James Kinnear: Soviet T-54 Main Battle Tank [2018] hardback SPORT Shocking and controversial when it

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James Kinnear: Soviet T-54 Main Battle Tank [2018] hardback SPORT Shocking and controversial when itThe menacing silhouette of the T 54 tank prowling down streets of Eastern European capitals or roaring across fields in massive exercises remains one of the most enduring images of Soviet power in the early years of the Cold War. Its sleek and unmistakable shape was a warning to any nation that wanted to stand against the USSR. Yet all of this masked a flawed, outdated design, and when T 54s began to clash with the Western armoured vehicles in proxy