Steven J. Zaloga

Panzer 38(t) vs BT-7 (eBook, ePUB)

Barbarossa 1941
Illustrator: Laurier, Jim

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The tank battles in the Soviet Union during the summer of 1941 were the largest in World War II, exceeding even the more famous Prokhorovka encounter during the Kursk campaign. Indeed, they were the largest tank battles ever fought. This book examines two evenly matched competitors in this conflict, the German Panzer 38(t) and the Soviet BT-7. Both were of similar size, armed with guns of comparable firepower, and had foreign roots - the Panzer 38(t) was a Czechoslovak design and the BT-7 was an evolution of the American Christie tank. With full-colour artwork and archive and present-day photography, this absorbing study assesses the strengths and limitations of these two types against the wider background of armoured doctrine in the opening stages of Operation Barbarossa.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks UK
• Seitenzahl: 80
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. April 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781472817150
• Artikelnr.: 48168604

Autorenporträt

Steven J. Zaloga received his BA in History from Union College and his MA from Columbia University. He has worked as an analyst in the aerospace industry for three decades, covering missile systems and the international arms trade, and has served with the Institute for Defense Analyses, a federal think tank. He is the author of numerous books on military technology and history, including NVG 294 Allied Tanks in Normandy 1944 and NVG 283 American Guided Missiles of World War II. He currently lives in Maryland, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Chronology
Design and Development
Technical Specification
The Strategic Situation
The Combatants
Combat
Statistics and Analysis
Aftermath
Further Reading
Index