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Soviet Lend-Lease Tanks of World War II

By: Osprey

Type: Softcover

Product Line: New Vanguard - Tanks - Japanese, Israeli & Russian

Last Stocked on 10/2/2024

Product Info

Title
Soviet Lend-Lease Tanks of World War II
Publisher
Category
Author
steven J. Zaloga
Publish Year
2017
Pages
48
Dimensions
7.25x9.75x.2"
NKG Part #
2147667667
MFG. Part #
OSPNVG247
Type
Softcover
Series
NVG247

Description

The Red Army suffered such catastrophic losses of armor in the summer of 1941 that they begged Britain and the United States to send tanks. The first batches arrived in late 1941, just in time to take part in the defiance of Moscow. The supplies of British tanks encompassed a very wide range of types including the Matilda, Churchill, and Valentine and even a few Tetrarch airborne tanks. American tanks included the M3 (Stuart) light tank and M3 (Lee) medium tank and the M4 Sherman tank, which became so common in 1944-45 that entire Soviet tank corps were equipped with the type. With these Western tanks, the Soviets were finally able to beat back the German tide in the East.

This study examines the different types of tanks shipped to the Soviet Union during the war, Soviet assessments of their merits and problems, and combat accounts of their use in Soviet service using full color artwork, contemporary photographs and detailed cut-away illustrations.