Steven J. Zaloga

Steven J. Zaloga
Steven J. Zaloga
	Steven J. Zaloga presenting at the 2014 New York Military Affairs Symposium
Born	February 1, 1952 (age 72); Pittsfield, Massachusetts
Education	Union College, Schenectady, NY, B.A. cum laude (History); Columbia University, M.A. (History); Certificate in International Affairs; graduate study at University of Cracow
Employers	DMS, Inc., Greenwich, CT, managing editor of special studies, 1978–86; Video Ordnance, Inc., New York City, producer, 1987–92; Teal Group Cor., Fairfax, VA, senior analyst, 1993–; Institute for Defense Analyses, adjunct staff member, 1995–; Technology Training Corp., lecturer, 1987–91;
Political party	Republican [ citation needed ]
Board member of	New York Military Affairs Symposium (member of executive board)[ citation needed ]
Parent(s)	John A. (a foreman) and Muriel (a high school language teacher; maiden name, Desautels) Zaloga[ citation needed ]
Notes

Last updated March 10, 2024

Steven Joseph Zaloga (born February 1, 1952) is an American author and defense consultant. He received a bachelor's degree cum laude at Union College and a master's degree at Columbia University, both in history.

He is also a noted scale armor modeler and is a host/moderator of the World War II Allied Discussion group at Missing-Lynx.com, a modelling website.^[4] He is a frequent contributor to the UK-based modeling magazine Military Modelling. He is a member of the Armor Modeling and Preservation Society.

