Table of Contents

1. Birth of the Tank Arm
The creation of the first armoured formations, and the growth of the tank arm after the Revolution.

2. Soviet Armoured Tactics
Soviet training manoeuvres before the war, including co-operation with the nascent German panzer arm. Development of Soviet ideas and doctrines, and how they influenced the design of Soviet tanks.

3. Light Tanks
Light tanks of the 1920s and 1930s, such as the T-26.

4. Medium Tanks
Tanks such as the T-28 and BT-7.

5. The T-34
The classic Soviet tank: chapter includes the T-34/76, T-34/85, SU-85 and SU-100.

6. Heavy Tanks
Including the T-35, KV-I and KV-II.

7. Late-War Tanks
The SU-122, SU-152 and IS series of heavy tanks/tank destroyers produced towards the end of the war.

8. Foreign Tanks in Soviet Service
Allied tanks like the M3, Sherman, Churchill, Matilda etc that were supplied to Russia by her allies and used on the Eastern Front.

9. Stalin’s Legacy
How armoured tactics had developed by the end of the war and the lasting impact of the war years on Soviet tank tactics after 1945.

Bibliography
Index

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About the Author

Tim Bean is a Senior Lecturer at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. He is a specialist on eighteenth century naval warfare, amphibious operations, and the Red Army in the inter war years. He has contributed to several published works, most recently as editor of Forests and Sea Power: The Timber Problem of the Royal Navy 1652-1862 and 100 Years and Conflict. Will Fowler has worked in journalism and publishing since 1972, specialising in military history. He is the author of several books on the subject.