NOTE TO POTENTIAL READERS
THIS NON-FICTION ESSAY IS MEANT TO EXAMINE THE FUTURE OF MAIN BATTLE TANKS IN LIGHT OF THE COMBAT LESSONS FROM PAST AND PRESENT WARS. IT IS NOT MEANT TO DESIGNATE A PARTICULAR TYPE OF MAIN BATTLE TANK AS ‘BEST OF THE LOT’ BUT RATHER TO EXAMINE IF THE CONCEPT OF MODERN TANKS AS KNOWN TODAY IS STILL VALID OR IF IT NEEDS TO EVOLVE UNDER THE PRESSURE OF MODERN ANTI-TANK WEAPONS.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
The author is a retired member of the Canadian Forces with 32 years of service, first as an infantryman, then as an intelligence specialist. These 32 years of service include a total of five and a half years served overseas (Germany, Cyprus, Lebanon, Bosnia) and exposure to active war conditions (Lebanon Civil War, the 1982 Israeli invasion of Lebanon, the conflict in Cyprus in 1975). The author was qualified on and fired numerous types of weapons during his military career, including the M40 106mm recoilless gun, the CARL GUSTAV 84mm recoilless gun, the M72 anti-tank rocket launcher and the TOW anti-tank guided missile, on top of being qualified on numerous types of small arms (rifles, pistols, submachine guns, machine guns, grenades) and as a driver for the M-113 armored personnel carrier. He also was a foreign weapons instructor at the Canadian Forces Security and Intelligence School and made the analysis and study of weapons and of wars his specialty. While now retired from the service, he continues to closely follow the various developments in modern weapons systems, along with the military and geopolitical events around the World.
OTHER BOOKS BY THIS AUTHOR
(All available free online at Free-Ebooks.net, or can be ordered direct via email to the author at natai@videotron.ca.)
Nancy Laplante Series
CODENAME: ATHENA
ADVENTURES THROUGH TIME
CHILDREN OF TIME
TIMELINES
DESTINIES
TIMELINE TWIN
FROM THE FIELDS OF CRIMEA TO THE SANDS OF MARS
THE ADVENTURES OF NANCY LAPLANTE IN THE 19TH CENTURY
UNITED STATES SPACE CORPS
RAISING NANCY
ANGEL GIRL
AND AN ANGEL SANG
Kostroma Series
JOVIAN UPRISING -2315
THE ERIS PROTOCOL
LOST AMONG THE STARS
WAR AMONG THE STARS
MIGHTY NOSTROMO
THE FIGHTING NOSTROMO
Sinner Series
SINNER AT WAR
ETERNAL SINNER
AMERICAN SINNER
U-Boote Series
THE LONE WOLF
U-900
FROM DEFEAT TO VICTORY (coming in Summer of 2022)
Lenoir Series
A MINOR GLITCH
A NEW REALITY
CIA Series
FRIENDS AND FOES
A DEADLY TANGO
Odyssey Series
ODYSSÉE TEMPORELLE (in French)
SPACE-TIME ODYSSEY
ON THE ROAD TO EDEN
Nauca Series
NAUCA – DAUGHTER OF THE STEPPES
CARAVAN TO PATALIPUTRA
Standalone books
THE LOST CLIPPER
A MARS ODYSSEY
THE MAIN BATTLE TANK - Still relevant or in need of further evolution?