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Title: British and American Tanks of World War Two: The Complete Illustrated History of British, American and Commonwealth Tanks, 1939-45 by Chris Ellis, Peter Chamberlain ISBN: 0-304-35529-1 Publisher: Sterling Pub. Date: October, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95

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Average Customer Rating: 3.2 (5 reviews)

Rating: 4
Summary: allied tanks
Comment: In many ways not up to standard with its German partner, Encyclopedia of German tanks of World War Two. Armor is not given section by section breakdown, but maximum and minimum. Allied armored cars, which were quite numerous, are not listed, unlike their German equivelent.

But on the positive side, an appendix of british and American tank armament is included in the back that is in far more detail than the one provided in the German one which is excellent reading. And the same can also be said of engines.

A good refurence in regards to the British, American, Canadian and Australian tanks and their sub types.

Rating: 3
Summary: Generic: Wished it was much better.
Comment: I guess my expectations for this book were too high, especially when you compare it against its German counterpart [both by Chamberlain and the prequel by von Segner]. As an armor historian, I wanted a thorough breakdown of technical data, like the German work, along with a more thorough explanation of different marks and variants.
4 pages of line drawings at the end only makes you want more.
This is a good work if you are starting off in the field, or needed someone to explain certain details for ASL. However, it is way too cut and dried and much of this information is available on the internet.
Wish it was much better.

Rating: 2
Summary: Not comparable to Encyclopedia of German Tanks
Comment: I bought this book because I was impressed by its counterpart on German armor. I was disappointed to notice that it doesn't live up to that standard. Where the 'German' book covered each version with technical data, this book often simply summed up all known versions, with a very brief description, often not even mentioning in service date (year) and production numbers. For example, the 24 pages long M4 Sherman section only contains 2 'technical' specification listings.... Same goes for the British Churchill tank section, only a single technical spec list. On the positive side are the sections on more obscure models and prototypes, almost all with illustration(s).

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