Monday, July 22, 2019 - 12:35 PM UTC
Trackpad Publishing takes a look into the various improvised vehicles used by the Israelis.
From the publisher: Carefully researched and detailed captions put photographs in their historical context. Israeli engineers did not have true armour plate, so they improvised with wood sandwiched between metal sheets. Makeshift fighting vehicles evolved into improvised armoured vehicles. Weapons and vehicles came from a variety of sources, beginning with the British, and then through acquisition teams who travelled the globe searching. Armoured vehicles were the most difficult to come by, so the various defence organizations and the members of the kibbutzim and moshavim had to improvise. Later, local factories joined the effort, developing skills that came in handy as the war extended.

Tom Gannon’s Early IDF Sandwich Trucks and Improvised Armoured Vehicles is available in A4 landscape format, containing 90 pages featuring approximately 260 photographs.
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Israel...the original inventor of Mad Max morphed vehicles...way back in '48...gotta love it!
JUL 23, 2019 - 12:10 AM
Through model making I have become fascinated with the design and development of armoured vehicles. I got my hands on the original publication and I must say it was an amazing read, even if I never make a model. Just the ingenuity and desperation driving the making of these vehicles I think helps explain some of the current Israeli mindset. Highly recommended.
JUL 25, 2019 - 07:13 AM
Many thanks Nick
JUL 25, 2019 - 07:18 PM
Extremely interesting subject! Thank you.
JUL 26, 2019 - 06:00 AM
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