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Originally Posted by AnemicOak
These aren't ebook specific AFAIK, IIRC they're the same in the print book and not scanning/ocr errors.
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In the case of Victory of Eagles, the errors are present in my ebook and paperback copies. I imagine the errors will be in the paper copies of the others, too, but I can't say for sure.
tompe did specifically ask for examples that were
not the result of scanning.
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Originally Posted by AnemicOak
I guess the author is using the generic term AFV (Armored Fighting Vehicle) for some reason?
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That's my guess, too. None the less, it's an error. British army AFVs are given FV numbers, hence the correct designation for the APC is FV432. In the same way, the current British main battle tank is "FV4034 Challenger 2", not "AFV4034 Challenger 2"
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Originally Posted by AnemicOak
I suppose the 430 ambulance could refer generically to a FV432 that was outfitted as an ambulance since it's part of the 430 series of vehicles?
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Again, though, it's not the correct designation. All the FV430 series had their own number, and so the relevant number should have been used, especially since there is now (and was in 2010, the copyright date of the book) a vehicle designated FV430 in service.
I'd have accepted something along the lines of "FV430 series ambulance", since that makes it clear that it's a member of the FV430 series, rather than an FV430.
These may seem like I'm being pedantic (and maybe I am), but this is a non-fiction book. When I find errors like that in a non-fiction book, I start to wonder what errors there are that I'm not seeing, and that makes me start to distrust the whole thing. I finally gave up about half-way through, because I just couldn't trust what I was reading
