| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
Images of War Special |
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Images of War Special
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| Contents |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Chapter 1: Development; Chapter 2: Sherman Production; Chapter 3: The Sherman Crew; Chapter 4: The Sherman in Combat; Chapter 5: The Sherman Described; Chapter 6: Improving the Breed; Chapter 7: Sherman Engineers' Tanks; Chapter 8: Sherman-Based Gun Motor Carriages; Appendix; Sherman Reference Data |
| Summary |
The M4 Medium Tank - the Sherman - was one of the most famous tanks of the Second World War. It was produced in greater numbers than any other Allied tank, it fought on every front - in Western Europe, on the Eastern Front, in North Africa, Burma, the Pacific - and it continued to serve effectively as a front-line fighting vehicle in the Korean War, the Arab-Israeli wars, the Indo-Pakistani wars. Pat Ware's new history of this remarkable tank covers in detail its design and development, its technical specifications and the many variants that were produced, and he reviews its operational role i |
| Notes |
Vendor-supplied metadata |
| Subject |
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Military Science.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781473836204 |
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1473836204 |
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