Tankograd: New Titles in November

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Next month's releases add three new titles to Tankograd Publications' books on military vehicles, equipment, and personnel.

Heeresaufklärungstruppe: German Reconnaissance Vehicles and Equipment - Today

With amalgamation of the German army's main reconnaissance forces into the Army Reconnaissance Force in 2008, this troop type has a broad, complementary spectrum of ground-based and airborne reconnaissance capabilities. This variety of different assets, from reconnaissance to unmanned aerial vehicles and field intelligence forces, enables to gather a broad mix of data, plus it links human sensory perception with the use of technical sensors.

Reconnaissance units always reliably contribute to an up-to-date picture of the situation by providing constant and comprehensive information, sometimes in real time, and they create essential prerequisites for the successful conduct of operations. In doing so, reconnaissance units often fulfil their mission independently, in small squads and on their own for several days. Following on seamlessly from the tradition and experience of the Armoured Reconnaissance Force and other reconnaissance carriers, the Army Reconnaissance Force has proven itself in training and exercises since its birth, and it has successfully participated in stabilisation missions in the Balkans, Afghanistan and Mali. The Army Reconnaissance Force is rightly proud to be the eyes and ears of the commander.

This publication shows the vehicles, equipment and the soldiers of today's German Army Reconnaissance Force in many exercise photographs.

Published in English text, the book contains 64 pages illustrated throughout with 130 colour photographs plus organisational graphics.

US Military Vehicles on Exercise in Australia

Australia has long enjoyed a strong defence relationship with the USA. It was strengthened by Australian support for the USA's Global War on Terror, specifically the operations in Iraq and Afghanistan that turned into long-running counterinsurgencies. Today the USA and Australia have jointly turned their attention to the next looming threat, that of a belligerent China that is investing heavily to modernise its People's Liberation Army.

The largest and most important military training between Australia and the USA occurs every two years under the auspices of Exercise Talisman Sabre. Over the past decade, it has been interesting to observe the changing nature of the event, its growing complexity and scale, and the modernisation of vehicle fleets. Indeed, this publication for the first time illustrates the wide range of US Army and US Marine Corps vehicles that make their way Down Under for this important event in the two countries’ military training calendar.

Published in English text, the book contains 64 pages illustrated with 130 colour photographs.