Works

— (1978). Sherman Medium Tank, 1942–1945. New Vanguard. Vol. 3. Colour plates by Peter Sarson. Oxford, UK: Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1-855322967. OCLC 898911295.
— (1979). Modern Soviet Armor: Combat Vehicles of the USSR and Warsaw Pact Today (1st American ed.). Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall. ISBN 0-13-597856-4.
— & Grandsen, James (1981). T-34 in Action. Armor. Vol. 20. Carrollton, TX: Squadron/Signal Publications. ISBN 0-89747-112-1.
— & Grandsen, James (1981). Soviet Heavy Tanks. Vanguard. Vol. 24. Oxford, UK: Osprey Publishing. ISBN 0-85045-422-0.
— & Loop, James W. (1982). Modern American Armor: Combat Vehicles of the United States Army Today (1st ed.). Arms & Armour Press. ISBN 978-0-853682486. LCCN 81208199. OCLC 249730412. OL 3880977M.
— (1982). The Polish Army 1939-1945. Men at Arms. Vol. 117. Illustrated by Richard Hook (1st ed.). Oxford, UK: Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-0-850454178. OCLC 9136152. OL 8264803M.
— (1984). The Red Army of the Great Patriotic War, 1941-45. Men-at-Arms. Vol. 216. Colour plates by Ron Volstad. Oxford, UK: Osprey Publishing. ISBN 0850459397. OCLC 57246098.
— & Grandsen, James (1984). Soviet Tanks and Combat Vehicles of World War Two. London, UK: Arms & Armour Press. ISBN 0-85368-606-8.
— & Grandsen, James (1985). Operation Barbarossa. Tanks Illustrated. Vol. 16. London, UK: Arms & Armour Press. ISBN 0-853-68702-1. OCLC 12807954.
— & Loop, James W. (1985). Soviet Bloc Elite Forces. Vol. 5. Illustrated by Ron Volstad. Oxford, UK: Osprey Publishing. ISBN 0-850-45631-2. OCLC 12501799.
— & Madej, Victor (1985). The Polish Campaign 1939. New York City: Hippocrene Books. ISBN 0882549944.
— (1989). Red Thrust: Attack on the Central Front, Soviet Tactics and Capabilities in the 1990s. Novato, CA: Presidio Press. ISBN 0-89141-345-6. OCLC 20169366.
— (1993). M1 Abrams Main Battle Tank 1982-92. New Vanguard. Vol. 2. Oxford, UK: Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1-85532-283-7.
— (1993). T-72 Main Battle Tank 1974-93. New Vanguard. Vol. 6. Oxford, UK: Osprey Publishing. ISBN 1-85532-338-9.
— (1994). T-34 Medium Tank 1941–45. New Vanguard. Vol. 9. Illustrated by Peter Sarson. Oxford, UK: Osprey Publishing. ISBN 1-85532-382-6.
— (1995). Inside the Blue Berets: A Combat History of Soviet and Russian Airborne Forces, 1930-1995 . Novato, CA: Presidio Press. ISBN 978-0-891413998. LCCN 94040927. OCLC 31517759. OL 1114934M – via Internet Archive.
— (1996). Bagration 1944: The Destruction of Army Group Centre. Campaign. Vol. 42. Oxford, UK: Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1-85532-478-7. LCCN 2003063213. OCLC 474518236. OL 8992906M.
— & Kinnear, Jim (1996). KV-1 & 2 Heavy Tanks 1939–1945. New Vanguard. Vol. 17. Colour plates by Peter Sarson. Oxford, UK: Osprey Publishing. ISBN 1-85532-496-2.
—; Kinnear, Jim; Aksenov, Andrey & Koshchavtsev, Aleksandr (1997). Soviet Tanks in Combat 1941–45: The T-28, T-34, T-34-85, and T-44 Medium Tanks. Hong Kong: Concord Publications. ISBN 962-361-615-5.
— (2000). M26/M46 Pershing Tank 1943–53. New Vanguard. Vol. 35. Illustrated by Tony Bryan & Jim Laurier (1st ed.). Oxford, UK: Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1-841762029. OCLC 48783982. OL 8922180M.
— (2002). Poland 1939: The Birth of Blitzkrieg. Campaign. Vol. 107. Oxford, UK: Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1-841764085. OCLC 830377626.
— (2002). The Kremlin's Nuclear Sword: The Rise and Fall of Russia's Strategic Nuclear Forces, 1945–2000. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press. ISBN 1-58834-007-4.
— (2003). Battle of the Bulge 1: St Vith and the Northern Shoulder. Campaign. Vol. 115. Oxford, UK: Osprey Publishing.
— (2003). Modelling the M3/M5 Stuart Light Tank. Modelling Masterclass. Vol. 4. Oxford, UK: Osprey Publishing. ISBN 1-84176-763-8.
— (2004). Battle of the Bulge 2: Bastogne. Campaign. Vol. 145. Oxford, UK: Osprey Publishing.
— (2004). T-54 and T-55 Main Battle Tanks 1944-2004. New Vanguard. Vol. 102. Oxford, UK: Osprey Publishing. ISBN 1-84176-792-1.
— (2005). Anzio 1944: The Beleaguered Beachhead. Campaign. Vol. 155. Illustrated by Peter Dennis. Oxford, UK: Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84176-913-4. OCLC 936633399. OL 8922813M.
— (2005). D-Day Fortifications in Normandy. Fortress. Vol. 37. Illustrated by Hugh Johnson. Oxford, UK: Osprey Publishing. ISBN 1-841-76876-6. OCLC 61529026.
— (2005). Jeeps 1941–45. New Vanguard. Vol. 117. Illustrated by Hugh Johnson. Oxford, UK: Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84176-888-5.
— (2005). Kasserine Pass 1943: Rommel's Last Victory. Campaign. Vol. 152. Illustrated by Michael Welply. Oxford, UK: Osprey Publishing. ISBN 1-841-76914-2. OCLC 60793211.
— (2005). V-1 Flying Bomb 1942–52: Hitler's infamous "doodlebug". New Vanguard. Vol. 106. Illustrated by Jim Laurier (4th ed.). Oxford, UK: Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1-841767918. OCLC 60834667. OL 8922703M.
— (2006). Remagen 1945: Endgame against the Third Reich. Campaign. Vol. 175. Oxford, UK: Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1-846030185.
— (2006). Scud Ballistic Missile and Launch Systems 1955–2005. New Vanguard. Vol. 120. Oxford, UK: Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1-841769479.
— (2007). Japanese Tanks 1939–45. New Vanguard. Vol. 137. Oxford, UK: Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84603-091-8.
— (2007). Red Sam: The SA-2 Guideline Anti-Aircraft Missile. New Vanguard. Vol. 134. Oxford, UK: Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84603-062-8.
— (2007). The Siegfried Line, 1944–45: Battles on the German Frontier. Campaign. Vol. 181. Illustrated by Steve Noon. Oxford, UK: Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1-846-03121-2. OCLC 76365230.
— (2008). Armored Thunderbolt: The U.S. Army Sherman in World War II. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books. ISBN 978-0-811-70424-3. LCCN 2008003234. OCLC 237193918. OL 16445043M.
— (2008). German V-Weapon Sites 1943–45. Fortress. Vol. 72. Illustrated by Hugh Johnson & Chris Taylor. Oxford, UK: Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84603-247-9.
— (2009). Modelling US Armor of World War 2. Modelling Masterclass. Oxford, UK: Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84603-398-8.
— & Ford, Ken (2009). Overlord: The D-Day Landings. Oxford, UK: Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84603-424-4.
— (2009). T-80 Standard Tank: The Soviet Army's Last Armored Champion. New Vanguard. Vol. 152. Oxford, UK: Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84603-244-8.
— (2009). The Atlantic Wall (2): Belgium, The Netherlands, Denmark and Norway. Fortress. Vol. 89. Oxford, UK: Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84603-393-3.
— (2010). Battle of the Bulge . Campaign. Oxford, UK: Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84908-165-8. LCCN 2011381845. OCLC 900919720. OL 25056439M – via Internet Archive.
— (2010). French Tanks of World War I. New Vanguard. Vol. 173. Oxford, UK: Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84603-513-5.
— (2012). M4 Sherman vs Type 97 Chi-Ha: The Pacific 1945. Duel. Vol. 43. Illustrated by Richard Chasemore. Oxford, UK: Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1-849086387.
— & Kinnear, Jim (2013). T-34-85 Medium Tank 1944–94. New Vanguard. Vol. 20. Oxford, UK: Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1-85532-535-7.
— (2013). Tanks of Hitler's Eastern Allies 1941–45. New Vanguard. Vol. 199. Illustrated by Henry Morshead. Oxford, UK: Osprey Publishing.
— (2013). The Devil's Garden: Rommel's Desperate Defense of Omaha Beach on D-Day. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books. ISBN 978-0-811-71228-6. OCLC 828488810.
— (2019). Ploesti 1943: The Great Raid on Hitler's Romanian Oil Refineries. Air Campaign. Vol. 12. Illustrated by Steve Noon (1st ed.). Oxford, UK: Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1-472831804. OCLC 1111474916. OL 28900822M.

