Jane's World War II Tanks and Fighting Vehicles

Jane's World War II Tanks and Fighting Vehicles by Ness, Lee. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780007112289.

This is the land equivalent of "Janes Battleships", a comprehensive encyclopaedia of all the combat vehicles of World War II from Somaliland to Japan. A nation-by-nation overview of each countrys development of tanks and their involvement in World War II is before providing an A-Z of each armys tanks and fighting vehicles including armoured cars, personnel carriers, amphibious craft and mortar carriers. Quirkier profiles of vehicles such as the German TKS tankette are given. The profiles include technical specifications and the vehicles strengths of design and limitations and are highly illustrated with maps, photographs and diagrams.