Kenneth W Estes: Super-heavy Tanks of World War II [2014] paperback ZCRAF and half-unwittingly conjures these submerged

and half-unwittingly conjures these submerged things to the surface

Christopher Nolan's hugely successful Hollywood blockbuster

vivifying them to bring them to life

leaving nothing but a blood-trail

a dazzling achievement' - Daily Express

Kenneth W Estes: Super-heavy Tanks of World War II [2014] paperback ZCRAF and half-unwittingly conjures these submergedThe super heavy tanks of World War II are heirs to the siege machine tradition a means of breaking the deadlock of ground combat. As a class of fighting vehicle, they began with the World War I concept of the search for a 'breakthrough' tank, designed to cross enemy lines. It is not surprising that the breakthrough tank projects of the period prior to World War II took place in the armies that suffered the most casualties of the Great War (Russia,