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Binding: HardcoverDewey Decimal Number: 940.541273 EAN: 9780811704243 ISBN: 0811704246 Label: Stackpole Books Manufacturer: Stackpole Books Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 360 Publication Date: October 10, 2008 Publisher: Stackpole Books Studio: Stackpole Books Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: This book features hundreds of photos, including many never published before. It provides riveting accounts of armoured warfare in World War II. It compares the Sherman to other tanks, including the Panther and Tiger. The author is a world-renowned expert on the Sherman tank and American armour. Some tank crews referred to the American M4 Sherman tank as a "death trap". Others, like General George Patton, believed that the Sherman helped win World War II. So which was it: death trap or war winner? Armour expert Steven Zaloga answers that question by recounting the Sherman's combat history. Focusing on Northwest Europe (but also including a chapter on the Pacific), Zaloga follows the Sherman into action on D-Day, among the Normandy hedgerows, during Patton's race across France, in the great tank battle at Arracourt in September 1944, at the Battle of the Bulge, across the Rhine, and in the Ruhr pocket in 1945. Average Rating:
 Rating: - Armoured ThunderboltGreat book on the M4 Sherman tank. I love all the pictures and description in the book. Rating: - Explains why the Sherman was "Good Enough"In the introduction to Armored Thunderbolt, noted armor specialist Steven Zaloga mentions that he was growing up in the 1950s the Sherman tank was routinely referred to as a `war-winning weapon' but recently, this iconic image has been derided by sensationalist accounts and TV documentaries as a `death trap.' Thus, Armored Thunderbolts sets out to examine whether the M4 Sherman tank was a `war-winner' or a `death-trap' or something else. Rather than just a technical history - which already exists ... Read More Rating: - If you have not read this book, you don't know the Sherman!This book excels by not just re-hashing the technical details of the M4 versus it's opponents, but by providing much invaluable 'soft' information that was every bit as important -- and perhaps more so -- than the technical details. The author provides background information on how the Sherman was created and how the design changed - or did not change - over time. Shortcomings of both the Sherman and the Panther are covered in some depth. The author also touches on bureaucratic issues, ... Read More Rating:  - Good BookSince most can't afford Hunnicutt's SHERMAN, this is probably the best alternative. Mr. Zaloga has done a very good job in explaining the Sherman's history and development. There are some errors, such as his assertion that the Soviet KV heavy tank was rearmed with a 122mm gun and renamed the Stalin (two completely different tanks), or that the Soviet 85mm was superior to the American 76mm (the latter was superior in armor penetration). The book does falter a bit in describing the Sherman in action where ... Read More Rating: - Superb Organizational HistoryThis is a superb book on the Sherman Tank that - amazingly - covers much new ground. It accomplishes this by not focussing on technical development as RP Hunnicutt's Sherman "bible" (and most other Sherman books)do. Instead, it's a history of how the various organizations within the US Army created the Sherman, why they made the design decisions they did, how combat effective the Sherman was as a result, and how development proceeded (or didn't) as a result of that experience. Unlike many writers ... Read More 
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