The book summarizes and systematizes basic data on more than 350 models of domestic armored vehicles, starting with the Nakashidze armored car and ending with the most modern main tank T-90S. In addition to serially produced samples, the publication contains information on some experimental machines and projects. For each sample and its main modifications, general diagrams or drawings are given, and some machines are illustrated with sections and projections. The book is intended for a wide range of readers interested in the development of domestic armored vehicles.

Consultants: Lieutenant General, Ph.D. tech. Sciences N. A. Zhuravlev and A. M. Rychkov. Author and editor: A. V. Karpenko. The book was prepared for publication by the editors of the collection “Nevsky Bastion”; S. M. Ganin, A. V. took part in the work on the layout. Karpenko, S.I. Petrova and I.A. Povarenkov. Illustrations for the book were prepared by A.V. Karpenko. Drawings and diagrams were used by M. Baryatinsky, L. Belov, A. Beskurnikov, M. Dmitriev, S. Ganin, P. Gorokhov, V. Mostovenko, M. Pavlov, S. Zaloga and MILTRA Ltd, to whom the author expresses his gratitude. I. A. Povarenkov took part in the collection of materials and compilation of the Index of armored vehicles. The author expresses gratitude and gratitude to the President of JSC “Special Mechanical Engineering and Metallurgy” S. P. Chernov for financial support of the project.” Great assistance was provided to the author of the review by E. Ivanov, G. Petrov, M. Romanova, V. Zenkin, V. Polyakov, V. Dzhelomanov, S. Ganin, D. Glukhov, I. Zinatullin, D. Zotikov, V. Kolotushkin, E. Karpenko.

St. Petersburg: Nevsky Bastion, 1996