IMAGES OF WAR ALLIED TANKS OF
IMAGES OF WAR ALLIED TANKS OF Expert author Michael Green has compiled a full inventory of the tanks developed and deployed by the Allied armies during the six year war against Nazi Germany and her…
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IMAGES OF WAR ALLIED TANKS OF
Expert author Michael Green has compiled a full inventory of the tanks developed and deployed by the Allied armies during the six year war against Nazi Germany and her Axis partners. Combat experience proved Light tanks (such as the Stuart and T-26) to be ineffective. There were four categories of tank: Light, Medium, Heavy and Super Heavy.
The later stages of the War required the Allies to answer the Axis Panther and Tiger tanks with up-gunned and up-armored second generation M4s, T-34-85s and the Sherman Firefly. Medium tanks (the US M4 series, named Sherman by the British, and Russian T-34) soon dominated with their fire power, protection and mobility. Totally new heavy tanks such as the M-26, Pershing, Soviet KV-1 series and the British Centurion only saw action in the final months.
Allied Tanks of the Second World War covers all these categories in detail as well as the few super