The Ultimate Tanks of World War 2: Top 10 powerful Axis and Allies powers tanks in World War 2
Christopher G.I.
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(, April 13, 2020)
Victory in the ground war of World War 2 could be decided through various means but it was the tank that ultimately took center stage. Tanks were an important weapons system in World War II. Even though tanks in the inter-war years were the subject of widespread research, production was limited to relatively small numbers in a few countries. However, during World War II most armies employed tanks, and production levels reached thousands each month. Tank usage, doctrine, and production varied widely among the combatant nations. By war's end, a consensus was emerging regarding tank doctrine and design.The combat system evolved much from its infancy witnessed during World War 1 (1914-1918) and grew to become a focal point of the many offensives had in the Second Grand War - spanning from Europe to the Pacific and all places in between. The conflict delivered into armored warfare history such classics as the German 'Panther' and 'Tiger' types, the Soviet T-34, the British 'Churchill' and the American 'Sherman'. Before the end, the Allies would be crowned the victors thanks largely to numerical superiority, setting the groundwork for a whole new generation of tanks to come in the Cold War years (1947-1991).By the end of World War 2, the tank was established as one of the most potent battle winners in history. Between 1939 and 1945 over 280,000 tanks of all types had been built by the major combatants – 105,000 by the Soviets alone. The tank had undoubtedly become the main weapon of the land-based army. This book covers in comprehensive detail the development, production and battlefield use by the forces of Great Britain, the Commonwealth, the USA, the Soviet Union, France, Germany, Italy and Japan, as well as the other combatant countries. Both allied and Axis powers like the Britain, United States, Soviet Union and Germany produced significant numbers of tanks before and during WWII. The following aspects are included in the book,-List of top 10 powerful tanks and variants-Specification of the tanks