“This is #177 in the New Vanguard Series which explores the design, development, operation and history of the machinery of warfare through the ages.”
So says the tag line of Osprey’s advertising copy, and it is a fair description of the contents of this volume. The author, Richard Doherty, has a number of books to his credit, the most notable of which are about the reconnaissance corps which used the Humber car during the Second World War.