Riot Control Vehicles
1945-present
Osprey · Print & ebook · February 17, 2015
Fully illustrated with a mixture of dramatic archive photos and manufacturers' images, this volume covers the little known history of the riot control vehicle.
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- Who it’s for
- Trace how riot-control vehicles and their weapons developed across civilian and military operations.
- Themes
- Riot-control vehicle history, Vehicle and weapon technology, Civilian and military operations
- Genres
- Land Combat Vehicles, Weapons Through History, Military History-Pictorial
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Fully illustrated with a mixture of dramatic archive photos and manufacturers' images, this volume covers the little known history of the riot control vehicle. It explores the world of these vehicles from 1945 through to the present day, showing how their development and deployment has blurred the lines between civilian actions and military operations.
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It charts how the vehicles have evolved in terms of technology and layout, and also details how the associated weapon systems have been refined over time, from water cannon and tear gas launchers to sub-sonic sound waves and microwave energy. The operational history of the vehicles is explained in the dramatic context of major incidents across the world, from the streets of Northern Ireland and Eastern Europe to the favelas of Brazil and battlegrounds of Iraq.
Riot-Control Technology
Trace how riot-control vehicles and their weapons developed across civilian and military operations.
Come here for
- Vehicle development and deployment from 1945 to the present
- Water cannon, tear gas launchers, sound waves, and microwave energy
Expect
- Dramatic archive photos and manufacturers’ images
- Operational history spanning incidents from Northern Ireland to Iraq
Where it sits
| Land Combat Vehicles | 72% |
|---|---|
| Weapons Through History | 29% |
| Military History-Pictorial | 27% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Land Combat Vehicles
- 20th-Century History
- 21st-Century History
- Authors
- Chris McNab
- Publisher
- Osprey
- Published
- February 17, 2015
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Riot-control vehicle history · Vehicle and weapon technology · Civilian and military operations
- Reading lane
- Land Combat Vehicles