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Allied-Eric
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What’s in your SHOP Library? Jul 13, 2013 20:09:13 GMT -5

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Post by Allied-Eric on Jul 13, 2013 20:09:13 GMT -5

I started up this thread so that Shop Members can share what Sherman reference material they have, use most often or is their favorite!
Here are the ones I use most often, but do I have a few others I look at from time to time

Sherman: A History of the American Medium Tank (THE SHERMAN BIBLE-Old Testament)
by R. P. Hunnicutt
Presidio Press (1976)
ISBN-10: 0891410805
ISBN-13: 978-0891410805

SON OF SHERMAN VOLUME 1: The Sherman, Design and Development (THE SHERMAN BIBLE-New Testament)
by Patrick Stansell and Kurt Laughlin
Ampersand Publishing (2013)
Soft cover-ISBN: 978-0-9773781-1-1
Hardcover-ISBN: 978-0-9773781-3-5

Armored Thunderbolt: The U.S. Army Sherman in World War II
By Steven Zaloga
Stackpole Books (2008)
ISBN-10: 0811704246
ISBN-13: 978-0811704243

Armored Attack 1944: U. S. Army Tank Combat in the European Theater from D-Day to the Battle of Bulge
By Steven Zaloga
Stackpole Books (2011)
ISBN-10: 9780811707695
ISBN-13: 978-0811707695

Armored Victory 1945: U.S. Army Tank Combat in the European Theater from the Battle of the Bulge to Germany's Surrender
By Steven Zaloga
Stackpole Books (2012)
ISBN-10: 9780811707718
ISBN-13: 978-0811707718

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bigjohn Global Moderator Administrator Posts: 569	What’s in your SHOP Library? Jul 13, 2013 22:09:25 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by bigjohn on Jul 13, 2013 22:09:25 GMT -5 Great collection of material there Eric. I don't have any of them, LOL

Allied-Eric Moderator A New Year, a New Job and a Couple New Builds!! Posts: 219	What’s in your SHOP Library? Jul 14, 2013 6:35:36 GMT -5 bigjohn likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Allied-Eric on Jul 14, 2013 6:35:36 GMT -5 What the...you don't have any of them!!! With the Internets these dayz you really don't need them. I'm a bit 'old' school and still like to hold the print in my hands
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What’s in your SHOP Library? Jul 14, 2013 8:28:12 GMT -5

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Post by trm on Jul 14, 2013 8:28:12 GMT -5

Nice!! I need more books on a lot of different genre. It may be old school with the interweb and all but the feel of the paper, not to mention just opening the book and either thumbing through or using it for reference...the computer is just not the same!

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What’s in your SHOP Library? Jul 14, 2013 8:33:31 GMT -5

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Post by bigjohn on Jul 14, 2013 8:33:31 GMT -5

Yeah, I have some sherman books, just not the ones Eric posted. I did have the Hunnicutt book at one time, but I sold it when I thought I was going to give up this hobby back around 2000. Man I really kick myself in the you know what now.

redneck M4A1 Posts: 175	What’s in your SHOP Library? Jul 14, 2013 20:30:09 GMT -5 bigjohn likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by redneck on Jul 14, 2013 20:30:09 GMT -5 I've only got one or two that cover the SPGs Tony
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bullardino (Luigi) M4A1 Posts: 109	What’s in your SHOP Library? Jul 15, 2013 2:46:45 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by bullardino (Luigi) on Jul 15, 2013 2:46:45 GMT -5 I have some e-books about the sherman, mostly covering the Firefly variant and British/Kiwi variants.
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What’s in your SHOP Library? Jul 17, 2013 5:48:41 GMT -5

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Post by fblanton on Jul 17, 2013 5:48:41 GMT -5

I have the Hunnicutt book and a hard back copy of the Ampersand Son of Sherman.I have all of the Concord Sherman series books that Zaloga did on the Sherman. Those new books of his seem to be compilations of what is available in the aforementioned Concord books.

