Inside the title page is a list of abbreviations and a conversion table of imperial to metric. USMC M4A2 Sherman vs Japanese Type 95 Ha-Go is presented through 10 chapters and sections in 80 pages: You can view the book on the Osprey site here. Their Type 95 was obsolete and yet being their most numerous tank bore the brunt against American tanks on the jungle and coral islands of the central Pacific. In the subsequent clash with the Soviet Union, Japan found they severely needed to modernize. When Japan started hostilities with a China lacking armor and anti-tank weapons, their tanks did well. As the civil war in Spain burned, Japanese observers took notes and set to work designing modern tanks from lessons learned. Indeed, Japan had the fifth largest armored force in the world in the 1930s. Japan was impressed with the potential of tanks after The Great War. This superbly detailed title reveals how both the two sides' tactical and technical differences in the approach to armored warfare soon became apparent over a series of deadly engagements, from the first tank fight at the battle of Tarawa in November 1943, through to engagements on Parry Island, Saipan, and Guam, before ending with Peleliu in September 1944. They settled upon a larger medium tank - in the case of most Marine Corps tank battalions, the diesel-powered M4A2 (unwanted by the US Army). Meanwhile, the Americans saw the tank as an infantry support weapon, but developed a more systematic tactical doctrine. Tactically, tanks were often frittered away in armored versions of the familiar banzai attacks. A flawed Japanese doctrine emphasized light infantry support tanks, often used in small numbers. The different national tank doctrines of the United States and Imperial Japan resulted in a terrible mismatch of the predominant tank types in the crucial Central Pacific campaign. It is catalogued with Osprey’s short code GNM 108 and ISBN: 9781472840127. This 80-page book is the108th title of Osprey’s series Duel. USMC M4A2 Sherman vs Japanese Type 95 Ha-Go, The Central Pacific 1943-44 from Osprey Publishing Ltd is authored by Romain Cansière and the late Ed Gilbert, and illustrated by Edouard A Groult.
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