Tanques M4 Sherman - EEUU: libros - historia y despliegue

Sherman Firefly (Osprey)

The most powerfully gunned tank fielded by the Allies during World War II was the Sherman Firefly. An ordinary American-built Sherman modified by the British, the Firefly had the firepower that could finally match the awesome German tanks that had dominated Europe.
David Fletcher examines the controversy that dogged the Firefly and the psychological boost the tank provided to Allied forces. Exploring its successes and failures on the battlefield and providing a realistic assessment of the tank's worth, this is essential reading for anyone wanting to know the facts about a tank variant that quickly developed its own mythology.

Contents: Introduction - The 17-pounder - Developments at Lulworth - Designing the Firefly - The Conversion Programme - Ammunition - Concrete Busters - The Firefly in Action - The American Angle - Supply and Demand - What's in a Name? - Index.

Autor:	David Fletcher
Presentación:	48 páginas, 24.5 x 18.5 x 0.4 cm, tapa blanda
Ilustración:	abundantemente ilustrado con fotos y dibujos (en b/n y color)
Editor:	Osprey Publishing (GB, 2008)
Serie:	New Vanguard (141)

Sherman Crab Flail Tank (Osprey)

The Sherman Crab Flail tank was the powerful culmination of a series of mine-clearing flail tanks developed during World War II. Here, David Fletcher recounts how the Sherman Crabs were among the first tanks ashore on D-Day and as the war progressed they were in constant demand both for formal attacks and more incidental operations. Following the development of the tank and its use in the war, he details the US Army's initial lack of interest in the flail, but how after cooperative actions with the British, they too decided to adopt the type themselves.
In addition to its special mine-clearing role the Sherman Crab was also capable of fighting in tank duels, and this book includes dramatic accounts of its use by the famous 79th Armoured Division and the US Army. The author explores the beginnings of the design in the Matilda Scorpion and Baron flails, developed for the Valentine and M3 Grant tanks, through to the Sherman, and particularly the Crab version.

Contents: Introduction - Alamein Debut - Developments in Britain - Prototypes Proliferate - The Scorpions Spread· The Crabs Move In - The American Angle - Post-War Developments - Bibliography - Colour Plate Commentary - Index.

Autor:	David Fletcher
Presentación:	48 páginas, 22 x 18.5 x 0.4 cm, tapa blanda
Ilustración:	abundantemente ilustrado con fotos y dibujos (en b/n y color)
Editor:	Osprey Publishing (GB, 2007)
Serie:	New Vanguard (139)

Swimming Shermans - Sherman DD amphibious tank of World War II (Osprey)

The Sherman DD (Duplex Drive) tank was a brilliant innovation; the design and development of a tank that could float and even 'swim' in water was controversial. Each tank was enveloped in a waterproofed canvas screen, launched at sea from landing craft and then 'swam' to shore, where the screens were deflated, allowing the tanks to operate as fighting vehicles.

This book discusses the Sherman DD's many variants, including the prototype Valentine DD tank and examines the successes and tragic failures on the beaches of Normandy and further into North-West Europe, including the challenge of crossing the River Rhine.

Contents: Introduction - Design and development - Operational History - Variants - Colour plate commentary.

Autor:	David Fletcher
Presentación:	48 páginas, 24.5 x 18.5 x 0.4 cm, tapa blanda
Ilustración:	abundantemente ilustrado con fotos y dibujos (en b/n y color)
Editor:	Osprey Publishing (GB, 2006)
Serie:	New Vanguard (123)

Armored Thunderbolt - The U.S. Army Sherman in World War II

Some tank crews referred to the American M4 Sherman tank as a "death trap." Others, like Gen. George Patton, believed that the Sherman helped win World War II. So which was it: death trap or war winner? Armor expert Steven Zaloga answers that question by recounting the Sherman's combat history.

Focusing on Northwest Europe (but also including a chapter on the Pacific), Zaloga follows the Sherman into action on D-Day, among the Normandy hedgerows, during Patton?s race across France, in the great tank battle at Arracourt in September 1944, at the Battle of the Bulge, across the Rhine, and in the Ruhr pocket in 1945.

