| Technicals: Non-Standard Tactical Vehicles from the Great Toyota War to Modern Special Forces Contributor(s): Neville, Leigh (Author), Dennis, Peter (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 147282251X ISBN-13: 9781472822512 Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK) OUR PRICE: $18.00 Product Type: Paperback Published: April 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Military - Vehicles - History | Modern - 21st Century |
| Series: New Vanguard |
| Physical Information: 0.2" H x 7.3" W x 9.5" (0.30 lbs) 48 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1950-1999 - Chronological Period - 21st Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Over the last 30 years, the technical or armed pick-up truck has become arguably the most ubiquitous military land vehicle of modern warfare. Harking back to the armed Jeeps and Chevrolet trucks of the SAS and Long Range Desert Group in North Africa in World War II, the world's first insurgent technicals were those of the Sahrawi People's Liberation Army in Algeria in the late 1970s, followed by the Chadian use of technical in the so-called Toyota War against Libya. Since then, technicals have seen use in Somalia, Iraq, Afghanistan, and Libya, as well as being used by Western and Russian Special Forces. Fully illustrated with commissioned artwork and providing rigorous analysis, this is the first history of how this deceptively simple fighting vehicle has been used and developed in conflicts worldwide. |
Contributor Bio(s): Neville, Leigh: - Leigh Neville is an Australian national who has written a number of books on both modern conventional military units and special operations forces serving in Afghanistan and Iraq, their weapons and their vehicles including six titles for Osprey with several more in development. He has also consulted on military topics for several wargame companies and television documentary makers. He lives in Sydney with his wife and two dogs. He can be contacted via his website at www.leighneville.com.Dennis, Peter: - Peter Dennis was born in 1950. Inspired by contemporary magazines such as Look and Learn he studied illustration at Liverpool Art College. Peter has since contributed to hundreds of books, predominantly on historical subjects, including many Osprey titles. A keen wargamer and modelmaker, he is based in Nottinghamshire, UK. |