T-34-85 Medium Tank 1944–94
Title | T-34-85 Medium Tank 1944–94 PDF eBook |
Author | Steven J. Zaloga |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
Pages | 50 |
Release | 2013-08-20 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1472805569 |
The T-34-85 tank is one of those rare weapons that have remained in service for more than half a century. First introduced in 1944, it has seen combat in nearly every corner of the globe. Steven Zaloga and Jim Kinnear look at this long-serving tank at length. Although long obsolete in Europe, it has proven a reliable and potent weapon in many Third World conflicts, and is still in service with more than a dozen armies around the world.
T-34-85 Medium Tank 1944–94
Title | T-34-85 Medium Tank 1944–94 PDF eBook |
Author | Steven J. Zaloga |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
Pages | 120 |
Release | 2013-08-20 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1472805380 |
The T-34-85 tank is one of those rare weapons that have remained in service for more than half a century. First introduced in 1944, it has seen combat in nearly every corner of the globe. Steven Zaloga and Jim Kinnear look at this long-serving tank at length. Although long obsolete in Europe, it has proven a reliable and potent weapon in many Third World conflicts, and is still in service with more than a dozen armies around the world.
T-34-85 Medium Tank 1944–94
Title | T-34-85 Medium Tank 1944–94 PDF eBook |
Author | Steven J. Zaloga |
Publisher | Osprey Publishing |
Pages | 52 |
Release | 1996-09-15 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9781855325357 |
The T-34-85 tank is one of those rare weapons that have remained in service for more than half a century. First introduced in 1944, it has seen combat in nearly every corner of the globe. Steven Zaloga and Jim Kinnear look at this long-serving tank at length. Although long obsolete in Europe, it has proven a reliable and potent weapon in many Third World conflicts, and is still in service with more than a dozen armies around the world.
T-34/76 Medium Tank
Title | T-34/76 Medium Tank PDF eBook |
Author | Steven Zaloga |
Publisher | |
Pages | 48 |
Release | 1995 |
Genre | Tanks (Military science) |
ISBN |
T-34/76 Medium Tank 1941–45
Title | T-34/76 Medium Tank 1941–45 PDF eBook |
Author | Steven J. Zaloga |
Publisher | Osprey Publishing |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 1994-07-28 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9781855323827 |
The T-34 was the most influential tank design of World War 2. When first introduced into combat in the summer of 1941, it represented a revolutionary leap forward in tank design. Its firepower, armour protection and mobility were superior to that of any other medium tank of the period. This superiority did not last long. While the T-34 underwent a series of incremental improvements during 1943, it was being surpassed by new German tank designs, most notably the Panther. This title traces the life of the original T-34 through all its difficulties to eventual success.
T-34-85 vs M26 Pershing
Title | T-34-85 vs M26 Pershing PDF eBook |
Author | Steven J. Zaloga |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
Pages | 81 |
Release | 2011-12-20 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1846039916 |
A hotly-debated topic amongst tank buffs is of the relative merits of the Soviet and American tanks of World War II. Using recently revealed documents, Steven Zaloga sheds light on the crucial tank battles of the Korean War as the rival superpowers' finest tanks battled for supremacy. The Soviet-equipped North Korean Peoples Army initially dominated the battlefield with the seemingly unstoppable T34-85. As US tank battalions hastily arrived throughout the late summer and early autumn of 1950, the M26 Pershing took the fight to North Korea with increasing success.
IS-2 Heavy Tank 1944–73
Title | IS-2 Heavy Tank 1944–73 PDF eBook |
Author | Steven J. Zaloga |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
Pages | 104 |
Release | 2011-10-20 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1780961391 |
The Iosef Stalin tanks were the ultimate heavy tanks developed by the Soviet Union and were popularly called 'Victory tanks' due to their close association with the defeat of Germany in 1945. Yet in spite of their reputation, the Stalin tanks emerged from a troubled design, had a brief moment of glory in 1944 and 1945, and disappeared in ignominy after 1960. This title covers the events contributing to the Soviet Union's need to design the new series, with particular reference to the unsuccessful KV series and the advent of a new generation of heavy German tanks including the Tiger. It also covers their development, operational history and myriad variants.