TANKS AT THE IRON CURTAIN 1960-75: New Vanguard 308

Armor expert Zaloga surveys how East and West responded to the challenge. He explains that while high-tech designs such as the T-64 and MBT-70 were technically impressive, they proved to be too costly and too complicated; it was a new generation of more conventional designs that proved that the tank was still a key weapon on modern battlefields. Photos, some in color.