Technicals: Non-Standard Tactical Vehicles from the Great Toyota War to modern Special Forces (New Vanguard)
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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.
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Additional information
| Publisher | 1st edition (19 April 2018), Osprey Publishing |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Paperback | 48 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 147282251X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1472822512 |
| Dimensions | 19.79 x 0.31 x 24.33 cm |
by “mullars”
Great reference and suggestions for modelling. A must have with Meng pick-up set(s)
by an Amazon Customer
Standard osprey format, contained everything expected in the usual style. Offers a great insight into the most common vehicle in modern warfare and describes its development in detail. Recommended for people interested in ongoing asymmetric warfare.
by John Hewitt
As an owner of a classic Hilux I’ve been fascinated how this truck has carved a place in history across the middle East (James May did a good piece too on his ‘Cars of the People’ programme). The book is a good, in-depth read with plenty of pictures of various trucks and of course the story of the “Great Toyota war” in Chad where the Hilux trucks routed the Russian-made tanks of the Libyans. Well written, well illustrated and definitely worth the price. My Hilux will venture no further than B&Q but it’s nice to know it’s pedigree all the same. **Recommended**
by Amazon Customer
excellent
by WF
Great book – my son loves it
by louis
Pathetic ruse by Bloomsbury group to buy the more expensive and paper wasting book version. Just who in the Ospre y group is responsible for this hubristic behaviour?
by Italian Geordie
Interesting booklet.
by phil Burrows
Very pleased