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Images of War
Axis Tanks of the Second World War
This pictorial history presents an in-depth study of the various tanks built and deployed by the Axis Alliance during WWII.
Though Nazi Panzer tanks have become a ubiquitous symbol of Axis Alliance combat, the Japanese Army had more tanks than Germany in 1938. These included the Type 95 light tank and the Type 89 and 97 medium tanks. Other Axis powers, including Italy, Romania and Hungary also built their own tanks. The latter was responsible for the Toldi and Turan light tank series. In this informative collection of wartime photographs, military expert Michael Green discusses how the Axis powers drew on British and French tank designs in the period leading up to the Second World War. The Carden-Loyd tankette suspension was used as a model for the Panzer 1 series as well as the light Italian and Japanese tanks. German engineering talent then produced the ingenious designs of the Panzer II, III and IV series and, later in the War, the Panther Medium and Tiger heavy tanks.
Though Nazi Panzer tanks have become a ubiquitous symbol of Axis Alliance combat, the Japanese Army had more tanks than Germany in 1938. These included the Type 95 light tank and the Type 89 and 97 medium tanks. Other Axis powers, including Italy, Romania and Hungary also built their own tanks. The latter was responsible for the Toldi and Turan light tank series. In this informative collection of wartime photographs, military expert Michael Green discusses how the Axis powers drew on British and French tank designs in the period leading up to the Second World War. The Carden-Loyd tankette suspension was used as a model for the Panzer 1 series as well as the light Italian and Japanese tanks. German engineering talent then produced the ingenious designs of the Panzer II, III and IV series and, later in the War, the Panther Medium and Tiger heavy tanks.
330 pages, Kindle Edition
Published July 30, 2017
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Michael Green
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Michael Green is an American historian of armoured vehicles of the Second World War. He has written extensively on American tanks. He has written over a hundred books on various subjects with a specialisation in tanks.
Michael[4^]Green
Co-Author with Gladys Green
Michael Green is an American historian of armoured vehicles of the Second World War. He has written extensively on American tanks. He has written over a hundred books on various subjects with a specialisation in tanks.
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June 24, 2019
Being a avid reader of World War II history, this book takes us from before WW II and with Spain used as a training ground for the Italians and Germans and up to the end of WW II. The Almighty "Tiger" tank of Nazi Germany did not come without mush toil, innovation and changes in its maturity of the king of the battlefield. It was also interesting that Hitler himself took command when he felt it was needed to keep Germany in the game on the Eastern and Western Fronts. The "super tanks" being developed at the war's end would have been an interesting addition to the German arsenal but lack of resources, along with the bombing of factories and lack of fuel doomed these to come to fruition. Also hearing the name of car manufacturers making tanks brought to mind that these industries retooled from making cars to assisting in the manufacture of military vehicles.
June 8, 2024
Nice account of all the axis tanks
This is a highly detailed account of tank status of all the axis armies, as the author clearly stated, in terms of the heavy tanks, only the Germans possessed the industrial might to developed and constructed that type of tanks, in the end the axis capabilities were outclassed and outperform by the allies. Great account, highly recommend material for a serious reader on the axis tank capabilities.
This is a highly detailed account of tank status of all the axis armies, as the author clearly stated, in terms of the heavy tanks, only the Germans possessed the industrial might to developed and constructed that type of tanks, in the end the axis capabilities were outclassed and outperform by the allies. Great account, highly recommend material for a serious reader on the axis tank capabilities.
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