"The "Soixantequinze," France's legendary 75mm Modele 1897, was the first modern field gun, pioneering several critical innovations in field artillery designs, including a fast action breech and a soft recoil system. Although some of these features had been incorporated into ea…
T-90 standard tank: the first tank of the new Russia
by Zaloga, Steve, Rodríguez, Felipe
fromNew vanguard
T-90 Standard Tank: the First Tank of the New Russia
by Zaloga, Steve, Rodríguez, Felipe
fromNew vanguard
In the wake of the T-72 tank's poor performance in the 1991 Gulf War, the Kremlin instructed the Russian tank industry to drop the discredited T-72 designation in favour of the T-90 Vladimir. The T-90 was in fact a further evolution of the T-72 family, but the name change repres…
Early US Armor: armored cars 1915-1940
by Zaloga, Steve, Rodríguez, Felipe
fromNew vanguard
"The first American armoured cars began to emerge around the turn of the century, seeing their first military use in 1916 during the Punitive Expedition against Pancho Villa. When the United States entered World War I, the American Expeditionary Forces used some armoured cars in…
Early US armor: armored cars 1915-40
by Zaloga, Steve, Rodríguez, Felipe
fromNew vanguard
"The first American armoured cars began to emerge around the turn of the century, seeing their first military use in 1916 during the Punitive Expedition against Pancho Villa. When the United States entered World War I, the American Expeditionary Forces used some armoured cars in…
Early US armor: armored cars 1915-40
by Zaloga, Steve, Rodríguez, Felipe
fromNew vanguard
"The first American armoured cars began to emerge around the turn of the century, seeing their first military use in 1916 during the Punitive Expedition against Pancho Villa. When the United States entered World War I, the American Expeditionary Forces used some armoured cars in…
Early US Armor: Armored Cars 1915-40
by Zaloga, Steven J., Rodríguez, Felipe
fromNew Vanguard Ser