Steven J. (Author) Zaloga

Su-76 Assault Gun

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The SU-76 assault gun was the second most widely manufactured Soviet armoured fighting vehicle of World War II, out-numbered only by the legendary T-34. Inspired in part by the German Marder series of tank destroyers, Soviet designers realized that the chassis of the obsolete T-70 light tank could be adapted to a much more substantial gun if it was placed in a fixed casemate rather than in a turret. This led to the design of the SU-76, which saw its combat debut at Kursk in the summer of 1943. The SU-76 was deployed primarily as an infantry direct support weapon, becoming the infantry tank of the Red Infantry, much as the StuG III became the… Mehr

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Weitere Autoren: Rodriguez, Felipe (Illustr.)

ISBN: 978-1-4728-3186-6
EAN: 9781472831866
Produktnummer: 27815460
Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
Seitenangabe: 48 S.
Masse: H24.4 cm x B17.0 cm x D0.4 cm 166 g
Gewicht: 166
Sonstiges: General (US: Trade)

Über den Autor

Steven J. Zaloga received his BA in History from Union College and his MA from Columbia University. He has worked as an analyst in the aerospace industry for over three decades, covering missile systems and the international arms trade, and has served with the Institute for Defense Analyses, a federal think tank. He is the author of numerous books on military technology and military history, with an accent on the US Army in World War II as well as Russia and the former Soviet Union. He lives in Maryland, USA.