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German Tellermines were a major and persistent threat to Allied tanks in the Second World War. Numerous devices such as flails and rollers were developed to try and counter this weapon, but the ideal solution was to find a cheap way of providing all Allied tanks with adequate protection.One idea that was investigated by the British was called the 'Tea Tray'. This involved affixing additional armour to a tank's belly. Whilst this idea was never adopted by the Allies in the Second World War, the 'Tea Tray' concept offers a number of insights into the development of Allied armour and the use of landmines. Therefore, this book, the first to focus on the 'Tea Tray', explores the origins and development of this interesting idea.

Service Manual for the British Super-Heavy tank TOG-2*. Pieced together from surviving records this manual was written in sections during the long development of the tank and was stopped when the project was terminated. As such the manual is incomplete but has been recreated as close as possible to what the original manual would have looked like had the tank entered production. Terminated at a time when the manual was transitioning from TOG-2R to TOG-2* this manual provides an intriguing insight into the development process for a service manual for a tank and to the vehicle itself. Intended as a supplement to 'The Tanks of TOG' by Andrew Hills this manual shows how far the project had progressed and the amount of work which had gone into the design.

Service Manual for the British Super-Heavy tank TOG-2R. Pieced together from surviving records this manual was written in sections during the long development of the tank and was stopped when the project was terminated. As such the manual is incomplete but has been recreated as close as possible to what the original manual would have looked like had the tank entered production. Terminated at a time when the manual was transitioning from TOG-2R to TOG-2* this manual provides an intriguing insight into the development process for a service manual for a tank and to the vehicle itself. Intended as a supplement to 'The Tanks of TOG' by Andrew Hills this manual shows how far the project had progressed and the amount of work which had gone into the design.

The foundations and principles of modern armoured warfare did not appear out of a vacuum, and nor did the machines of WW1 and WW2. Their development was full of false starts, failed ideas, and missed opportunities. Rookes Evelyn Bell Crompton was a pioneer in electrical engineering and road haulage who, by the turn of the century found himself in South Africa during the Boer War. Later, in WW1 his early work with the Landships Committee on tracked vehicles sought to break the stalemate of trench warfare. Although his tank designs never saw combat the work he started was carried on by other pioneers and helped to usher in a dawn of armoured and mechanised warfare.