Название: British Cruiser Tanks of World War 2 Автор: Pat Ware Издательство: Kelsey Publishing Серия: The War Archives ISBN: 978 1909786318 Год издания: 2014 Язык: English Cтраниц: 100 Формат: True PDF Размер: 89,7 MB
Developed according to a specifi cation drawn up by Lieutenant-Colonel E D Swinton, and designed by William Tritton, the tank was the brainchild of Winston Churchill, then First Lord of the Admiralty. Churchill hoped that his massive, armoured ‘landships’ would be able to break the stalemate that was the inevitable result of the opposing armies becoming entrenched on the Western Front