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Peter Samsonov is a Russian-Canadian
military historian with a focus on Second
World War-era armoured warfare. In addition
to running the renowned Tank Archives blog,
he writes articles for various online and print
publications based on English, Russian and
German language primary documents.
SHERMAN
TANKS
OF THE RED ARMY
Peter Samsonov
First published in Great Britain in 2021
by Gallantry Books
an imprint of Mortons Books Ltd.
Media Centre
Morton Way
Horncastle LN9 6JR
www.mortonsbooks.co.uk
Copyright © Gallantry Books, 2021
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by
any means, electronic or mechanical including photocopying, recording, or any information storage
retrieval system without prior permission in writing from the publisher.
ISBN 978-1-911658-47-4
The right of Peter Samsonov to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted in
accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.
Typeset by Burda Druck India Pvt. Ltd.
Printed and bound in Great Britain by The Magazine Printing Company
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Acknowledgements
I would like to thank Yuri Pasholok, Pavel Borovikov, Dmitriy Ukryukov, and Yevgeniy Profiryev
for their contribution of photographs and documents that made this book possible, as well as H.
G. W. Davie for help with making the maps. I would also like to thank Maryse Beuregard for
proofreading the finished work.
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Contents
• Introduction
• Chapter 1 -
America’s War-Winning Tank
• Chapter 2 -
The First Lend-Lease Customer
• Chapter 3 -
The Sherman Goes East
• Chapter 4 -
The Foreign Favourite
• Chapter 5 -
Old Tank, New Gun
• Chapter 6 -
‘Emcha’ with Big Feet
• Chapter 7 -
Lend-Lease Substitute
• Colour Profiles
• Chapter 8 -
Westward on the Eastern Front
• Chapter 9 -
Kursk Salient and Beyond
• Chapter 10 -
Closing the Korsun Pocket
• Chapter 11 -
Heavy Cavalry
• Chapter 12 -
Over the Mountains
• Chapter 13 -
Berlin Bound
• Chapter 14 -
March through Manchuria
• Chapter 15 -
Conclusion – Legend or Death Trap?
• Glossary
• Notes
• Index
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