Catalan Posted August 19, 2008 Share Posted August 19, 2008 Steven Zaloga is publishing a new book on the T-80 through Osprey... I though you'd all be interested. http://www.amazon.com/T-80-Standard-Tank-C...3382&sr=1-2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krishna_jj Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 (edited) Here's a review : i HAVE BOUGHT MOST OF ZALOGA'S EARLIER WORKS AND FOUND THEM TO BE EXCELLENT - ESP THE T-72 IN THE SAME SERIES . HOWEVER - I FIND THIS A BIT BELOW PAR FIRST - THE MARGINS ON THE LEFT INNER SIDE AND RIGHT INNER SIDE ARE REALLY CRAMPED - ONE HAS TO REALLY STRETCH THE BOOK TO READ . NEXT THE HISTORY AND ORIGINS ARE WELL COVERED AND ZALOGA ATTEMPTS TO COVER THE VARIOUS VERSIONS T-80 B , BV,D & T-80 U - AND THIS IS WHERE THE BOOK FALLS FLAT THERE IS NO SECTION CALLED INSIDE THE T-80 TANK UNLIKE THE T-72. - THE BASIC TECHNICAL DESCRIPTIONS OF THE T-80 ARE COMPLETELY OMITTED - ALTHOUGH THERE ARE SECTIONS ON REACTIVE ARMOR , HISTORY OF THE DIESEL POWER PLANT (WHY NOT ON THE BASIC GAS TURBINE ??) , POTTED SECTIONS ON the Kobra missile AND the Refleks missile- NOTHING ON THE MAIN 125 mm GUN - LOOKS LIKE THE PUBLISHER COMPLETELY TRIMMED THE INTERESTING TECHNICAL BITS. HOWEVER THE TEXT AND COLOR PHOTOS ARE GOOD - OBVIOUSLY ZALOGA HAS A HUGE AMOUNT TO TELL AND HAS VAST INFORMATION AND OSPREY STRUGGLED TO FIT IN THE BASICS IN 48 PAGES AND LIMITED IT MORE TO HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT RATHER THAN TECHNICAL. THERE IS A BRIEF INFORMATION ON THE FAILURES IN CHECHYNA AND SOME GOOD ARTWORK BY TONY BRYAN FEEL OSPREY WILL BE BETTER SERVED TO CHANGE THEIR PRINTING AND ALSO LOOK AT PUBLISHING THIS AS TWO PARTS - SECOND PART CAN ALSO COVER MORE OF THE TECHNICAL DESCRIPTIONS OMITTED AND FOREIGN OPERATORS LIKE PAKISTAN , CYPRUS AND KOREA AND ON THE BLACK EAGLE . Edited March 26, 2009 by krishna_jj Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jakec Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 Does it cover production issues, initial service issue, units and formations assigned? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krishna_jj Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 PRODUCTION AND INITIAL SERVICE ISSUES - yes to an extent given the number of pages available Combat experience - very sketchy Technical Description : Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alejandro_ Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 i HAVE BOUGHT MOST OF ZALOGA'S EARLIER WORKS AND FOUND THEM TO BE EXCELLENT - ESP THE T-72 IN THE SAME SERIES I thought Zaloga books can vary. The ones on T-34, KV-1 and IS-2 are quite good. I cannot say the same about the one on the T-72, which I thought it was rather poor, with many myths. Maybe he was not able to check much data which became available post-1991. At the end of the day, his T-72 book is from 1993. Much information has appeared since then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krishna_jj Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 I thought Zaloga books can vary. The ones on T-34, KV-1 and IS-2 are quite good. I cannot say the same about the one on the T-72, which I thought it was rather poor, with many myths. Maybe he was not able to check much data which became available post-1991. At the end of the day, his T-72 book is from 1993. Much information has appeared since then. agree - the T-72 book was excellent read in 1995 when I got the book and there was a technical description of inside the tank - heard an updated version is in the works Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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