Hundreds of photos, including many never published before with riveting accounts of armored warfare in World War II. Compares the Sherman to other tanks, including the Panther and Tiger.

Autor:	Steven J. Zaloga
Presentación:	360 páginas, 26 x 21.5 x 2.4 cm, tapa dura
Ilustración:	fotos b/n y ilustraciones
Editor:	Stackpole Books (USA, 2008)

M4 Sherman - Rare photograhs from wartime archives (Images of War)

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 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 first put into combat in 1942, it was vulnerable to the later German medium and heavy tanks, the Panther and the Tiger I and Tiger II. Yet, as Pat Ware shows, the Sherman was more effective than these superior German tanks because it was cheaper to build, reliable, easy to maintain and produced in such large numbers.
It was also adaptable - it was converted into a tank-destroyer, an amphibious tank, a recovery vehicle, a mine-flail, a personnel carrier - and, after the Second World War, the soundness of its original design was proved as it was developed to confront more modern tanks in combat.

Pat Ware's expert account of this remarkable fighting vehicle is accompanied by a series of colour plates showing the main variants of the design and the common ancillary equipment and unit markings. His book is an essential work of reference for enthusiasts.

Autor:	Pat Ware, Brian Delf
Presentación:	144 páginas, 24.5 x 19 cm, tapa blanda
Ilustración:	abundantemente ilustrado con fotos en b/n y color
Editor:	Pen & Sword Books Ltd (GB, 2014)
Serie:	Images of War

Sherman Tank - Rare photographs from Wartime Archives (Images of War)

A brilliant and prolific collection of rare photographs celebrating the war-winning qualities of arguably the the most important tank of the Second World War. Many of the marvellous images have never been seen before but thanks to the author, who has special access to the IWM archive they are now available with full authoritative captions.

Autor:	Gavin Birch
Presentación:	192 páginas, 24.5 x 19 x 1.2 cm, tapa blanda
Ilustración:	200+ fotos b/n
Editor:	Pen & Sword Books Ltd (GB, 2005)
Serie:	Images of War

Sherman Firefly vs Tiger - Normandy 1944 (Osprey)

The German Tiger heavy tank was a monster of a machine that dominated the battlefields of Europe. One of the most feared weapons of World War II, the Tiger gained an aura of invincibility that was only shattered by the introduction of the Sherman Firefly during the summer of 1944. Designed by the British to combat the Tiger, the Sherman Firefly was based on the American M4A4 Sherman, but was fitted with a powerful 17-pounder gun which made it a deadly opponent.

This book describes the design and development of these two opponents, analyzing their strengths and weaknesses, assessing their tactics, weaponry and training. Gunsight artwork puts the reader 'inside' the tanks during famous battle scenarios, in a victory of superior Allied numbers, tactics and engineering.

Contents: Introduction - Chronology - Strategic Situation - Technical specifications - The combatants - Combat - Statistics and analysis - Aftermath - Bibliography.

Autor:	Stephen A. Hart
Presentación:	80 páginas, 24.5 x 18.5 x 0.7 cm, tapa blanda
Ilustración:	abundantemente ilustrado con fotos y dibujos (en b/n y color)
Editor:	Osprey Publishing (GB, 2007)
Serie:	Duel (2)

Panzer IV vs Sherman : France 1944 (Osprey)

As the Allies attempted to break out of Normandy, it quickly became apparent that there would be no easy victory over the Germans, and that every scrap of territory on the way to Berlin would have to be earned through hard fighting.

This study concentrates on the ferocious battles between the German Panzer IV and US Sherman that were at the heart of this decisive phase of World War II. The two types were among the most-produced tanks in US and German service and were old enemies, having clashed repeatedly in the Mediterranean theater.
Throughout their long service careers, both had seen a succession of technical developments and modifications, as well as an evolution in their intended roles - but both remained at the forefront of the fighting on the Western Front.

Written by an expert on tank warfare, this book invites the reader into the cramped confines of these armoured workhorses, employing vivid technical illustrations alongside archive and contemporary photography to depict the conditions for the crewmen within.