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fblanton M4 Posts: 92	What’s in your SHOP Library? Jul 17, 2013 16:42:01 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by fblanton on Jul 17, 2013 16:42:01 GMT -5 Ok. I am going to add some books that are in my shop. Now Allied E has mentioned the grandaddy Sherman book. R.P. Hunnicutt's is the stand out here. I would add the following:
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fblanton M4 Posts: 92	What’s in your SHOP Library? Jul 17, 2013 16:53:49 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by fblanton on Jul 17, 2013 16:53:49 GMT -5 Oh! Let's not forget these.....
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What’s in your SHOP Library? Jul 17, 2013 19:30:04 GMT -5

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Post by Allied-Eric on Jul 17, 2013 19:30:04 GMT -5

Yeah Frankeee!!! That's what I'm talking about! I wanted people not just say they have books on the Sherman, but give the titles and maybe show us the covers. That way we all can see if there is something we need to get....THANKS Buddy!!! Keep blowing up this SHOP, the bandwidth can take!!!

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jim49 M4 Posts: 3	What’s in your SHOP Library? Jul 26, 2013 12:12:15 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by jim49 on Jul 26, 2013 12:12:15 GMT -5 I don't have the Hunnicutt bible. Have you had time to compare this book with Son of Sherman? I do have both Squadron Signal Shermans in action.

dogfish7 M4A1 So many Shermans ..... so little time Posts: 442	What’s in your SHOP Library? Jul 26, 2013 12:26:29 GMT -5 via mobile Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by dogfish7 on Jul 26, 2013 12:26:29 GMT -5 Looks like there may be a few of those missing from my Library:) May need to pick up a few more.
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zod M4A1 Posts: 242	What’s in your SHOP Library? Jul 30, 2013 18:48:22 GMT -5 bullardino (Luigi) and speedster like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by zod on Jul 30, 2013 18:48:22 GMT -5 So I goes into the Hobby Town USA near Marietta,GA earlier. Just gonna buys me some paint says I. The Son of Sherman jumps into me hands. I tokks him home with me,
	A tank filled with holes. For that is what shall become. Boom we go. Goodbye.

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What’s in your SHOP Library? Aug 20, 2013 20:30:36 GMT -5

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Post by bbd468 on Aug 20, 2013 20:30:36 GMT -5

Fellas, i dont have a single reference book, but i do grab as much as i can from the net. However, my nephew has an awesome reference library so i ask if i can borrow (Check out :

2-3 books on whatever subject im building....more if im a good boy!

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What’s in your SHOP Library? Aug 29, 2013 17:57:24 GMT -5

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Post by Allied-Eric on Aug 29, 2013 17:57:24 GMT -5

Hey Gang here are a few more reference books I have setting on my shelf...

The Sherman Firefly
by Mark Hayward
Barbarossa Books (2001)
ISBN-10: 0953877728
ISBN-13: 978-0953877720

Tank Warfare on Iwo Jima
by David E. Harper
Squadron/Signal Publications (2008)
ISBN-10: 0897475593
ISBN-13: 978-0897475594

Warmachines No. 4 - Israeli M4 Sherman and Derivatives
by Francois Verlinden
Verlinden Publications (1990)
ISBN-10: 9070932237
ISBN-13: 978-9070932237

Israeli Sherman
by Thomas Gannon
Darlington Productions (2001)
ISBN-10: 1892848066
ISBN-13: 978-1892848062

M4 Sherman (Weapons and Warfare)
By George Forty
Blandford Pr (1987)
ISBN-10: 0713716789
ISBN-13: 978-0713716788

M4 Sherman - Armor Walk Around No. 1
by Jim Mesko
Squadron/Signal Publications (2000)
ISBN-10: 0897474104
ISBN-13: 978-0897474108

M4 Sherman at War: The European Theatre
by Steven J. Zaloga
Concord Publications Co (1995)
ISBN-10: 9623616031
ISBN-13: 978-9623616034

The M4 Sherman at War: 1941-1945 v. 2
by Steven J. Zaloga
Concord Publications Co (2001)
ISBN-10: 9623616694
ISBN-13: 978-9623616690

