Episode 201 - Sherman Part I

On the first real episode of The Panzer Podcast, Season 2-- we will introduce the American Medium Tank Program of 1919 and delve into the history of the Medium Tank through the eyes of the US Ordnance Department. We'll meet some key players, some interwar policy makers and have a look underneath the hood of some the earlier prototypes following the Great War and into the interwar period before we get into the Second World War and the further development of the M4 Sherman Tank Enjoy! John Burgess ThePanzerPodcast@gmail.com Sources Include: "Firepower: A history of the American Heavy Tank" by RP Hunnicutt, "Le Char Lourd FCM 1A, Histoire de Guerre Blindes & Materiel" by Guy Francois, "The Journal of the Army Ordnance Association, Vol.4" by the US Army Ordnance Department, "Pioneers of Amphibious Warfare 1898-1945" by Leo Daugherty, and "Sherman: A History of the American Medium Tank" by RP Hunnicutt, "Panther" by Thomas Anderson, "Sherman Tank Vol. 1" by David Doyle, and "Sherman Tank Vol. 2" by David Doyle.