Panzerwrecks 8

Panzerwrecks 8
Author: Lee Archer
Publisher:
Total Pages: 96
Release: 2009-04
Genre:
ISBN: 9780975418390

This eighth volume focuses on the German resistance to the Allied landings in Normandy in June 1944 with 123 photos of German armor derived from Polish, Canadian, British and American sources. Features include 'Operation Cobra,' German Guns on French vehicles, rocket firing half tracks, and loads of Tiger photos, with most images printed one to a page for maximum clarity. Concise captions remark on unit and vehicle identification, colors and camouflage. This is Part One of a two part series.

The History of the Panzerwaffe

The History of the Panzerwaffe
Author: Thomas Anderson
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 290
Release: 2020-01-23
Genre: History
ISBN: 1472833880

The first two volumes of the History of the Panzerwaffe have described how the Germans transformed armoured warfare from a lumbering and ponderous experiment in World War I into something that could decide the outcome of conflicts, and how the legendary Panzerwaffe overran Western Europe and reached the gates of Moscow to the east, before taking its place in the forefront of German defence from the D-Day landings to the valiant last stand in Berlin. This third volume focuses on the most important units in the Panzerwaffe, and some of the most famous units in the history of warfare: the Panzer Divisions. It details their pre-war origins and how they developed over the course of the war, covering all the specialized units and how they operated on the battlefield. The title is illustrated throughout with many rare and previously unpublished images and the text draws heavily on original German documents.

Armor Battles of the Waffen-SS

Armor Battles of the Waffen-SS
Author: Will Fey
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 417
Release: 2021-08-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 0811769178

The Waffen-SS were considered the elite of the German armed forces in the Second World War and were involved in almost continuous combat. From the sweeping tank battle of Kursk on the Russian front to the bitter fighting among the hedgerows of Normandy and the last great offensive in the Ardennes, forever immortalized in history as the Battle of the Bulge, these men and their tanks made history.

Panzer IV on the Battlefield

Panzer IV on the Battlefield
Author: Craig Ellis
Publisher: Peko Publishing
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2015-10-19
Genre:
ISBN: 9786158007214

Often referred to as a workhorse the PzKpfw IV is certainly not a glamorous beast but from North Africa to the Eastern front it was a ubiquitous fixture on the various battlefields of WWII. Using archive and original photographs to lay down a visual time line for this Panzer's development, the book takes a historical overview of this strategically important tank. Description and definition of all the different Ausfs are included both within the introduction and captions. It applies recent findings to the analysis and commentary of the photographs. These include the authors own research into unit specific stowage and factory production differences, which feature for the first time within the context of a monograph looking at the vehicles overall evolution. Information that should be invaluable to both historians and modelers.

PANTHER External Appearance & Design Changes

PANTHER External Appearance & Design Changes
Author:
Publisher: AK-INTERACTIVE, S.L.
Total Pages: 290
Release:
Genre: Art
ISBN:

Limited edition, only 2000 copies. Only 2000 copies of this 286 page book will be published worldwide making the Panther Book a “must have” for lovers of history. Authors Roddy Macdougall and Martin Block, with the assistance of Panzer Tracks team bring the most comprehensive study of the formidable Panther tank to date. More than ten years of preparation have gone into this book; There are interviews with some of the personnel involved in the development and manufacture of the Panther tank. This is the first book about the Panther tank that includes detailed explanations for each of the assembly plants including specifications, Zimmerit application methods and full colour illustrations of the camouflage painting patterns along with detailed perspective drawings of the specific features. There are numerous of photographs with a significant number of them published for the first time! This isn’t simply just another book, this is the standard by which all books about the Panther tank will be compared, don’t miss out – once they’re gone, they’re gone!

Germany's Panther Tank

Germany's Panther Tank
Author: Thomas L. Jentz
Publisher: Schiffer Military History
Total Pages: 168
Release: 1995
Genre: History
ISBN:

Over 20 years of research went into the creation of this history of the development, characteristics, and capabilities of the Panther.

Designing the T-34

Designing the T-34
Author: Peter Samsonov
Publisher: Gallantry
Total Pages: 92
Release: 2019-12-27
Genre: History
ISBN: 1911658832

When the German army launched Operation Barbarossa – the invasion of the Soviet Union – on June 22, 1941, it was expecting to face and easily defeat outdated and obsolete tanks and for the most part it did, but it also received a nasty shock when it came up against the T-34. With its powerful gun and sloped armour, the T-34 was more than a match for the best German tanks at that time and the Germans regarded it with awe. German Field Marshal von Kleist, who commanded the latter stages of Barbarossa, called it ‘the finest tank in the world’. Using original wartime documents author and historian Peter Samsonov, creator of the Tank Archives blog, explains how the Soviets came to develop what was arguably the war’s most revolutionary tank design.