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67 VEHICLES & ARTILLERY: AMERICAN, SOVIET/RUSSIAN, REST OF THE WORLD M551 Sheridan: The US Army’s Armored Re- connaissance / AirborneAssault Vehicle from VietnamtoDesert Storm DavidDoyle. TheM551 Sheridan isoftenreferredtoasa light tank,but inactuality it was an armored reconnaissance/airborne assault vehicle.The Sheridanwas designed to be a lightweight, amphibious,air-droppablevehiclearmedwithamassive combination rocket launcher and152mmgun. Initially seeing combat inVietnam, the vehicleswere later used in Operation Just Cause in Panama (where they saw their only combat air drop) and Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm. Size: 9” × 9” • 230 color and b/w photos • 128pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-5821-0 • hard • $19.99 M3MediumTank: The LeeandGrant Tanks in WorldWar II. DavidDoyle.TheM3 LeewasAmerica’s firstmass-producedcombat tank.Itsunusual configuration of hull-mounted75mmgunand turret-mounted37mm cannonwas a result of the rush to get the vehicle in pro- ductionfollowingNaziGermany’s rapidadvances inEurope. Size: 9”×9”•144 color andb/wphotos •112pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-6141-8 • hard cover • $19.99 ShermanTank,Vol.1:America’sM4A1Medium Tank inWorldWar II David Doyle. TheM4A1was thefirst of the famedSherman tanks toenter production, andthroughout its threeyearsofproductionwent through a number of variations, all of which are detailed in this volume.Extensive archival photographs are augmented by stunning color images of preserved tanks, taking the reader around and inside this famed warhorse. Size: 9”×9”•225 color andb/wphotos •112pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-5567-7 • hard cover • $19.99 Sherman Tank, Vol. 2: America’s M4 andM4 (105)MediumTanks inWorldWar II DavidDoyle. The story of the type of Sherman medium tank most widely usedbyUS troops duringWWII, theM4,and the many variations produced through its almost three-year production run,all ofwhichare illustratedhere.Extensive archival photographs are augmented by stunning color images of preserved tanks, taking the reader aroundand inside this famed warhorse. Size: 9”×9”•204 color andb/wphotos •112pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-5847-0 • hard cover • $19.99 ShermanTank,Vol.3:America’sM4A2Medium TankinWorldWar II. DavidDoyle.TheM4A2Sherman was the standard tank of the US Marine Corps during WWII,andwas also supplied in largenumbers toRussia as well as the British.The M4A2 was used in some of themost severe tank combat of thewar,both on Pacific islands and on the Eastern Front. Size: 9”×9”•178 color andb/wphotos •112pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-6092-3• hard cover • $19.99 ShermanTank,Vol. 4: TheM4A3MediumTank inWorldWar II and Korea. DavidDoyle.Powered by amassive FordV-8 engine, theM4A3 Sherman was the standard tankof theUSArmy during the later stages ofWWII,aswell as theKoreanWar.TheM4A3was also supplied to the Marines duringWWII, when the Corps faced a shortage of their preferredM4A2. Size: 9”×9”•246 color andb/wphotos •128pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-6142-5• hard cover • $19.99 Sherman Tank, Vol. 5: The M4A4 “British” Sherman inWorldWar II. DavidDoyle.TheM4A4 (ShermanV)waswidely usedbyCommonwealth forces duringWWII.The tankwent on to become the basis for the famed Firefly, Crab, and DD variants. Size: 9”×9”•226 color andb/wphotos •128pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-6164-7• hard cover • $19.99 Sherman Tank, Vol. 6:M32andM74-Series Sherman-Based Recovery Vehicles. David Doyle. This book chronicles the development and use of the US and British military’s Sherman tank-based armored recovery vehicles. Size: 9” × 9” • Over 210 photos • 112pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-6234-7• hard cover • $19.99 ForWantofaGun: TheShermanTankScandal ofWWII ChristianMarkDeJohn. Exposes theuntold Sherman tank scandal ofWWII, involving the biggest names and stretching from theWhite House to the battlefronts. Outgunned by Germany,American tank inferiority inspired some of the war’s worst setbacks, prolonging it inEurope.US tankers ultimatelyprevailed, butover60,000soldierswerekilledandwounded;their preventable sacrifice inspired the movie Fury . Size: 9”x12” • 557 color and b/w photos 392pp. • ISBN: 978-0-7643-5250-8 hard cover • $84.99 M1Abrams: America’sMainBattle Tank Chris- tian M. DeJohn. Since