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PublisherStackpole Books
ISBN-100811714373
ISBN-139780811714372
eBay Product ID (ePID)209708065
Product Key Features
Book TitleArmored Champion : the Top Tanks of World War II
Number of Pages336 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2015
TopicMilitary / World War II
IllustratorYes
GenreHistory
AuthorSteven Zaloga
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight44.1 Oz
Item Length10 in
Item Width8 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2014-044753
Dewey Edition23
Number of Volumes1 vol.
Dewey Decimal940.54/2
SynopsisWhat was the best tank of World War II? The Soviet T-34? The German Tiger? The American Sherman? The question of top tank has provoked and delighted historians and armor buffs ever since the muzzles went silent. But though fun to debate, the question is difficult, if not impossible, to answer in a meaningful way--because national pride and personal passions come into play, because such sweeping judgments don't account for the evolution and adaptation of doctrine and design, of tactics and technology, and often don't consider important factors such as cost and reliability. In Armored Champion Steven Zaloga breaks down the war into eight periods and evaluates the tanks that slugged it out during each. His criteria focus on the "holy trinity" of tank design--armor, firepower, and mobility--but also include crew training, tactics, affordability, and dependability. For each time period--for example, Barbarossa in 1941, the Desert War in 1941-42, and the 1944-45 period when heavies like the King Tiger arrived--Zaloga names a "Tanker's Choice," the tank which crews might want based largely on battlefield performance, and a "Commander's Choice," the tank which senior leaders might choose based on not only technical prowess, but also quantity-versus-quality considerations and likelihood of breakdown. Sometimes the two choices are the same; often they are not. Champions include the Panzer IV and Tiger, the T-34, the Pershing, and a few surprises. Armored Champion is the product of more than forty years of research. It relies on extensive documentation from archives, government studies, and published sources--much of which has not appeared in English before--to make fact-based assessments of the tanks that fought the Second World War. This is both a heavy-caliber blast in the top-tank argument and a stockpile of ammunition for future debate., Armed with more than 40 years of research, armor expert Steven Zaloga enters the battle over the best tanks of World War II with this heavy-caliber book. Zaloga provides provocative but fact-based rankings, breaking the war into eight periods and declaring a Tanker's Choice and Commander's Choice for each., Armor expert Zaloga enters the battle over the best tanks of World War II with this heavy-caliber blast of a book armed with more than forty years of research. Provocative but fact-based rankings of the tanks that fought the Second World War Breaks the war into eight periods and declares Tanker's Choice and Commander's Choice for each Champions include the German Panzer IV and Tiger, Soviet T-34, American Pershing, and a few surprises Compares tanks' firepower, armor protection, and mobility as well as dependability, affordability, tactics, training, and overall combat performance Relies on extensive documentation from archives, government studies, and published sources--much of which has never been published in English before Supported by dozens of charts and diagrams and hundreds of photos, Armor expert Zaloga enters the battle over the best tanks of World War II with this heavy-caliber blast of a book armed with more than forty years of research.- Provocative but fact-based rankings of the tanks that fought the Second World War- Breaks the war into eight periods and declares Tanker's Choice and Commander's Choice for each- Champions include the German Panzer IV and Tiger, Soviet T-34, American Pershing, and a few surprises- Compares tanks' firepower, armor protection, and mobility as well as dependability, affordability, tactics, training, and overall combat performance- Relies on extensive documentation from archives, government studies, and published sources--much of which has never been published in English before- Supported by dozens of charts and diagrams and hundreds of photos
LC Classification NumberD793.Z339 2015
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- 17. Okt. 2015
awesome collection book to my library
Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Neu
- 06. Nov. 2018
nice photos and information on subject matter
nice photos and informationBestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 26. Jan. 2021
Informative and factual in his research and reporting.
Any WW2 "grognard" knows Mr Zaloga does thorough research..Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Neu
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