Steven J. Zaloga

The Mediterranean Theater of Operations (MTO) saw the first operational deployment of US armoured divisions in World War II. This title covers the organization of these early US armored divisions, as well as the independent tank and tank destroyer battalions that accompanied them.

The delivery of entire divisions to battlefields behind enemy lines by parachute and glider was a unique feature of World War II. This book covers the mature phase of these operations from the tactical failures of night-time drops at D-Day, through the daylight jumps at Arnhem and the Rhine, to the end of the war.

The armored division were the shock force of the US Army's combat formulations during the fighting in northwest Europe in the final year of the war. This book examines the combat mission of the armored division in the US Army wartime doctrine.

The M18 76mm Gun Motor Carriage was developed for the US Army's Tank Destroyer Command. It was the only tank destroyer deployed during World War II actually based on their requirements for speed and firepower. This book examines the development of this vehicle, the controversies over the need for high-speed tank destroyers, and its actual perfor...

The Staghound was a unique World War II armored vehicle - designed and manufactured in the US, but...

Deemed the best US tank of its time, its variants continued to be used long after the war ended.

The Soviet Army hastily developed the T-62 in a struggle to compete against the rapid proliferation

One of the weaknesses of airmobile forces has always been their vulnerability to enemy armor. Since