Tiger Tank [Paperback]

Michael Green (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1995

The German Tiger tank - the most formidable tank of WWII. Its armor was so thick that it was immune to the wrath of the M4 Sherman.

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Motorbooks International (September 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0879389540
• ISBN-13: 978-0879389543
• Product Dimensions: 10.5 x 8.3 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,464,086 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Michael Green is a freelance writer, researcher, and photographer. He specializes in military subjects and has authored and coauthored over 90 books. His books have been translated into German, Japanese and Georgian. In addition, Mr. Green has also authored and coauthored numerous articles for a variety of national and international military-related magazines including Armor; The Magazine of Mobile Warfare and Jane's Defense Weekly. Mr. Green is a lifetime member of the Marine Corps Tanker's Association and a tour guide at the Military Vehicle Technology Foundation.

Customer Reviews

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4.0 out of 5 stars Not a comprehensive history but still a valuable work, April 17, 2011

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Koba (Reston, VA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tiger Tank (Paperback)

The first thing that must be said is not a comprehensive history of the Tiger I and II. It does not contain a complete set of pictures and line drawings, and is perhaps not the most useful source for the modeler from that standpoint. It does contain a lot of color photos of existing Tigers - at Aberdeen, Munster, Bovington, Saumur, and Fort Knox - and those pictures are worthwhile.

The interesting thing about this book is that it contains a lot of *Allied* viewpoints on the Tiger - intelligence reports and after-action reports from Americans, British, and Soviets who faced the Tiger. The author also describes all the various methods the Allies used to deal with the Tiger: aircraft, anti-tank guns, artillery, and in the Soviet case, the SU-152 and IS-2. At times there was so much emphasis on this I thought the book should have been called "Beating the Tiger".

The main German viewpoint the author draws from is Otto Carius, Tiger in the Mud.

In sum, while this might not be the best and most comprehensive book on the Tiger tanks, it is still well done and includes a lot of information I'd never seen before.