The Red Army suffered such catastrophic losses of armour in the summer of 1941 that they begged Britain and the United States to send tanks. The supplies of British tanks included the Matilda, Churchill, and Valentine and even a few Tetrarch airborne tanks. American tanks included the M 3 (Stuart) light tank, M 3 (Lee) medium tank and the M4 Sherman tank, which became so common in 1944-45 that entire Soviet tank corps were equipped with the type. This study examines the different types of tanks shipped to the Soviet Union during the war, Soviet assessments of their merits and problems, and combat accounts of their use in Soviet service using full colour artwork, contemporary photographs and a detailed cut-away illustration.
Group
Books (first-hand)
Author
Zaloga, S. J./Morshead, H.
Title
Soviet Lend-Lease Tanks of World War II
Details
English text, paperback, many bw-photographs, some pages with colour illustrations. 48 pages.
