M4 (76 mm) Sherman medium tank, 1943-1946
by Zaloga, Steve, Laurier, Jim
fromNew vanguard
by Zaloga, Steve, Laurier, Jim
fromNew vanguard
Hailed in 1943 as the best tank on the battlefield, by the time of the Normandy invasion in June 1944 the American M4 Sherman was clearly outclassed by German heavy tanks such as the Tiger and the Panther. This book explores the wartime service of the Sherman.
"The tanks used during the Spanish Civil War are not often examined in any great detail, and are often labeled as little more than test vehicles in a convenient proving ground before World War II. But, with groundbreaking research, armor expert Steven J. Zaloga has taken a fresh…
by Gerrard, Howard, Gilbert, Oscar E.
fromWarrior series
"This volume traces the story of the British use of the tank through the early years of World War II, when Britain relied on its own tanks built in the late 1930s, and those designed and built with limited resources in the opening years of the war. Plagued by unreliable vehicles…