title: US Marine Corps Tanks of World War II (New Vanguard)
author: Steven J. Zaloga
description: Anyone with an interest in the history of, or of modeling of USMC WW2 armor should be very happy with this title. Wholeheartedly recommended. <i>Fred Boucher, Aero Scale</i>
zlib_text: US AMPHIBIOUS TANKS
  OF WORLD WAR II
  STEVEN J. ZALOGA
  ILLUSTRATED BY HENRY MORSHEAD
  © Osprey Publishing • www.ospreypublishing.com
  
  NEW VANGUARD • 192
  US AMPHIBIOUS TANKS
  OF WORLD WAR II
  STEVEN J. ZALOGA
  ILLUSTRATED BY HENRY MORSHEAD
  © Osprey Publishing • www.ospreypublishing.com
  
  CONTENTS
  INTRODUCTION
  4
  EARLY AMERICAN AMPHIBIOUS TANKS
  5
  OPERATION TORCH
  8
  OPERATION HUSKY
  10
  OPERATION OVERLORD
  14
  The Duplex Drive Tank
  Other Specialized Amphibious Tanks for D-Day
  The D-Day Assault
  Utah Beach
  OPERATION DRAGOON
  28
  PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS
  30
  THE RITCHIE PROJECT
  36
  THE T6 DEVICE AT OKINAWA
  41
  RIVERCROSSING TANKS
  44
  FURTHER READING
  46
  INDEX
  48
  © Osprey Publishing • www.ospreypublishing.com
  
  BELOW LEFT
  The US Army’s most
  controversial amphibious tank
  of World War II was the DD
  tank, converted at Firestone’s
  Ohio plant based on British
  plans. This shows one of the
  early production tanks with 
  the screen half retracted.
  (Patton Museum)
  BELOW RIGHT
  The Combined Wheel,
  Caterpillar and Self-p