Contents: Introduction - Chronology - Design and Development - Technical Specifications - The Combatants - The Strategic Situation - Combat - Statistics and Analysis - Conclusion - Further Reading - Index.

Autor:	Steven J. Zaloga
Presentación:	80 páginas, 25 x 18.5 x 0.8 cm, tapa blanda
Ilustración:	abundantemente ilustrado con fotos y dibujos (en b/n y color)
Editor:	Osprey Publishing (GB, 2015)
Serie:	Duel (70)

Panther vs Sherman - Battle of the Bulge 1944 (Osprey)

In this book Steven J Zaloga offers a fascinating comparison between the two most important tanks involved in the crucial fighting of 1944, the American Sherman and the German Panther. Placing the reader in the heart of this battle between quality and quantity Zaloga uses a compelling account of the ferocious fighting during the Battle of the Bulge to explain the successes and failures of each tank, highlighting the fact that a tank can only be as good as its crew, weighing up the impact of low morale, high cost and mediocre crew training on the Panther's superiority.
With full-colour battlescenes, technical drawings, photographs, digital gunsight views, extracts from crew training manuals and real combat reports, this book brings the titanic battles between the Panther and Sherman to life.

Contents: Introduction - Chronology - Design and development - Technical specifications - The strategic situation - The Combatants - Combat - Statistics and analysis - Aftermath conclusion.

Autor:	Steven J. Zaloga
Presentación:	80 páginas, 25 x 17 x 0.6 cm, tapa blanda
Ilustración:	abundantemente ilustrado con fotos y dibujos (en b/n y color)
Editor:	Osprey Publishing (GB, 2008)
Serie:	Duel (13)

M4 Sherman vs Type 97 Chi-Ha : The Pacific 1945 (Osprey)

Although US and Japanese tank forces first clashed in 1941, it was on in 1944 that tank-vs-tank action became more common as both sides poured larger numbers of tanks into the combat zone. These battles were a means of demonstrating each side's latest tank technology.

For the US, the pinnacle of their tank machinery came in the form of the M4 Sherman and for the Japanese, their most notable feat of engineering was the smaller, yet still effective Type 97 Chi-Ha.
The last two campaigns of the war - Iwo Jima and Okinawa - saw tanks used by both sides, the Japanese finally concluding that "the fight against the US Army is a fight against his M4 tanks".

The illustrations follow the usual Duel pattern with profile illustrations of the Type 97-kai Shinhoto Chi-ha and the M4A3, views showing the ammunition of both types, interior illustrations showing the turret layout in both types, and a battlescene showing the Type 97-kai in combat against US armour.

Autor:	Steven J. Zaloga
Presentación:	80 páginas, 24.5 x 18.5 x 0.7 cm, tapa blanda
Ilustración:	30 fotos b/n y 21 fotos y dibujos a color
Editor:	Osprey Publishing (GB, 2012)
Serie:	Duel (43)

For Want of a Gun - The Sherman Tank Scandal of WWII

This remarkable story exposes the Sherman tank scandal of World War II, involving some of the biggest American names and stretching from the White House and Pentagon to factories and battlefronts.
Outgunned by more powerful German opponents, the inferiority of American tanks led to some of the worst setbacks of the war, prolonging it in Europe. US tanks ultimately prevailed, but over 60,000 armored division soldiers were killed and wounded; their preventable sacrifice inspired the Hollywood movie Fury.

Included are striking images of the Sherman's adversaries (photographed exclusively at the National Museum of Cavalry and Armor), along with original equipment, documents, period propaganda, and vintage photos of Sherman tanks in action.
As a German officer noted, "I was on this hill with six 88mm antitank guns...Every time they sent a tank, we knocked it out. Finally we ran out of ammunition, and the Americans didn't run out of tanks."

Autor:	Christian Mark DeJohn
Presentación:	392 páginas, 30.5 x 23 cm, tapa dura
Ilustración:	557 fotos en b/n y color
Editor:	Schiffer Publishing Ltd (USA, 2017)