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Armored Champion: The Top Tanks of World War II
Steven Zaloga
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Description for Armored Champion: The Top Tanks of World War II
Hardcover. 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. Num Pages: 368 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBWQ; JWMV1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 264 x 217 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1146.
What 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 ... Read more
What 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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Stackpole Books
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
Mechanicsburg, United States
ISBN
9780811714372
SKU
V9780811714372
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Steven Zaloga
Steven Zaloga, an internationally recognized military historian, has written numerous books on the vehicles and campaigns of World War II, including Armored Champion (978-0-8117-1437-2), Armored Thunderbolt (978-0-8117-0424-3), Armored Attack 1944 (978-0-8117-0769-5), Armored Victory 1945 (978-0-8117-0771-8), and The Devila (TM)s Garden (978-0-8117-1228-6). He has appeared in programs on PBS and The Military Channel. He lives near Baltimore, Maryland.
Reviews for Armored Champion: The Top Tanks of World War II
With a host of supporting data included in the text and the data tables, along with the support of lots of archive photos … He provides a lot of food for thought, and a lot of information that can fuel the debate for many years to come yet.
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