{"product_id":"9781472832313-panzerfaust-vs-sherman","title":"Panzerfaust vs Sherman","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEuropean Theater 1944–45\u003cbr\u003eThis illustrated title explores the deadly battle between the innovative \u003ci\u003ePanzerfaust\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePanzerschreck\u003c\/i\u003e anti-tank weapons employed by the forces of Nazi Germany and the US tanks striving to defend against them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn the summer of 1944, across the battlefields of Normandy, US tanks were confronted with a dangerous challenge: the mobile and deadly \u003ci\u003ePanzerfaust \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003ePanzerschreck \u003c\/i\u003eanti-tank weapons wielded by the German infantry.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHaving only occasionally encountered such weaponry before, the US tankers were ill-equipped to defend against this kind of attack, and the threat only increased as the summer wore on. Steven J Zaloga charts the technological battle for dominance that ensued, as the US Army devised new ways to defend against the threat posed by the German shaped-charge projectiles. From the addition of sandbags and spare tracks to individual tanks made by anxious crews on the ground to the large-scale programmes put together by the US armies, the book explores the implementation and effectiveness of the various tactics employed by the tank crews, as well as the technology behind the anti-tank weapons wielded by their German adversaries.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing on first-hand accounts from the men on the ground, this illustrated title examines the evolving trial of strength between US armour and innovative German anti-tank weaponry in the climactic months of World War II in Europe.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40947087474785,"sku":"9781472832313","price":15.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_27749526.jpg?v=1722020825","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781472832313-panzerfaust-vs-sherman","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}