British Battle Tanks: American-made World War II Tanks

This lavishly illustrated volume details the design, development and operational history of US-made tanks in British service in the Second World War.

The idea of British soldiers using American tanks was not viewed with a great deal of enthusiasm by the British Army. They perceived American tanks as being crudely made, mechanically unsophisticated and impossible to fight in. However, once British crews got used to them and learned to cope with some of their difficulties, such as limited fuel...