Name: BREAKDOWN: A HISTORY OF RECOVERY VEHICLES IN THE BRITISH ARMY
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BREAKDOWN: A HISTORY OF RECOVERY VEHICLES IN THE BRITISH ARMY

by Brian S. Baxter

Published by HMSO. 1990

Slightly better than very good condition. Featuring wheeled and armoured vehicles. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. 101 pages including index.

Second impression. Very slight rubbing at spine and corners. Contents clean.

ISBN: 0112904564
Stock no. 1330707

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Introduction
Part 1 From Horse to Horse Power
Chapter 1 The Early Development of Mechanical Transport
Chapter 2 The First World War : Motor Transport and Tanks
Chapter 3 First World War Salvage Systems and Equipment
Part 2 Scrimp and Save : 1919 to 1939
Chapter1 Changes in the War Office and the Army's Repair Organisations
Chapter 2 Equipment Design in the 1920s and 1930s
Chapter 3 Recovery Vehicles in the Inter-War Period
Chapter 4 Tank Recovery and the First Tank Transporters
Part 3 The Second World War
Chapter 1 The Outbreak of War: The Campaign in France and Belgium and its Legacies
Chapter 2 1940-41: The Campaigns in North and East Africa and Contemporary Equipment
Chapter 3 1941-42: New Organisations and New Equipment
Chapter 4 1941-43: The Continued War in the Middle East and North Africa
Chapter 5 1942-44: Further Developments in the United Kingdom
Chapter 6 The Campaigns in Sicily and Italy
Chapter 7 1942-45: Armoured Recovery Vehicles and New Transporters
Chapter 8 D Day and North West Europe Campaign
Chapter 9 The War Against Japan: India and South East Asia
Part 4 The Development of Recovery Vehicles Since 1945
Chapter 1 the Post War Situation: The 1940s and 1950s
Chapter 2 Recovery Vehicles and Transporters in the 1940s and 1950s
Chapter 3 The First Post-War ARV's
Chapter 4 The 1960s: New Philosophies and New Designs
Chapter 5 The 1970s and 1980s: Newer Armoured Recovery Vehicles
Chapter 6 Further Progress in Wheeled Recovery Vehicles and Transporters
Glossary of Abbreviations
Acknowledgements
Index