William E. Hiestand M18 Hellcat vs Panther review, recensie en informatie boek over de slag bij Arracourt in september 1944. Op 28 augustus 2025 verschijnt bij Osprey Publishing het boek de bloedige strijd tussen de M18-tankjager van het Amerikaanse leger en de geduchte Panther-tank van Duitsland bij Arracourt in september 1944. Een Nederlandse vertaling van het boek is niet verkrijgbaar.
William E. Hiestand M18 Hellcat vs Panther review en recensie
Als er in de media een boekbespreking, recensie of review verschijnt van het boek M18 Hellcat vs Panther, geschreven door de Amerikaanse militaire historicus William E. Hiestand, dan besteden we er op deze pagina aandacht aan.
M18 Hellcat vs Panther
Arracourt 1944
- Auteur: William E. Hiestand (Verenigde Staten)
- Soort boek: oorlogsgeschiedenis, tankslag
- Taal: Engels
- Uitgever: Osprey Publishing
- Verschijnt: 28 augustus 2025
- Omvang: 80 pagina’s
- Uitgave: paperback / ebook
- Prijs: £ 15,99 / £ 12,79
- Boek bestellen bij: Amazon / Bol / Libris
Flaptekst van het boek over de tankslag bij Arracourt in september 1944
This fully illustrated study examines the bloody battle between the US Army’s M18 tank destroyer and Germany’s formidable Panther tank at Arracourt in September 1944.
In response to Germany’s Blitzkrieg victories of 1939–41, the US Army created a dedicated tank-destroyer force intended to encircle and destroy the massed attacking armored divisions. Fast, relatively well-armed, but weakly armored, the M18 was designed from the start as a tank destroyer, unlike the M10 and M36. By September 1944, the German Army’s armored divisions fielded the Panther tank alongside the PzKpfw IV. In this book, William Hiestand notes that the Panther’s combination of long-range firepower, impressive armour, and good mobility won it a fearsome reputation, but shows how the M18 proved to be a very able opponent when the two types clashed on a foggy September morning during the battle of Arracourt.
Fully illustrated with specially commissioned artwork and mapping alongside archive photographs, this lively study examines the origins, development, strengths, and limitations of the two AFVs as well as their crews’ training, doctrine, and combat effectiveness. It also provides a detailed account of the momentous battle between the US 704th Tank Destroyer Battalion and the German Panzer-Brigade 113 at Arracourt, where the two types clashed in a surprising encounter that challenges our preconceptions about armored warfare in World War II.
William E. Hiestand has worked for over 30 years as a US Department of Defense analyst, focusing on military issues and serving in a wide variety of analytic, leadership and representational roles. He holds an MA in History from Cornell University, and has a lifelong interest in military history with a particular focus on 20th-century armoured and mechanized operations and Soviet military history. He lives in Virginia near Washington DC.