

Japan took interest in tanks and procured some of the foreign designs, and then went to build its own. During and after World War I, Britain and France were the intellectual leaders in tank design, with other countries generally following and adopting their designs. After the war, many nations needed to have tanks, but only a few had the industrial resources to design and build them. The First World War established the validity of the tank concept. This article deals with the history of tanks of the Japanese Army. Japanese Type 95 Ha-Go first prototype, 1934 This book details one of the only US armoured vehicles capable of dealing with the Panther and Tiger during the Battle of the Bulge.IJA4th Armored Division with Type 3 Chi-Nu By 1944, its gun was not powerful enough and it was rearmed with the new 90 mm gun, becoming the M36 90mm Gun Motor Carriage. This durable and versatile vehicle saw combat service from the North Africa campaign in 1943. The US Army had a unique tactical doctrine during World War II, placing the emphasis for tank fighting on its Tank Destroyer Command whose main early-war vehicle was the M10 3-inch Gun Motor Carriage, based on the reliable M4A2 Sherman tank chassis. L'iconografia comprende foto dei mezzi in azione e di dettagli le stupende tavole a colori e i disegni al tratto sono di grande aiuto per i modellisti. Il testo, scritto dai massimi esperti della materia è essenziale ma esauriente.

Ogni volume fornisce la storia completa dello sviluppo, del design e dell'impiego operativo di un famoso mezzo corazzato o pezzo d'artiglieria. Serie molto apprezzata dai modellisti e appassionati di mezzi corazzati.
