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 masters degree at Columbia University, both in history.
He has published many books dealing with modern military technology, and especially Soviet and CIS tanks and armoured warfare.
He is a senior analyst at the Teal Group.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.
He is a frequent contributor to the UK-based modeling magazine Military Modelling.
He is a member of the Armor Modeling and Preservation Society.