Surviving the ride : a pictorial history of South African-manufactured mine-protected vehicles / Steve Camp and Helmoed-Römer Heitman.
Material type: TextPublisher: Pinetown, South Africa : 30° South Publishers, 2014Description: 1 online resourceContent type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781928211532
- 1928211534
- Tanks (Military science) -- South Africa -- Pictorial works
- Mines (Military explosives)
- Armored vehicles, Military -- South Africa -- Pictorial works
- Vehicles, Military -- South Africa -- History
- Vehicles, Military -- South Africa -- Pictorial works
- Defense industries -- South Africa
- South Africa -- History, Military
- Chars d'assaut -- Afrique du Sud -- Ouvrages illustrés
- Mines (Explosifs militaires)
- Engins blindés -- Afrique du Sud -- Ouvrages illustrés
- Véhicules militaires -- Afrique du Sud -- Histoire
- Véhicules militaires -- Afrique du Sud -- Ouvrages illustrés
- Industrie militaire -- Afrique du Sud
- Afrique du Sud -- Histoire militaire
- mines (explosive weapons)
- TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Military Science
- Armored vehicles, Military
- Defense industries
- Mines (Military explosives)
- Tanks (Military science)
- Vehicles, Military
- South Africa
- 358.180968 23
- UG446.5
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Electronic-Books | OPJGU Sonepat- Campus | E-Books EBSCO | Available |
Includes index.
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO; viewed on March 20, 2015).
Cover; Title Page; Deidication Page and Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Authors' note; Foreword; Chapter 1: The road to MRAP; Chapter 2: 1940s, South Africa's early armoured vehicle manufacturing success; Chapter 3: 1970s, Pioneering mine-protected vehicles and technology; Chapter 4: 1980s, Mine-protected vehicles save many lives during the height of the Border War; Chapter 5: 1990s, International markets open to South African mine-protected vehicles; Chapter 6: Demand for South African MRAPs in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Chapter 7: South African armoured cars and infantry combat vehiclesChapter 8: South African landmine-detection vehicles; Chapter 9: Unusual South African mine-protected vehicles; Chapter 10: Proving the concept; Chapter 11: South African influence on MRAP vehicles internationally; Glossary; Index; Photo credits; About the authors.
Mine-protected and mine-resistant, ambush-protected (MRAP) vehicles are today standard in the US, most major western armed forces and many other armies as a result of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The South African Army was already routinely using mine-protected armored personnel carriers and patrol vehicles forty years ago even if they looked primitive and ungainly. A few years later, the South African Army had reached the stage where it could deploy entire combat groups into battle zones equipped with only mine-protected vehicles, including their ambulances and supply trucks. By then the.
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - Worldwide
There are no comments on this title.