Author | : Steven Zaloga |
File Size | : 54,9 Mb |
Publisher | : Stackpole Books |
Language | : English |
Release Date | : 15 May 2015 |
ISBN | : 9780811761130 |
Pages | : 336 pages |
Armored Champion by Steven Zaloga Book PDF Summary
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