Any good source to find cutaway figure/ blueprint with annotation for modern NATO tank/self-propoelled artillery?

[hegeldk]

Hi guys! May I ask is there any good source (website, books, etc) for annotated cutaway figure /blueprint for modern NATO tank/self-propoelled artillery? (I also recently start building models with full interior and I am really interested to learn the function of each module) Thanks a lot!

[Gibsonm]

Well there are books like "Jane's Armoured Fighting Vehicles", but they tend to be pricey:

 

https://shop.janes.com/products/land/janes-land-warfare-platforms-armoured-fighting-vehicles

 

Did you have a specific vehicle in mind - the narrower the focus the simpler the choice.

[hegeldk]

27 minutes ago, Gibsonm said:

Well there are books like "Jane's Armoured Fighting Vehicles", but they tend to be pricey:

 

https://shop.janes.com/products/land/janes-land-warfare-platforms-armoured-fighting-vehicles

 

Did you have a specific vehicle in mind - the narrower the focus the simpler the choice.

Thanks a lot! Yes Janes book seems to be very expansive : ) I will try to find whether it is available in some library. I am currently really interested in Leopard 2 and M3A3 as I am working on the full iterior model of them. During the search and with the help from other people, I have come across Osprey published New Vanguard series, which have some breif overview for both of them. Do you have any other suggestions for other related sources? Unclassified ones of course : ) Thanks a lot!

[Ssnake]

There are, of course, a lot of tank model builder websites. I assume you're familiar with them, including ze Germans?

panzer-modell.de, etc.

[ingrahammark7]

It's very hard to find those kinds of books, there are cutaway books on other topics but not really any on tanks.

 

If you merely want the interior information you can download the manuals of different vehicles 

 

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://ww2aircraft.net/forum/threads/publicly-available-soviet-union-tank-manuals-and-drawings-thread-t-34-is-t-54-t-62-t-64-t-72-and-t-80-tanks-including-tank-chasis-and-guns.58513/%3Famp%3D1&ved=2ahUKEwiB9a3sm6uBAxVzMlkFHR-nCXsQFnoECBwQAQ&usg=AOvVaw3qmvDpdfIA6HbToJoxNrqw

[Ssnake]

33 minutes ago, ingrahammark7 said:

It's very hard to find those kinds of books

I have about 38 in my library, primarily Osprey/New Vanguard series. They may be out of print, but not hard to find.

[ingrahammark7]

50 minutes ago, Ssnake said:

I have about 38 in my library, primarily Osprey/New Vanguard series. They may be out of print, but not hard to find.

True, osprey has good books. 

 

Most books are out of print and 20 years old now.