Early US Armor: Armored Cars 1915–40
By Steven J. Zaloga and Felipe Rodríguez
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The inter-war years saw considerable innovation and experimentation in armoured car design. Of the 1930s scout car designs, the M3A1 scout car was good enough to be produced in very large numbers in World War II, and was widely exported to many other armies via Lend-Lease. It also served as the basis for the late M2 and M3 armoured half-tracks.
In this study, using detailed full colour plates and rigorous analysis, US armour expert Steven J. Zaloga chronicles the development of the US armoured car in the years leading up to World War II.
Steven J. Zaloga
Steven J. Zaloga received his BA in History from Union College and his MA from Columbia University. He has worked as an analyst in the aerospace industry for three decades, covering missile systems and the international arms trade, and has served with the Institute for Defense Analyses, a federal think tank. He is the author of numerous books on military technology and history, including NVG 294 Allied Tanks in Normandy 1944 and NVG 283 American Guided Missiles of World War II. He currently lives in Maryland, USA.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Zaloga, the author, is Osprey's go-to man for AFV, and he gives this book a game effort. The biggest problem I had with it is that the material for the book is very thin. Most of the armoured cars produced were small-run models, prototypes, or failed production runs. Only the last car discussed, the M3A1 scout car, had any real combat usage, and it's relegated to the last few pages. Really only recommended if you're a completist, and are trying to understand the very faint origins of US armoured cars.