Related Research Articles

The M4 Sherman, officially Medium Tank, M4, was the most widely used medium tank by the United States and Western Allies in World War II. The M4 Sherman proved to be reliable, relatively cheap to produce, and available in great numbers. It was also the basis of several other armored fighting vehicles including self-propelled artillery, tank destroyers, and armored recovery vehicles. Tens of thousands were distributed through the Lend-Lease program to the British Commonwealth and Soviet Union. The tank was named by the British after the American Civil War General William Tecumseh Sherman.

The T-34 is a Soviet medium tank from World War II. When introduced, its 76.2 mm (3 in) tank gun was more powerful than its contemporaries, and its 60-degree sloped armour provided good protection against anti-tank weapons. The T-34 had a profound effect on the conflict on the Eastern Front, and had a long-lasting impact on tank design. The tank was praised by multiple German generals when encountered during Operation Barbarossa, although its armour and armament were surpassed later in the war. Its main strength was its cost and production time, meaning that German panzer forces would often fight against Soviet tank forces several times their size. The T-34 is also a critical part of the mechanized divisions that form the backbone of the Deep Battle Strategy.

The IS tanks were a series of heavy tanks developed as a successor to the KV-series by the Soviet Union during World War II. The IS acronym is the anglicized initialism of Joseph Stalin. The heavy tanks were designed as a response to the capture of a German Tiger I in 1943. They were mainly designed as breakthrough tanks, firing a heavy high-explosive shell that was useful against entrenchments and bunkers. The IS-2 went into service in April 1944 and was used as a spearhead by the Red Army in the final stage of the Battle of Berlin. The IS-3 served on the Chinese-Soviet border, the Hungarian Revolution, the Prague Spring and on both sides of the Six-Day War. The series eventually culminated in the T-10 heavy tank.

