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Army Vehicles & Weapons

PDF format CD reprinting material from hard to find official US Army catalogs from the postwar era* - everything from bayonets to ballistic missiles. Entries provide details of indvidual weapons systems and vehicles, including weights, dimensions, powerplants, armament and TM numbers. 150 pages

$9.99 + $5 s/h worldwide

*Covers items from late WWII to the late 1960s, and thus many wartime vehicles and weapons that were still in issue (even well into the Vietnam era) are listed.

M7 Priest 105mm
Technical Manual TM 9-731E **C1 Updated edition published in 1950.
Over 120 pages, in .pdf format for Windows on CD

M7 priest data for model makers

Includes:

Systems
Vehicle Operation
Types of ammunition
Loading/unloading from rail transport

Numerous close-in photos and details of components and support gear that will be of use to the modeler.

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Fighting Vehicles - A History in Patents

Details the development of the fighting vehicles through official patent drawings and documents, starting with pre-World War I concepts and stretching through today's modern tanks, armored cars, and other combatant vehicles. 280+ pages

Covers many oddball and never-built vehicles - mini tanks, an early 1900s "Skirmish Machine", even submersible tanks!
Hundreds of detailed drawings and plans

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Tech Reference: M47 Patton

Over 50 pages of highly detailed views of the M47 Patton from official Army training manuals, showing external details, powerplant, turret, armament, drivetrain, many interior shots, armament.

Bought as a replacement for the M46, the M47 Patton was actually a stopgap vehicle, combining an M46-type hull with the turret from the T42 medium tank. Although over 8,500 M47s were built, the type had only a short career with the US Army and MArine Corps, being quickly replaced by the M48.

52 pages, PDF format
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PDF Format Download $3.99