The entry of the United States into WW2 provided the Allies with the industrial might to finally take the war to German and Japanese sources across the world. Central to this was the focus of the American military industrial complex on the manufacture of tanks and armoured fighting vehicles. Between 1939 and 1945, 88,140 tanks and 18,620 other armoured vehicles were built - almost twice the number that Germany and Great Britain combined were able to supply. In this lavishly illustrated volume, armour expert Michael Green examines the dizzying array of machinery fielded by the US Army, from the famed M4 Sherman, M3 Stuart and M3 Lee through the half-tracks armoured cars, self-propelled artillery, tank destroyers, armoured recovery vehicles and tracked landing vehicles that provided the armoured fist that the Allies needed to break Axis resistance in Europe and the Pacific. This encyclopaedic new study detailed the design, development and construction of these vehicles, their deployment in battle, and the impact they had on the outcome of the war. With over 100 illustrations, many archive rare images and full colour plates, the story is taken right up to next-generation self-propelled guns and Howitzers. Green, grey, camouflage, on tracks, full statistical details and tables. 376 pages, paperback, 19 x 24.3cm.
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