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Valentine Tank - Armor Walk Around No. 22 Paperback – January 1, 2010

by David Doyle (Author)
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The Valentine Infantry Tank, a private-venture design from Vickers-Armstrong, was the third of Great Britain’s infantry tank designs. Although not the first tank to go into battle against the Axis in WWII, the Valentine has the distinction of having the highest production numbers of any wartime British tank, and arguably the most variations. A total of 8,275 Valentines were produced in no fewer than 11 major variants. Early versions of the vehicle were equipped with gasoline engines; a diesel powered the later versions. The turret also saw development, with later models fit with a more elongated design. The Valentine received its baptism of fire with the British 8th Army in Operation Crusader in North Africa during July 1941, just the beginning of a long career, as it eventually took part in combat in both the European and Pacific Theaters. After the war, Valentines continued to serve several British Commonwealth armies as late as the 1950s. Besides fighting under the Union Jack, Valentines saw action with the armed forces of Canada, the Soviet Union, Australia, and New Zealand.
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    88 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Squadron/Signal Publications
  4. Publication date
    January 1, 2010
  5. Reading age
    14 years and up
  6. Dimensions
    11 x 0.25 x 8.5 inches
  7. ISBN-10
    0897476212
  8. ISBN-13
    978-0897476218
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Squadron/Signal Publications; First Edition (January 1, 2010)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 88 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0897476212
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0897476218
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 14 years and up
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 10.4 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 11 x 0.25 x 8.5 inches
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David Doyle's earliest published works appeared in periodicals aimed at the hobby of historic military vehicle restoration. By 1999 this included regular features in leading publications related to that hobby, appearing regularly in U.S., English, French and Polish magazines.

Those articles led to writing books, the first of which, a 512-page volume on the history of US military vehicles, was commissioned in 2003. Since then over 175 of his books have been published by a variety of publishers. These books have ranged in size from a scant 56-pages to large works approaching 1,000 pages.

While most of these books concern a variety of historic military hardware, including aircraft and warships, the volumes on U.S. military vehicles, remain the genre with which he is most closely associated.

This recognition reached its pinnacle in June 2015, when he was honored to be presented the coveted Bart Vanderveen Award by the Military Vehicle Preservation Association, which is given in recognition of "...the individual who has contributed the most to the historic preservation of military vehicles worldwide."

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matt8386
4.0 out of 5 stars Valentine Tank Walk Around
Reviewed in the United States on October 27, 2015
The British Valentine tank was not the best of WW2, but since it was about the best the Brits had at the time, over 8200 were made. The early versions had 2lbr cannon (40mm) later had 6 lbr (57mm). Key differences were found in which mark had a 2 man turret vs. 3 man turret.

This Walk Around has photos of the Mark III, Mark VI photos and Mark IX. Photos by author David Doyle and Dennis Trowbridge are fantastic. Unfortunately, the photos of the Mark VI were taken indoors and the tank looks blue and on the darker side. These photos are OK, but there are no interior shots to show the difference of a 2 vs 3 man turret. A line drawing would have been very useful here.

As a modeler, I would absolutely recommend this book to someone building a version of the Valentine. The captions are excellent, there is a ton of information helpful to modelers, armor buffs, definitely a book to add to the library, just not quite up to the usual gold star standard found in the Walk Around Series (many of them authored by David Doyle).
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