the 1980s, the American M1 Abrams series of tanks has been widely regarded as among the finest main battle tanks in the world. This volume is a concise look at the background, development, and Army and Marine operational history of theAbrams from the 1970s to the present. Size: 9”×9”•208 color andb/wphotos •112pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-5452-6 • hard cover • $19.99 SOVIET/RUSSIAN Soviet Field Artillery in WWII: Including Use by the German Wehrmacht Michael Foedrowitz. Detailed, illustrated history of WWII Soviet light, medium, and heavy artillery, in- cluding details on ammunition, transport, and combat use. Size: 8.5”x11” • 100 bw photos • 48pp. ISBN: 0-7643-0181-0 • soft • $9.95 Stalin Organs: Russian Rocket Launchers Michael Foedrowitz. Illustrated look at the infamous Soviet Katyusha rocket launchers in WWII, including details on launch vehicles, ammunition and tactics. Size: 8.5”x11” • 70 bw photos/drawings • 48pp. ISBN: 0-88740-669-6 • soft • $9.95 Russian T-34 Battle Tank Horst Scheibert. The famous and influential Soviet T-34 battle tank in a concise illustrated history featuring details of all variants throughout WWII. Size: 11”x8.5” • 70 bw photos/drawings 48pp.•ISBN:0-88740-405-7•soft•$9.95 Stalin’s Giants: Kv-I & Kv-II Horst Scheibert. Concise, illustrated history of the Soviet Union’s early-WWII heavy tanks, including up-close details and technical data. Size: 11”x8.5” • 70 bw photos • 48pp. ISBN: 0-88740-404-9 • soft • $9.95 Russian Tanks and Armored Vehicles 1917- 45: An IllustratedReference WolfgangFleischer. Describes in excellent detail and striking photos, many unpublished, the development andamassing of Russia’s armored vehicles from WWI through WWII. Includes models that did not make it to pro- duction,andhistorybehindRussia’stankdevelopment. Size: 8.5”x11” • 490 bw photos • 176pp. ISBN: 0-7643-0913-7 • hard • $39.95 Armored Trains of the Soviet Union 1917- 45 Wilfried Kopenhagen. Rare look at Soviet armored trains from the revolution in 1917 through WWII, including discussions of design, construction, armament, and wartime use. Size: 8.5”x11” • 70 bw photos • 48pp. ISBN: 0-88740-917-2 • soft • $9.95 REST OF THE WORLD Mr. Churchill’s Tank: The British Infantry Tank Mark IV David Fletcher. Explains the systems, processes and pitfalls in depth. It also examines the Churchill tank in action from the beaches of Dieppe to the mountains of Tunisia; from the Gothic Line in Italy to the Siegfried Line in Germany and in the harsh terrain of Korea. It is examined mark by mark, from the A20 prototype through to the heavyweight 1944 Black Prince design. Size: 8.5”x11” • 250 bw photos • 224pp. ISBN: 0-7643-0679-0 • hard • $45.00 Czechoslovak Armored Cars in the First World War and Russian Civil War Tomáš Jakl, Bernard Panuš, & Ji ř í Tint ě ra Kliment & Francev. This highly illustrated volume covers the variety of armored cars used by Czech forces during World War I, and the Russian Civil War, as well as its post-WWI use in Italy and Slovakia. Size:9.125”x8.125”•317color/bwphotos•176pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-4804-4 • hard • $39.99 Skoda 35(t) Horst Scheibert. Detailed photo history of the WWII Czech tank, its early use by the German Wehrmacht, and its variants. Size: 11”x8.5” • 80 bw photos/drawings 48pp.•ISBN:0-88740-678-5•soft•$9.95 Panzer 38(t) Horst Scheibert. Detailed photo history of the WWII Czech tank, its extensive use by the German Wehrmacht, and its variants. Size: 11”x8.5” • 80 bw photos/drawings • 48pp. ISBN: 0-7643-0298-1 • soft • $9.95 Panzers 35(t) and 38(t) and their Variants 1920-1945 Walter J. Spielberger. This classic, definitive series continues with this volume on Czech panzers and armored vehicles in German use from 1920-1945. Spielberger, a leading expert in the field of German military vehicles, presents the wide variety of variants on the 35(t) and 38(t) chassis: self-propelled artillery, antitank guns, flak, mortars, flamethrowers, Hetzer, half-tracks, trucks, personnel carriers, etc. Size: 8.5”x11” • 600 bw photos • 400pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-3089-6 • hard • $69.99 Czechoslovak Armored Fighting Vehicles 1918-48 Kliment & Francev. This book presents for the first time a complete and accurate picture of their development, organization and operational use before and during the war. Size: 8.5”x11” • 800 color/bw photos • 384pp. ISBN: 0-7643-0141-1 • hard • $59.95