Concord 7027 - British Tanks Of Wwii (1) - France & Belgium 1944.pdf
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72 pages, 160 b/w photos, 16 color plates
This is the first volume of a 2-volume series depicting the British and Commonwealth armor at war in Europe. David Fletcher, a noted armor historian, is the author of this series. The photos came from the Tank Museum at Bovington.
This book begins as the Allies prepared the crossing of the English Channel. D-Day saw the British and Commonwealth forces landed at Gold, Juno and Sword Beaches. DD Shermans and Funnies of the 79th Armoured Division formed the spearhead of the armor punch at Normandy. German reinforcements concentrated their efforts against the British and Canadians and Montgomery fought a hard battle around Caen, suffering heavy casualties. Battle then raged on at Falaise, trapping 60,000 Germans in a pocket. Montgomery then crossed the Seine and marched into Belgium.
The British and Commonwealth troops used a great variety of tanks and vehicles. DD Sherman, Churchill, Firefly, Priest, Sexton, Cromwall, Centaur, Universal Carrier, Humber are a few of the armor featured in this book. The 16 color plates show the vehicles in ľ view, clearing showing the colorful insignia and markings.
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This new book is written by Frank V. De Sisto (with color plates by Laurent Lecocq) and, follows the usual format in their useful Armor at War Series - the book has 72 pages, 163 photos and 16 color plates.
Originally designed to meet the conceptual requirements of Erich von Manstein as set forth in 1936, the Sturmgeschütz III series proved itself to be an immensely successful infantry-support weapons system. Contrary to popular belief, it was not only initially conceived as Begleitartillerie (escort artillery) to accompany the infantry in the assault, but also as their prime means of mobile and protected defense against enemy tanks. Indeed, this is borne out by the original designation of the vehicle as the Pz.Sfl.III (s.PaK). In addition, its main armament, the 7.5cm Sturmkanone L/24 was a flat-trajectory gun, based upon that mounted on the Pz.Kpfw.IV medium tank; it was not a low-velocity howitzer.
72 pages, 176 b/w photos, 16 color plates
While the full range of combat support and service troops are necessary to support Panzer and Panzergrenadier units, their degree of mechanization was always inferior to that of the mobile combat units. It was essential that artillery, antitank, and antiaircraft units providing direct support to the mobile combat units be just as capable of cross-country mobility and possess at least minimal armor to protect them from small arms fire and artillery and mortar fragments. These weapon systems, while able to keep pace with the fast moving kampfgruppen to which they were attached, were mounted on full-tracked, armored chassis, provide them with at least minimal armor protection, and give them the capability to operate their weapon while mounted with minimal firing preparation and displacement time.
There were abundant chassis available for this purpose, but they were for the most part obsolete or obsolescent designs, or converted from captured combat vehicles. This later factor made them more difficult to maintain and repair because of often scarce, non-standard spare parts. Cramped space and limited gun traverse often added to the crew's discomfort.
For the most part the self-propelled artillery, antitank guns, and antiaircraft guns fielded by the Germans were ad hoc measures necessary to fulfill pressing tactical requirements. Some were more successful than others. Some were quite effective and led to new models. Others were dismal failures.
Noted historian Gordon Rottman is the author of this book, while Arek Wrobel provided 16 color plates, some in ? views. Photos feature Bison, Grille,Wespe, Hummel, Thor, Panzerjager I, Marder I, Marder II, Marder III, Nashorn, Emil, Flakpanzers, Flak Half-tracks, Mobelwagen, Wirbelwind, 8.8cm PzIV and others.
72 pages, 160 b/w photos, 16 color plates
This is the first volume of a 2-volume series depicting the British and Commonwealth armor at war in Europe. David Fletcher, a noted armor historian, is the author of this series. The photos came from the Tank Museum at Bovington.
This book begins as the Allies prepared the crossing of the English Channel. D-Day saw the British and Commonwealth forces landed at Gold, Juno and Sword Beaches. DD Shermans and Funnies of the 79th Armoured Division formed the spearhead of the armor punch at Normandy. German reinforcements concentrated their efforts against the British and Canadians and Montgomery fought a hard battle around Caen, suffering heavy casualties. Battle then raged on at Falaise, trapping 60,000 Germans in a pocket. Montgomery then crossed the Seine and marched into Belgium.
The British and Commonwealth troops used a great variety of tanks and vehicles. DD Sherman, Churchill, Firefly, Priest, Sexton, Cromwall, Centaur, Universal Carrier, Humber are a few of the armor featured in this book. The 16 color plates show the vehicles in ľ view, clearing showing the colorful insignia and markings.
In America's island-hopping war against Japan, the U.S. Marines were our cutting edge. Yet, until now, little has been written about the desperate combats fought by the Marines' own spearheads - their tanks. It is a story of trial and error, incredible courage, and finally, triumph.
In the early island campaigns, Marine tankers went into battle inexperienced and inadequately trained. In a series of costly battles and jungle campaigns - Guadalcanal, New Georgia, Bouganville, Cape Gloucester, Tarawa, Marianas, Peleliu, Saipan and Okinawa - Marine tankers proved beyond doubt that they were essential in achieving victory. Despite suffering sometimes staggering losses, the Marines and their tanks eventually crushed fierce Japanese resistance.
Since the Second World War, the Mid East has been the region that has seen the most extensive conflicts involving armored forces. Indeed, the Arab-Israeli wars have sometimes involved tank battles on a scale that rivaled the colossal encounters at El Alamein or Kursk in World War II. The reasons are both geographic and historic. Desert terrain such as the Sinai has favored mechanized warfare. In addition, the local conflicts in the region became entangled with broader world political developments. The 1948 and 1956 wars in the region were linked to the drives for decolonialization in the developing world; the 1967 and 1973 wars were enmeshed in Cold War tensions. These links to broader global conflicts have meant that the armies in the region have had access to the arsenals of the Great Powers, acting as their surrogates in some cases.
The tragic roots of the conflict in the region are not difficult to trace. A revived Jewish presence in Palestine was the outcome of the horrors of the Holocaust in Europe. The Arab countries in the region, trying to escape colonial bondage with Britain and France, regarded the Jewish presence as another case of illegitimate European interference in the region. The animosities spawned in the first war in 1948 provided the bitter seed for four decades of war in the region.
The content of the book is excellent covering the m10 tank destoryer early and late types, sp, 17pdr m10 mk2 achilles variant, m18 76mm hellcat tank destroyer, m36 90mm gmc, m3 75mm gmc with a smatering of m6 37mm gmc.There are many quality photographs inside both in action photos and some photos of factory fresh m10 and achilles,the colour plates are especially nice and will surprise some people with how recently world war 2 era tank destroyers were used in combat. There is ample inspiration for the diorama builder contained in these nice photos and colour plates. The book covers tank destroyers in north africa, the italian campaign, france, battle of the bulge, the pacific and post war use.