The Kliment Voroshilov (KV) tanks are a series of Soviet heavy tanks named after the Soviet defence commissar and politician Kliment Voroshilov who operated with the Red Army during World War II. The KV tanks were known for their heavy armour protection during the early stages of the war, especially during the first year of the German invasion of the Soviet Union. In certain situations, even a single KV-1 or KV-2 supported by infantry could halt German formations. The German Wehrmacht at that time rarely deployed its tanks against KVs, as their own armament was too poor to deal with the "Russischer Koloss" – "Russian Colossus".

This table compares tanks in use by the belligerent nations of Europe and the Pacific at the start of the Second World War, employed in the Polish Campaign (1939), the Battle of France (1940), Operation Barbarossa (1941), and the Malayan Campaign (1942).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">T-40 tank</span> Soviet amphibious light tank

The T-40 amphibious scout tank was an amphibious light tank used by the Soviet Union during World War II. It was armed with one 12.7 mm (0.5 in) DShK machine gun. It was one of the few tanks that could cross an unfordable river without a bridge.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">M46 Patton</span> Type of Medium tank

The M46 Patton is an American medium tank designed to replace the M26 Pershing and M4 Sherman. It was one of the U.S Army's principal medium tanks of the early Cold War, with models in service from 1949 until the mid-1950s. It was not widely used by U.S. Cold War allies, being exported only to Belgium, and only in small numbers to train crews on the upcoming M47 Patton.

The T-43 medium tank was a prototype Soviet medium tank developed during the Second World War as a possible replacement for both the T-34 medium and KV-1 heavy tanks. The project's aim was to build a medium tank with heavier armour, but German advances in tank technology proved better countered by a more heavily armed T-34-85 and the T-43 was cancelled.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">5 cm KwK 38</span> German tank weapon

The 5 cm KwK 38 L/42(5 cm Kampfwagenkanone 38 L/42) was a German 50 mm calibre cannon used as the main armament of variants of the German Sd.Kfz. 141 Panzerkampfwagen III medium tank during the Second World War..

<span class="mw-page-title-main">T-100 tank</span> Soviet heavy tank prototype of the 1930s.

The T-100 was a Soviet twin-turreted heavy tank prototype, designed in 1938–39 as a possible replacement for the T-35 heavy tank. The T-100 was designed by N. Barykov's OKMO design team at S.M. Kirov Factory No. 185 in Leningrad. The T-100 was originally conceived with three turrets and was eventually built with two. It was in competition with a similar design - the SMK - but neither were adopted and instead a single turret version of the SMK was ordered as the KV-1. All three prototypes were tested at the same time in the Battle of Summa during the Winter War with Finland.

The Battle of Arracourt took place between U.S. and German armoured forces near the town of Arracourt, Lorraine, France between 18 and 29 September 1944, during the Lorraine Campaign of World War II. As part of a counteroffensive against recent U.S. advances in France, the German 5th Panzer Army had as its objective the recapture of Lunéville and the elimination of the XII Corps bridgehead over the Moselle River at Dieulouard.

The L-11 76.2 mm tank gun was a Soviet tank gun, used on the earliest models of the T-34 Model 1940 medium tank and KV-1 Model 1939 heavy tank during World War II.

David John Fletcher is an English author and military historian specialising in the history of armoured warfare, particularly that of the United Kingdom.

The M13 Multiple Gun Motor Carriage (MGMC), otherwise known as the M13 half-track, was a self-propelled anti-aircraft gun used by the U.S. Army during World War II that was armed with two .50 caliber M2HB heavy-barrel Browning machine guns. Developed in response to a requirement for a mobile anti-aircraft (AA) vehicle, the vehicle was produced by the White Motor Company between July 1942 and May 1943. The only time it was ever used in combat was when the Americans landed at Anzio in January 1944. It was replaced by the more heavily armed M16 Multiple Gun Motor Carriage in April 1944.

