M10 Tank Destroyer vs StuG III Assault Gun
Germany 1944
The Allies' M10 Tank Destroyer and the Germans' Sturmgeschütz (StuG) lll were the unsung workhorses of the northwest European battlefields of 1944-45. While their mission was not principally fighting one another, their widespread use ensured their frequent encounters, from the Normandy Bocage, to the rubble-strewn streets of Aachen. The StuG lll was the quintessential assault gun, a low-slung, heavily armoured, turret-less vehicle intended to provide direct fire support for infantry formations, whilst the M10 3in Gun Motor Carriage was originally developed as a tank destroyer. However, by 1944 the 3in gun proved ineffectual against the most t…
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Weitere Autoren: Chasemore, Richard (Illustr.)
- ISBN: 978-1-78096-100-2
- EAN: 9781780961002
- Produktnummer: 20164563
- Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
- Seitenangabe: 80 S.
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 4'575 KB
- Abbildungen: 45 b/w; 16 col
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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 currently lives in Maryland.
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