Orgill, Douglas, — T-34 RUSSIAN ARMOUR.

Macdonald, London, 1971, 1st edn. UK, trade paperback, 160pp, numerous half tone photo ills., maps and line ills. in text, photo pictorial wrappers, in Purnells' series 'History of the Second World War', Weapons Book No. 21, the story of the Russian T-34 tank from its earliest stages, learning from the 60 British tanks that they purchased in 1930 they incorporated the qualities of the chassis of the fast 10 ton 40mph tank developed by the American J. Walter Christie. Wityh a powerful high velocity gun, sloped armour, speed and stability the T-24 appeared as a great surprise to the Germnans in 1941 who had previously encountered nothing to beat their own tanks. Described by Guderian of the 2nd Panzer Army as 'very worrying' and by von Kleist of the 1st Panzer Army as 'the finest tank in the world', rubbed at extrems., multi-currency price pabel upper wrapper, edges and pages tanned, good plus,