M4 Sherman

M4 Sherman Author:Pat Ware Language:English Format:Softcover Dimensions:7.5" x 9.5" Pages:144 Photos:90 color and black and white photos Publisher:Pen and Sword Military ISBN:9781781590294 Item No. 9781781590294 The M4 Medium Tank - the Sherman – was one of the most famous tanks of the Second World War. It was produced in greater numbers than any other Allied tank, it fought on every front – in Western Europe, on the Eastern Front, in North Africa, Burma, the Pacific – and it continued to serve effectively as a front-line fighting vehicle in the Korean War, the Arab-Israeli wars, the Indo-Pakistani wars. Pat Ware’s new history of this remarkable tank covers in detail its design and development, its technical specifications and the many variants that were produced, and he reviews its operational role in conflicts across the world. While the Sherman outclassed the older German tanks it encountered when it was fir