Richard Ogorkiewicz

Richard Marian Ogorkiewicz (2 May 1926 – 24 November 2019) was a Polish British engineer and armoured fighting vehicle historian.

Life Richard Ogorkiewicz, born Ryszard Marian Ogórkiewicz, was born in Bydgoszcz. He was a son of Polish Colonel Oberst Marian Ogórkiewicz (1898–1962). Following the invasion of Poland by Germany in 1939 his family fled first to Romania, then to France in February 1940.

Design and Development of Fighting Vehicles, 1968, Thermoplastics: Effects of Processing, 1969, Armoured Forces: A history of Armoured Forces and Their Vehicles, Arms and Armour Press 1970, Engineering Properties of Plastics (Engineering Design Guides), Oxford University Press 1977, Technology of Tanks, Jane's Information Group 1991, Tanks: 100 years of evolution, Osprey Publishing 2015,