Tank Versus Tank: The Illustrated Story of Armored Battlefield Conflict in the Twentieth Century

by Kenneth John Macksey

An exciting and absorbing study of the way armored warfare on land has developed and been totally transformed throughout the 20th Century. From the tanks' first appearance during WWI through the technical innovations of the tank that saw battle during the Gulf War, the tank still retains; its position as a preeminent offensive weapon.

This superbly illustrated look at tank tactics and strategy explains the international development and deployment of the tank against itself and a background of technical achievements amidst growing threats from field artillery, mines, grenades, aircraft and missiles.

Genres: History, Military Fiction

195 pages, Hardcover

Published April 1, 1999

About the author

British author and historian who specialized in military history and military biography, particularly of the Second World War. Macksey was commissioned in the Royal Armoured Corps and served during the Second World War (earning the Military Cross under the command of Percy Hobart). Macksey later wrote the (authoritative) biography of Hobart.Macksey gained a permanent commission in 1946, was transferred to the Royal Tank Regiment in 1947, reached the rank of major in 1957 and retired from the Army in 1968.

Amongst many other books, Macksey wrote two volumes of alternate history, one, entitled Invasion, dealt with a successful invasion of England by Germany in 1940 and the other describing a NATO–Warsaw Pact clash in the late 1980s. The latter book was done under contract to the Canadian Forces and focuses on the Canadian role in such a conflict. He was an editor and contributor to Greenhill's Alternate Decisions series since 1995.

In Macksey's Guderian – Panzer General, he refuted the view of historian Sir Basil Liddell-Hart regarding Hart's influence on the development of German Tank Theory in the years leading up to 1939.

Reviews

[Peter · Rating 4 out of 5]

The authoritative general introduction to tanks, tank doctrine, and the history of both. Well written and generally awesome. War stories include a turret gunner finding an enemy shell lying in his lap after his tank was hit, and it ends with a sweet "Red Storm Rising"-style hypothetical Soviet-NATO engagement in Central Europe.