Tanks - USA: books - history, types and construction

US-Kampfpanzer bis 1945

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Wie die anderen Mächte auch, glaubten die Amerikaner nicht so recht an den Erfolg der Panzerwaffe, tatsächlich hielt man sie für mehr oder minder überflüssig.
Das amerikanische Panzerprogramm wurde erst mit dem Zweiten Weltkrieg kräftig angekurbelt. Es folgten zahlreiche Typen, ob sie nun Sherman, Grant, Priest hießen oder schlichtweg nur dröge Nummernbezeichnungen wie M2 oder M3 hatten: Sie waren nicht die am besten gepanzerten Fahrzeuge, aber einfach zu warten, simpel zu bedienen und hervorragend in Großserie zu produzieren.

Alexander Lüdeke stellt die wichtigsten Fahrzeuge und Modelle in bewährter Art und Weise vor.

Early U.S. Armor : Tanks 1916-40 (Osprey)

Between the two World Wars, the US contributed significantly to the development of the tank, a weapon invented by the British and the French seeking a way to break through the lines of German trenches.
From the employment of the French Renault FT and British Mark V during their involvement in World War I, the US branched out with their own indigenous designs including the M1 Cavalry Car and the M2 Light and Medium tanks, the precursors to the Stuart and Grant tanks of World War II. Tank designers in this period faced unique challenges and so the story of early American armour is littered with failures amongst the successes.

Featuring previously unpublished photos and fully illustrated throughout, "Early American Armor (1): Tanks 1916-40" is essential reading for anyone interested in American armour, or in the development of tank design.

The Six Ton Special Tractor Model of 1917

This book contains a short history of the development and use of the American Model 1917 Light tank. Over 100 photographs of the tank in use and in training. Information on the units which used the tank as well as information on the painting and marking of the tank from 1919 to 1940.

Firepower - A History of the American Heavy Tank

This ambitious entry in R.P. Hunnicutt's 10-volume compendium of American tank history details the development of the heavy tanks from its initial conception in World War I to its final development in the 1960s. First developed after WWI, various iterations of the heavy armored military vehicle have served as a crucial component of American military operations in all manner of engagements.

Hunnicutt spares no detail as he examines the origins and deployment of the Mark VIII and TI and M6 in the 1930s and 1940s. First conceived as a vehicle to be used for infantry support, by the end of WWI, the heavy tank had evolved into the modern concept with a powerful turret mounted antitank gun protected by heavy armor - a fighting machine in its own right.

Hunnicutt provides detailed technical information about these vehicles and their role in the U.S. Army and Marines. The M103A product-improved descendant of the T43 tanks and its many variations is also treated with exacting detail by Hunnicutt, who takes us through the numerous and important variations on the heavy tank design.

Featuring hundreds of photos from the national archives, diagrams, and detailed specifications, Hunnicutt's Firepower remains the definitive developmental history of the heavy tank for the military historian, professional soldier, and tank restorer.