The M9 half-track was a half-track produced by International Harvester in the United States during World War II for lend-lease supply to the Allies. It was designed to provide a similar vehicle to the M2 half-track car. It had the same body and chassis as the M5 half-track but had the same stowage and radio fit as the M2 half-track.

The T48 57 mm Gun Motor Carriage was a self-propelled anti-tank gun produced by the Diamond T company in 1943 for the United States. The design incorporated a 57 mm gun M1, a US production of the British Ordnance QF 6 pounder, mounted on an M3 Half-track.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">T30 Howitzer Motor Carriage</span> Self-propelled artillery

The T30 Howitzer Motor Carriage (HMC) was a United States Army self-propelled gun used in World War II. Its design was based on requirements for an assault gun issued by the Armored Force in 1941 and it was built as an interim solution until a fully tracked design was complete.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">T19 Howitzer Motor Carriage</span> Self-propelled gun

The T19 Howitzer Motor Carriage (HMC) was a 105 mm (4.1 in) howitzer mounted on a M3 Half-track chassis. It saw service during World War II with the U.S. Army. Its secondary armament consisted of an air-cooled .50 in (13 mm) M2 machine gun for local defense. It was produced by Diamond T between January 1942 and April 1942.

The IS-2 is a Soviet heavy tank, the second of the IS tank series named after the Soviet leader Joseph Stalin. It was developed and saw combat during World War II and saw service in other Soviet allied countries after the war.

References

↑ "Steven Joseph Zaloga" . Contemporary Authors Online. Detroit: Gale. 2007. Retrieved March 12, 2012– via Fairfax County Public Library.
1 2 "Steven J. Zaloga". Teal Group Corporation. Archived from the original on November 5, 2021. Retrieved February 21, 2022. Steve received his BA in history cum laude from Union College, Schenectady, NY, and an MA in history from Columbia University. He performed graduate research at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland.
↑ "Aerospace Markets--The Decade Ahead". aaia.org. Archived from the original on June 16, 2011.
↑ "Discussion Groups". Missing-Lynx.com.

External links

"Participant in The Big Red One on D-Day episode for Citizen Soldier".

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.

[Contemporary-1] "Steven Joseph Zaloga" . Contemporary Authors Online. Detroit: Gale. 2007. Retrieved March 12, 2012– via Fairfax County Public Library.

[Teal_bio-2] 1 2 "Steven J. Zaloga". Teal Group Corporation. Archived from the original on November 5, 2021. Retrieved February 21, 2022. Steve received his BA in history cum laude from Union College, Schenectady, NY, and an MA in history from Columbia University. He performed graduate research at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland.

[3] "Aerospace Markets--The Decade Ahead". aaia.org. Archived from the original on June 16, 2011.

[4] "Discussion Groups". Missing-Lynx.com.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

Authority control databases
International	FAST ISNI VIAF
National	Norway Spain France BnF data Catalonia Germany Israel Belgium United States Sweden Latvia Japan Czech Republic Korea Netherlands Poland
Academics	CiNii
People	Deutsche Biographie
Other	IdRef

Steven J. Zaloga

Contents

Works

Related Research Articles

References

Further reading

External links

Steven J. Zaloga
Steven J. Zaloga presenting at the 2014 New York Military Affairs Symposium
Born	(1952-02-01) February 1, 1952 (age 72) Pittsfield, Massachusetts
Education	Union College, Schenectady, NY, B.A. cum laude (History) Columbia University, M.A. (History) Certificate in International Affairs; graduate study at University of Cracow
Employers	DMS, Inc., Greenwich, CT, managing editor of special studies, 1978–86 Video Ordnance, Inc., New York City, producer, 1987–92 Teal Group Cor., Fairfax, VA, senior analyst, 1993– Institute for Defense Analyses, adjunct staff member, 1995– Technology Training Corp., lecturer, 1987–91
Political party	Republican ^{[ citation needed ]}
Board member of	New York Military Affairs Symposium (member of executive board)^{[ citation needed ]}
Parent(s)	John A. (a foreman) and Muriel (a high school language teacher; maiden name, Desautels) Zaloga^{[ citation needed ]}
Notes
^[1]^[2]