Modelling the US Army M4 (75mm) Sherman Medium Tank
by Steven J. Zaloga
Osprey Publishing (2006)
ISBN-10: 1841769657
ISBN-13: 978-1841769653

Modelling the US Army M4 (76mm) Sherman Medium Tank
by Steven J. Zaloga
Osprey Publishing (2007)
ISBN-10: 1846031206
ISBN-13: 978-1846031205

M4 (76mm) Sherman Medium Tank 1943-65
by Steven J. Zaloga
Osprey Publishing (2003)
ISBN-10: 1841765422
ISBN-13: 978-184176542

Death Traps: The Survival of an American Armored Division in World War II
by Belton Y. Cooper
Presidio Press (2003)
ISBN-10: 0891418148
ISBN-13: 978-0891418146

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speedster M4A1 Posts: 344	What’s in your SHOP Library? Aug 30, 2013 9:39:52 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by speedster on Aug 30, 2013 9:39:52 GMT -5 Holy cow Now most of the books I have been posted

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What’s in your SHOP Library? Aug 30, 2013 17:36:35 GMT -5 speedster likes this

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Post by pantherf on Aug 30, 2013 17:36:35 GMT -5

I too have most of them, except the Hunnicutt and the Belton Cooper book (which I will never own) and then all the specialties like the Firefly, British, Canadian and the Israeli Sherman. Which makes it kinda redundant, huh? LOL

I really liked the Tank Warfare on Iwo Jima. Man... the things they did to those Shermans almost made them unrecognizable!

Jeff

speedster M4A1 Posts: 344	What’s in your SHOP Library? Aug 31, 2013 5:26:43 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by speedster on Aug 31, 2013 5:26:43 GMT -5 Okay here are a couple I have that have not made the list yet.

speedster M4A1 Posts: 344	What’s in your SHOP Library? Dec 1, 2013 10:43:16 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by speedster on Dec 1, 2013 10:43:16 GMT -5 A couple more

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Post by beekster on Dec 4, 2013 17:25:11 GMT -5

You can never have too much reference. These shots show my Sherman shelf:

As you can see, there's Hunnicutt, Son of Sherman, Hayward on the Firefly, Gannon on IDF Shermans, all the Manasherob Sherman books to date, most of the Osprey New Vanguard titles, the Squadron In Action and Walk-around titles, and more. A few aren't seen in these frames, such as my copies of Royal Canadian Armoured Corps: An Illustrated History, South Albertas at War, and the two Armor Photogallery titles on Colors & Markings of the Canadian Army. For the M50 and M51, I also have the Verlinden book, Moustafa Assad's book, Samer Kassis' titles on AFVs in Lebanon, abd the Concord books covering armor of the Middle-East Wars. I've got several of Toadman's photo CDs, plus a hard-drive with images scoured from the internet and my own travels in North America and abroad. And I keep adding to this as new titles are released which don't overly duplicate what I already have.

"You could probably use some armor. A Sherman can give you a very nice...edge!"

dogfish7 M4A1 So many Shermans ..... so little time Posts: 442	What’s in your SHOP Library? Dec 7, 2013 8:10:38 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by dogfish7 on Dec 7, 2013 8:10:38 GMT -5 Man..... that's allot of reference!!
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What’s in your SHOP Library? Dec 7, 2013 9:24:22 GMT -5

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Post by beekster on Dec 7, 2013 9:24:22 GMT -5

That's just the modeling-related stuff for Shermans, Dogfish. There are other shelves with lesser amounts of material for the Pershing/Patton series, M41/M42, Centurion, and others. And a whole lot of military history from the Roman period to the present; I got my undergraduate degree in History. The library covers an entire wall in my L-shaped War Room, probably twelve linear feet long and six feet high. Another book case about four feet long and six high has the wargame collection: Avalanche Press, Avalon Hill, SPI, Decision Games, Victory Games, GDW, and more. Been a gamer almost as long as I've been a modeler!

"You could probably use some armor. A Sherman can give you a very nice...edge!"

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