The author's experiences from 1941
to the end of WWII. He took part in the invasion of the
Soviet Union in June 1941 with the 43 Motorcycle Infantry
Battalion of the 13 Panzer Division. After undertaking an
Officer Candidate course in Germany, he became a Leutnant
and platoon leader to the division’s reconnaissance
battalion in April 1942. After being wounded he went on to
serve with Panzerjager Abteilung 88 as a platoon commander
on Marder tank destroyers. Later serving in Poland and
Galicia, Schiebel fought through Silesia and eastern Germany
to Karlsbad where, on May 7, 1945, PZJ Abteilung 88
surrendered to American troops.
New in illustrated boards - 272pp,
12 colour images, 45 b/w photos, 4 colour 3D drawings.
If you want to learn all of the
secrets of expert composition and fabrication of scale
vignettes, look no further than this book by master modeler
Joaquín García Gázquez. An excellent guide that covers all
the processes from composition to painting and weathering
vehicles and painting figures. Content includes Composition,
Basic Decoration tips, Proportions, Different heights,
Tilting the planes, sculpting and much more. There are
several scenes with detailed construction process,
explaining not only how to do it but also showing what is
behind what we see.
New in card covers - A4 format,
168pp, 600+ colour illustrations
Anglo-American Air Power
Cooperation during the Cold War. This book documents a
symposium held in 1993 to recognize the special relationship
between Great Britain and the United States during the Cold
War. It includes scholarly monographs and first-person
accounts, and includes many of the significant episodes of
the Cold War. It includes a 20 page photographic section
illustrating notable Anglo/American aircraft which served
betweenthe late 1940s and the Gulf War following the Iraqi
invasion of Kuwait in 1990.
Good
in slightly abraided card cover - 262pp, c50 b/w
illustrations
US Air Force Historical Branch, 1995 ISBN
1477604448
British naval policy before the
First World War was to maintain a fleet at least as powerful
as the next two largest navies of tyhe world, put together.
The result was the largest array of armed might that the
world had ever seen. Martin Holbrook commernts, and presents
a collection of large format, full page colour plates of
twelve of the mightiest British warships of the era. With a
foreword by Admiral of the Fleet the Earl Mountbatten of
Burma, this very large format book (17 x 14.5 inches) will
be a valuable addition to naval collections.
New in card cover - A4 format, 128pp,
numerous colour illustrations & profiles
SAM Publications Datafile
Special, 2012
ISBN 9781906959159
Previously published in 1989 under the title 'British
River Gunboats', this is a photographic survey mainly
covering the famous Insect class which was built for service
on the Danube in 1915. They served for a further thirty
years in various theatres, including in the Middle East on
the Tigris, and during World War II in the Mediterranean and
Egypt. Also portrays the tiny Fly class, the Peterel class,
the various types which served in the Yangtse River in
China, and the Dragonflies, the last of the Royal Navy's
river gunboats.
New in card cover - Small format, 66pp, 62 b/w photos
