Author : Clyde Hoch
Publisher : Hollyoak Trading Company
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 20,36 MB
Release : 2013-03
Category : Afghan War, 2001-
ISBN : 9780615784175
The evolution of tanks and the harrowing exploits of the warriors who crewed them. From WWI to today's cutting edge technology in the Middle East, hear stories from the soldiers themselves.
Author : Michael Green
Publisher : Quarto Publishing Group USA
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 28,39 MB
Release : 2008-02-15
Category : History
ISBN : 161673969X
This military history chronicles nearly a century of armored combat through firsthand accounts of soldiers from WWI to Iraq. Starting with the century’s first tanks as they entered no-man’s-land during World War I, War Stories of the Tankers continues through a century of military conflict, all the way to Operation Desert Storm. Here are the stories of green American tankers taking on massive and well-armored German Tigers and fighting through a screaming sea of Red Chinese soldiers in Korea. And here also are the personal tales of American tankers defending Western Europe from the threat of Soviet tanks during the Cold War. From the American soldiers who pitted their tanks against the Viet Cong in the jungles of Southeast Asia to those who put their lives on the line in the streets of Baghdad, these are the heroes of our time, taking that rare moment to tell us what it is like to face the enemy in tank warfare.
Author : Lawrence M. Kaplan
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 49,26 MB
Release : 2018-10-05
Category : History
ISBN : 0813176050
“Compelling . . . highly recommended to students of the Great War or of armored force development.” —The Journal of America's Military Past After the United States declared war against Germany in April 1917, the US Army established the Tank Corps to help break the deadlock of trench warfare in France. The army envisioned having a large tank force by 1919, but when the war ended in November 1918, only three tank battalions had participated in combat operations. Shortly after, Brigadier Gen. Samuel D. Rockenbach, chief of the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) Tank Corps under Gen. John J. Pershing, issued a memorandum to many of his officers to write brief accounts of their experiences that would supplement official records. Their narratives varied in size, scope, and depth, and covered a range of topics, including the organizing, training, and equipping of the tank corps. For the first time since these reports were submitted, Pershing's Tankers: Personal Accounts of the AEF Tank Corps in World War I presents an unprecedented look into the experiences of soldiers in the US Army Tank Corps. The book provides fresh insight into the establishment and combat operations of the tank corps, including six personal letters written by Col. George S. Patton Jr., who commanded a tank brigade in World War I. Congressional testimony, letters, and a variety of journal, magazine, and newspaper articles in this collection provide additional context to the officers’ revealing accounts. Based on completely new sources that include official US Army personnel reports previously unknown to researchers, this illuminating work offers a vivid picture of life and activities in the US Army Tank Corps in France; a rare glimpse into the thoughts and experiences of a broad cross-section of men from the senior leadership down to the platoon level; and a behind-the-scenes look at how this first generation of “tankers” helped develop new war-fighting capabilities for the US Army.
Author : John Newton
Publisher :
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 37,28 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Bulk carrier cargo ships
ISBN : 9788299659604
Author : Steven J. Zaloga
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 142 pages
File Size : 20,84 MB
Release : 2013-08-20
Category : History
ISBN : 1472805194
Revealing what it was like to live and fight in a medium tank this book is structured around the career of a single tanker from 37th Tank Battalion, 4th Armored Division. The focus is largely on the crew of an M4 Sherman, though light tank service is also studied. Tank operation required a welltrained and well-coordinated crew. The crew positions and roles of tank commander, gunner, driver, loader, and assistant driver are all covered in detail, together with recruitment procedure, specialist training, and the variety of specialized clothing and personal weaponry.
Author : Ralph Zumbro
Publisher :
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 11,60 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :
For the first time ever in one volume, author and veteran tanker Ralph Zumbro has collected the best true tank combat stories from every major U.S. war this century. These gripping, firsthand accounts take readers into battles, into the turrets, and into the hearts and minds of America's greatest tank aces. Includes eight pages of photos.
Author : Walter W. Jaffee
Publisher :
Page : 536 pages
File Size : 23,14 MB
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN :
"History of 721 tankers contracted for by the U.S. Maritime Commission and its successor, the U.S. Maritime Administration"--Provided by publisher.
Author : John Lee
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 163 pages
File Size : 25,59 MB
Release : 2007-09-19
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1434305260
When John Lee joined the Merchant Navy he had no idea of the adventures which were to come his way over the next ten years. An innocent sixteen year old from East Yorkshire, he was first apprenticed to the toughest of trampship companies before experiencing the potentially explosive delights of life on an oil tanker.Finally, as a young officer enjoying rather more civilised surroundings, he is obliged to learn the art of polite conversation as he mixes with affluent first class passengers and takes charge of a memorable rescue at sea.... The book is a fascinating insight into life in the Merchant Navy of the 1950's and 60's peppered with a wealth of characters and stories. Often hilarious, but always truthful and entertaining, life on board and in port is described in all its facets- the typhoons, icy, bone-chilling North Atlantic gales, freak waves and near disasters, awful food and the demon drink. The stories and anecdotes come thick and fast of gnarled seadogs and eccentric captains, knife fights and bandits as well as sex pests and the beguiling females who haunt the dock gates. This entertaining book is a window on a way of life now largely gone, a tribute to that unique breed of men who put their skills and mettle to the test as they crossed the wild, unforgiving oceans of the world.
Author : Michael Green
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 19,54 MB
Release : 2012-12-19
Category : History
ISBN : 1783378530
The military historian and tank expert examines the evolution of the Patton tank through archival photographs across four decades of armored warfare. In the early Cold War years, a tank more powerful than the Sherman or Pershing was needed. The first Patton tanks—the M46s—were converted Pershings which saw service in Korea. The M47, with a more effective 90mm gun and turret, was then developed to counter the Soviet military threat. Later, the diesel-powered M48A3 was used by the US Marine Corps and US Army in South Vietnam. Further Patton models emerged in the coming decades, including the diesel-powered M60 series with its British-designed 105mm gun. Pattons were also made into specialist vehicles, including anti-aircraft, flame throwers, recovery and combat engineer vehicles. Other countries, notably Israel, made their own modifications to their M48s as well. In this volume full of superbly detailed wartime photographs, American tank expert Michael Green discusses all of these variations and their uses in combat zones around the world.
Author : Raymond Solly
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 23,92 MB
Release : 2019-08
Category : Seafaring life
ISBN : 9780750987691
Large oil tankers are vital. Our 21st-century lifestyle could not exist without them. But most people's knowledge about their operations and the colossal debt owed to their experimental predecessors remains a closed book. Supertanker is an absorbing read written by an experienced navigator who served aboard these behemoths in the 1970s. Using authentic accounts, engaging language and photographs, this fascinating book offers a real insight into life at sea on a VLCC and how it has changed over the years, and includes the intricacies of learning to navigate a monster, coping with unexpected situations while handling eighty million gallons of crude oil on a daily basis, and how supertankers evolved into the epitomes of safety they are today.
