Armored Units of the Russian Civil War: Red Army

Description

By 1920 the Red Army of Russia fielded an overwhelming array of armored cars, armored trains and tank detachments. These armored units played an important part in consolidating the newly won Bolshevik empire in the early 1920s; as a consequence of the fact that railways were the strategic arteries that essentially controlled Russia, armored trains have never played such a significant role in military history as they did in the Russian Civil War. This title details the management, construction, repair, personnel, training and combat of the Red Army's armored units on all fronts, including such famous vehicles as Trotsky's armored train.

David Bullock currently works as a military historian for the Department of Defense and is an adjunct Associate Professor at Colorado Technical University, Colorado Springs. This is his third published book on the Russian Civil War and he has also contributed over sixty historical articles. Alexander Deryabin has worked for ten years at the Institute of Military History, Ministry of Defense. A resident of Moscow, he has published numerous Russian titles on the uniforms and history of the Russian Civil War and has contributed substantial material to this volume. Andrei Aksenov is a Russian illustrator who has worked on many projects including 'Tanks of the Civil War' for Armada. He currently lives in Moscow. Peter Sarson has produced graphic cutaways for many armoured vehicle publications, and is regarded as one of the world's great illustrators of military vehicles. Peter lives and works in Dorset.

"Very few books have been written, even in Russian, on armor in the Russian Civil War. This book, along with its companion volume from Osprey, David Bullock's ARMORED UNITS OF THE RUSSIAN CIVIL WAR: WHITE AND ALLIED, shed much new light on an overlooked phase in the development of armored fighting vehicles." --Military Vehicles "Osprey's books on armored trains and units of the Russian Civil War (RCW) are simply awesome. The Armored Units books have information about each side's tanks, armored cars and train information... discuss all of the armored vehicles... used by the Whites and Reds during the RCW... The information in these books is incredible; the photos provide invaluable information to allow gamers to construct or convert vehicles or additions to trains to suit their wargaming needs." --Michael Koznarsky, Historical Miniature Gamer (Issue 11)