Cold War Soviet Vehicle / Threat Recognition Guide.

[KradSpam]

I just dug this booklet out, produced by the British Army 7 Int in the 1980's as a training aid. Most of the pics seem to come from public parades etc, but some are obviously taken with a telephoto lens, sometimes through a fence. The T-80 is one; a very modern tank at the time of publishing and probably still classified. Makes you wonder the circumstances behind the taking of the pic in a tense Cold war environment. It's a nice substantial book of 68 pages.

[Paul D]

When i was part of the Regimental Int section we had to learn all these AFV's off by heart and had exams on recognising even the smallest parts of them !!

[KradSpam]

When i was part of the Regimental Int section we had to learn all these AFV's off by heart and had exams on recognising even the smallest parts of them !!

I might test you Paul, I'll try and find some pics of the cylinder heads from a BRDM-4 or something just as obscure

[Alexander]

Interesting booklet. We had a similar Soviet recognition guide for USAREUR based troops. My copy stems from the 1970s. It includes the T-72, then the latest Soviet tank. The booklet also showed the weak spots of the Soviet vehicles, important information for the tank gunners and infantry using their antitank weapons.
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[KradSpam]

Interesting booklet. We had a similar Soviet recognition guide for USAREUR based troops. My copy stems from the 1970s. It includes the T-72, then the latest Soviet tank. The booklet also showed the weak spots of the Soviet vehicles, important information for the tank gunners and infantry using their antitank weapons.
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That's cool, thanks for showing. Mine shows you some weak spots also; one of the APC's for example, has fuel tanks actually inside the rear doors. Spectacularly bad design I thought when I read that....