Weapons Of The Tankers
Harry Yeide
Zenith Press, ©2006
ISBN
978-0-7603-2329-8
Hard-bound, 127 Pages
MBI Publishing for $24.95
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Zenith Press
Zenith Press, an imprint of MBI Publishing Company, encompasses combat
memoirs; battle and unit histories; books on civil and military aviation;
biographies of prominent military figures; titles on espionage and national
security issues; books on military weapons and equipment; and titles on
policing, fire-fighting and rescue.
Weapons Of The Tankers
This is a beautiful hard-bound book for only having 127 pages in it
but they pack of information in those pages. Harry Yeide's book covers
the history of the American tank and the crews that manned them throughout
World War II. It begins with the history of the armored battalions. This
chapter covers the organizational development of armored doctrine and
combat history in all theaters of operation during World War II. The majority
of chapters cover light, medium and amphibious tanks as well as special
variants including assault guns and mortar carriers. All main battle tanks
from the Stuart variants, M24 Chaffee, M3 Lee series, the famous M4 Sherman
tank and the M26 Pershing are covered. It is strange that the M10 Wolverine
and M18 Hellcat tank destroyers are missing from this book. At 55 mph,
the M18 was the fastest tracked vehicle during World War II. Another chapter
is dedicated to the tank crews. This was my favorite chapter as it covers
the crew's living conditions with excerpts from these men during combat.
The final chapter covers supporting elements of tank units that are rarely
documented in most books. It mentions half-tracks, weasels, trucks, tank
retrievers and the venerable Jeep. Each type of vehicle is concisely covered
without boring you. The color and black/white pictures are of excellent
quality with some that tell a very riveting story themselves.
Conclusion
It would be nice if there were color-plates representing different paint
schemes for US vehicles for model builders but there are tradeoffs. I
have read a lot of books about American armor but this book is packed
with pictures I haven't seen before about American armor in World War
II. This is a small book but it is packed with a lot of information in
a concise manner and you can't beat the price for a hard-bound book. I
would like to thank MBI Publishing
for the review books.
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