Medium tank Medium tank Medium tank is a classification of tanks, particularly prevalent during World War II which represented a compromise between the mobility oriented light tanks and the armour and armament oriented heavy tanks. The most widely produced, cost effective and successful tanks of World War II (the Soviet T-34, the American Sherman tank, the Japanese Type 97 and the German Panzer IV) were all medium tank designs, and the success of the concept would later lead to the development of later generations of medium tanks such as the Chieftain. Many of the medium tanks lines became what are called main
The Beginning Was the End book reprinted with an introduction by them. This met with no success, due to copyright issues. The book is now quite collectable. The Beginning Was the End The Beginning Was the End is a 1971 pseudo-scientific book written by Oscar Kiss Maerth that claims that mankind evolved from cannibalistic apes. Its premise: Maerth wrote the book in a Chinese monastery. It was first published in West Germany as "Der Anfang war das Ende – Der Mensch entstand durch Kannibalismus" (Econ Verlag GmbH, Düsseldorf und Wien, 1971), then translated by Judith Hayward and published in Great Britain by Michael Joseph, Ltd,