
Israeli Shermans 2nd edition
Israeli Shermans 2nd edition Author:Tom Gannon Language:English Text Format:Hardcover Dimensions:11.5" x 8.5" Pages:406 pages Photos:372 color & 375 B+W photos Publisher:Barbarossa Books Publishing ISBN:9781847680235 Item No. BRB-0235 With 750 photographs, this much expanded and updated edition of the author’s original Israeli Sherman, published in 2001 and long out-of-print, is the most comprehensive study yet of the Sherman tank in IDF service. Following a general description of the basic M4 series as built, the humble beginning of the very first Sherman in service in 1948 is covered in detail. Hundreds of black-and-white archival photographs then trace the evolution of Israel’s Shermans from the cobbled-together veteran of the Second World War into some of the most lethal variants of the series ever conceived. Every major variant of the Sherman, except for the M4A6, was successfully used in some f