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The Second World War Tank Crisis - The Fall and Rise of British Armour, 1919-1945 (Hardcover)
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The Second World War Tank Crisis - The Fall and Rise of British Armour, 1919-1945 (Hardcover)
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British Second World War tanks performed so badly that it is
difficult to bring to mind any other British weapon of the period
that provokes such a strong sense of failure. Unfortunately, many
of the accusations appear to be true - British tanks were in many
ways a disgrace. But why was Britain, the country that invented
them, consistently unable to field tanks of the required quality or
quantity throughout the conflict? This perceived failure has taken
on the status of a myth, but, like all myths, it should not be
accepted at face value - it should be questioned and analysed. And
that is what Dick Taylor does in this closely researched and
absorbing study. He looks at the flaws in British financial policy,
tank doctrine, design, production and development before and
throughout the war years which often had fatal consequences for the
crews who were sent to fight and to be 'murdered' in 'mechanical
abortions'. Their direct experience of the shortcomings of these
machines is an important element of the story. He also considers
how British tanks compared to those of the opposition and contrasts
tank production for the army with the production of aircraft for
the RAF during the same period. His clear-sighted account goes on
to explain how, later in the conflict, British tank design improved
to the point where their tanks were in many ways superior to those
of the Americans and Germans and how they then produced the
Centurion which was one of the best main battle tanks of the
post-war era.
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