9781472846808
- Type
- NA
- Publication Name
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- ISBN
- 9781472846808
- Book Title
- Sas Combat Vehicles 1942-91
- Item Length
- 9.7in
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing USA
- Publication Year
- 2021
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.1in
- Genre
- Technology & Engineering, History
- Topic
- Military / Special Forces, Military Science
- Item Width
- 7.2in
- Item Weight
- 6 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 48 Pages
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A history of the Special Air Service's lightweight, heavily armed vehicles and their combat use, ranging from the famous 1942 airfield raids of North Africa, the SAS Brigade's jeep-borne operations in Europe after D-Day, and 22 SAS's postwar adoption of much-modified Land Rovers for desert operations. The SAS, the world's most famous special operations unit, made its name in the desert of North Africa, shooting up Axis airfields from specially modified Willys jeeps. Following the start of the El Alamein offensive in October 1942, the SAS used jeeps effectively in reconnoitring and ambushing the retreating Afrika Korps. After the conclusion of the North African campaign, the Willys underwent several small but significant changes, including the introduction of the .303 Browning machine gun. Between June and October 1944, the SAS brigade operated deep inside Occupied France, harassing Germans reinforcements heading to Normandy, calling up air strikes on installations, and carrying out reconnaissance missions - all made possible with jeeps dropped by the RAF. Jeeps were also used in the push into Germany in the spring of 1945. Transported across the Rhine in "Buffalo" amphibious landing craft, they formed part of the vanguard of the Allied advance, and their agility, speed, and firepower proved crucial in crushing fanatical pockets of Nazi resistance. In 1952, 22 SAS regiment adopted the Series 1 Land Rover -- introduced in 1948 -- as the successor to the Willys jeep. A decade later, the Regiment updated to the Series IIA 90 Land Rover which had also seen service in the Oman and Aden where its distinctive color led to the "Pink Panther" nickname. In the 1970s, the SAS begin using Range Rovers for covert operations while the Land Rover 110 HCPU became their new Desert Patrol Vehicle (DPV) in the 1991 Gulf War. This book describes the successful deployment of these combat vehicles in SAS operations from the Second World War to the present day and gives a rare insight into one of the most prestigious and secret forces of modern times.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN-10
147284680x
ISBN-13
9781472846808
eBay Product ID (ePID)
17050089391
Product Key Features
Book Title
Sas Combat Vehicles 1942-91
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Military / Special Forces, Military Science
Publication Year
2021
Genre
Technology & Engineering, History
Number of Pages
48 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.7in
Item Height
0.1in
Item Width
7.2in
Item Weight
6 Oz
Additional Product Features
Series Volume Number
295
Lc Classification Number
Ug446.5
Table of Content
INTRODUCTION SELF-SUFFICIENCY: THE BLITZ BUGGY SAS DESERT JEEPS THE ITALIAN JOB, 1943 SPROUTING WINGS: JEEPS IN FRANCE, 1944 INTO GERMANY POST-WAR: THE LAND ROVER ERA FURTHER READING INDEX
Illustrated by
Morshead, Henry, Rodriguez, Irene Cano
Target Audience
Trade
Dewey Decimal
356.16783
Series
New Vanguard Ser.
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
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