Aircraft, Tanks & Artillery of the Ukraine War

by Martin J. Dougherty

Illustrated with accurate artworks of aircraft, armored fighting vehicles, artillery and missiles, Aircraft, Tanks & Artillery of the Ukraine War is a detailed guide to all the weaponry currently being deployed in the War in Ukraine.
 
The War in Ukraine is being fought using tanks, aircraft, and artillery dating from the Cold War deployed alongside state-of-the-art weapons systems supplied by Western powers. Arranged chronologically by type, the book offers a complete survey of the weapons deployed, from the venerable Ilyushin Il-76 strategic airlifter and T-64 medium tank to the latest American-made M142 HIMARS rocket artillery and the Bayraktar TB2 combat drone. It is illustrated with accurate profile artworks of fighter aircraft, bombers, attack helicopters, tanks, APCs, artillery systems, missile launchers, and unmanned aerial vehicles from Russian, NATO, Turkish, and other sources. Illustrated with more than 100 detailed artworks, Aircraft, Tanks & Artillery of the Ukraine War is an essential reference guide for those who want to understand the war being fought in Europe today.

128 pages, Hardcover

Published March 14, 2024

About the author

Hailing from northeast England, Martin J Dougherty is a professional writer specialising in military history. He has been at times a games designer, an engineer, a self-protection instructor, a teacher and a defence analyst. Martin has published a range of books covering topics as diverse as self-protection, medieval warfare and space flight, and has addressed international conferences on anti-shipping missiles and homeland security issues.

Martin's interests include martial arts and fencing. He has coached Fencing, Ju-Jitsu, Self-Defence and Kickboxing for many years at the University of Sunderland, and has competed to national level as a fencer. As a martial artist he holds black belts in Combat Ju-Jitsu, Nihon Tai-Jitsu and Self-Defence. Martin is a Senior Assessor with the Self-Defence Federation and an IL1 instructor/assessor with the Britsh Federation for Historical Swordplay, specialising in the Military Sabre and the Smallsword.

Reviews

[Theediscerning · Rating 4 out of 5]

I've not had the chance to see any of these Amber Books military guides before now that have referred to ongoing conflict, but any idea this is a way to profit from someone's blood somewhere distant is wrong. This is something very useful to any observer, be she press, NATO or civilian vlogger that may have some need to know exactly what has passed her street. It is, after all, a most messy war (started many years before the western press even bothered to realise, of course) and clarity can only help.

We start with the small arms weapons – the AK-74s that both sides have in multitudes, the support arms that are near a hundred years on from first being developed, the disabling or worrying sniper rifles with their 2 kilometer range, and so on. The book doesn't aim to be comprehensive, but gives us just enough background to all the weapons, how common they might be, and – in an age where anyone and everyone can get uppity about weapons supplies to the other 2024 war – where they've come from. It's rich that a lot of the Ukrainian supply was a legacy of the USSR/CIS collapse; it's rich that some of the bigger warships Russia has lost were still in service only because anything better had become a rust-bucket and sold for parts years ago.

This doesn't try to be a narrative of the combat, but does suggest the tos and fros of it all due to the hindrance of this, the benefits of that, the superiority of the other. It doesn't allow itself room to be judgemental or to take sides – it is too pictorial for that, and sticks to the 'just the facts, ma'am' attitude very well. A strong four stars.

[Ron Baumer · Rating 4 out of 5]

An enlightening book on the various weapon systems being used in the Ukraine. The book provides a wealth of information and is an intriguing read. A great read for the