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
Author
Steven Zaloga is an author and defense analyst known worldwide for his articles and publications on military technology. He has written over a hundred books on military technology and military history, including “Armored Thunderbolt: The US Army Sherman in World War II”, one of the most highly regarded histories of the Sherman Tank. His books have been translated into Japanese, German, Polish, Czech, Romanian, and Russian. He was a special correspondent for Jane’s Intelligence Review and is on the executive board of the Journal of Slavic Military Studies and the New York Military Affairs Symposium. From 1987 through 1992, he was the writer/producer for Video Ordnance Inc., preparing their TV series Firepower. He holds a BA in history from Union College and an MA in history from Columbia University. Mr. Zaloga is also a noted scale armor modeler and is a host/moderator of the World War II Allied Discussion group at Missing-Lynx.com, a modelling website. He is a frequent contributor to the UK-based modeling magazine Military Modelling. He is a member of the Armor Modeling and Preservation Society.
