The fourth volume of this splendid series
of photo histories presenting newly discovered combat film shot
by Waffen-SS Kriegsberichters (War
Correspondents) on the Eastern Front, July 1943.
This new volume includes rare photos taken during production of
the Sturmpanzer Ausf.I, Ausf.II, Ausf.III and Ausf.IV. assault
tank at the Wien Arsenal in Austria and the production line at
Duisburg. Additionally, there are illustrations covering field
use of every version of the Sturmpanzer in Russia, Italy, France
and Eastern Europe plus clear photos of the Munitionspanzer,
built to accompany the Sturmpanzer into combat. With 19 pages of
1:35 scale drawings, plus more than 80 large-format photos, this
is the ultimate package of primary source material on the
Sturmpanzer. This is one of the last Panzer Tracts volumes
co-authored by Tom Jentz who sadly passed away in December,
2012.
New in card cover - 79pp, 80+ b/w photos, 1:35 scale drawings
PANZER TRACTS NO. 22-5:
GEPANZERTER 8T ZUGKRAFTWAGEN & SFL.FLAK (SD.KFZ.7)
by Hilary Louis Doyle & Lukas Friedli
This new volume features peviously unknown facts about the
armoured 8t built together with the 8,8cm Flak 18 bunker buster "Bunkerknacker".
Until now Sfl. auf m.Zgkw. 8t half-tracked, self-propelled guns have
simply been identified by weapon: eg. 2cm Flakvierling (Sd.Kfz.7/1)
or 3,7cm Flak (Sd.Kfz.7/2). Now Panzer Tracts sets the record
straight with descriptions of no less than 12 different Sfl.Flak
variants. Also featured is the enlarged 8t Zgkw. (Sd.Kfz.7/6)
created to carry the range finding equipment of the 8.8cm Flak
Batterie, the Feuerleitpanzer, armoured control centre for launching
A4 (V2) rockets, and the surprisingly widespread "Behelfspanzerung"
which will be new to most enthusiasts. Several Selbstfahrlafette auf
m.Zgkw. 8t and all of the Flak guns have survived to the present
day, enabling the team to create accurate drawings of each type. 21
pages of 1:35 scale drawings and over 100 clear large-format photos
make this the ultimate reference on the gepanzerter Zugkraftwagen 8t
(Sd.Kfz.7) and Flak Sfl. This is one of the last Panzer Tracts
volumes co-authored by Tom Jentz who sadly passed away in December,
2012.
New in card cover -
86pp, 100+ b/w photos, 1:35 scale drawings
A comprehensive photo-history of the destruction of Army Group
Centre, June - July, 1944. The German defeat set the scene for the
Red Army's determined drive into Poland to the Vistula River
barrier. The annihilation of Army Group Centre was, without
doubt, the greatest defeat inflicted on the German Army during World
War II.
As new in plastic
sleeved boards -
Large format, 126pp, c300 b/w photos
BATTLEGROUND PRUSSIA:
THE ASSAULT ON GERMANY'S EASTERN FRONT 1944-45
by Prit Buttar
In September 1944
the Soviet Army poured into German territory, flooding Prussia,
the heartland of the Reich. Hopelessly outnumbered by the human
wave of the Red Army, the Wehrmacht fought with determination, but
was gradually beaten back. This book describes the great battles
that marked the Soviet conquest, from Memel to Königsberg, the
Heiligenbeil Pocket to Danzig. Using accounts never before
published in English, Buttar looks at the campaign both from a
command level, and from the perspective of normal soldiers on the
front line.
New in d/w - 482pp. numerous b/w illustrations, maps.
