It is a chance to get inside one of the most feared adversaries in the history of tank warfare. "Panzers at War" takes us around and inside the mighty tank, from its first incarnation through the versatile Panzer IV - the backbone of Germany's tank forces through most of World War II - to the impenetrable, nearly 10-ton Panther, with its 75-mm gun, torsion-bar suspension, and interleaved road wheels...inviting us to imagine what it must have been like to confront one of the most feared tanks in the history of warfare.

Not the most heavily armored tank, tall, ungainly, with firepower that could not match the German tanks - but by sheer numbers and reliability, the M4 Sherman became the winning workhorse of World War II. An inside view of Sherman tanks is given by military personnel who experienced the Sherman first-hand in and out of combat. With diagrams and cut-away illustrations, descriptions of components, and close-up first-hand accounts of the Sherman's mechanical make-up, this book gives readers an unprecedented insight into the tank that embodies sheer reliability, pluck, and dogged power.