Road gantry cranes were indispensable for maintaining Tiger
and Panther heavy tanks and Elefant tank hunter near the
front line. An exceptional use for the gantry crane was from
1944 onward with the Division z.V. for loading and unloading
of delivered A4 (V2) rockets onto ‘Vidalwagen’ and
‘Meillerwagen’ launch trailers. This book documents the
crane’s development history and includes patent
applications, descriptions of its use in action with the
Panzer-Werkstattkompanien, engineering units and Division
z.V. With drawings and close-up pictures, including photos
showing the removal and replacement of a Panzer turret, plus
a comparison of 15t and 16t Strabokran. Also included for
modellers a detailed set of drawings of all variants in 1/35
scale.
English/German text
New in illustrated boards - Large
landscape format, 256pp, 240+ images, tables, patents, &
scale drawings
Volker Ruff via
PanzerWrecks , 2016 ISBN 9783000340024
This second
volume covers Weapon Carriers, vehicles which didn't go into
mass production and general war service of Half-Tracks.
Half-Tracks were used by the US Army and USMC, as well as
the other major Allies in all theaters and there are
extensive descriptions and illustrations of such operations.
The book also covers post war service in the Middle East and
Korea. Camouflage and markings are shown in 12 colour plates
and available scale models and accessories are listed. 34
pages of 3D colour graphics and colour photographs of museum
exhibits and currently operational, restored vehicles round
of this impressive volume.
New in card cover - A4 format, 240pp, c250 b&w & colour
photos, scale plans, colour profiles + 3D views
MOSCOW'S GAME OF POKER:
RUSSIAN MILITARY INTERVENTION IN SYRIA, 2015-2017
by Tom
Cooper
Russian Military Intervention in
Syria, 2015-2017. In August 2015, the government of the
Russian Federation embarked its military forces on an
intervention in Syria. Their performance in this war was a
clear demonstration of advanced technology, improved
training and fearsome firepower, but the operation only
experienced limited success and exposed a number of
weaknesses. Illustrated by over 130 photographs, maps and 21
colour profiles, ‘Moscow's Game of Poker’
provides a clear outline of the participants in this complex
conflict, and the areas it impacts. The story is told in
combination with an insight into the similar campaign run by
what is left of the Syrian Arab Air Force.
New in card
cover - A4 format, 80pp, 105 b/w photos, 23 colour profiles
& illustrations, 3 maps
ETHIOPIAN-ERITREAN WARS, VOLUME 2:
ERITREAN WAR OF INDEPENDENCE, 1988-1991 & BADME WAR,
1998-2001
by
Adrien Fontanellaz & Tom Cooper
Ethiopia is a military powerhouse
of the African continent. Currently involved in the war in
neighbouring Somalia, Ethiopia was also involved in half a
dozen of other armed conflicts during the last 60 years. One
of the most significant was the Eritrean War of
Independence. Fought 1961-1991, this was one of Africa's
biggest armed conflicts , and it included a wide spectrum of
operations, from classic counter-insurgency (COIN) to
conventional warfare. This second volume covers the military
operations that led to the fall of the Derg government in
Ethiopia of 1991, the period of Eritrean military build-up,
and concludes with the first detailed account of the
so-called Badme War, fought between Ethiopia and Eritrea in
1998-2001. The book contains over 100 contemporary
photographs, maps and colour profiles.
New in card cover
- A4 format, 72pp, numerous b/w photos, maps & 24 colour
profiles
From the publishers of EuroModelismo comes this volume
dealing with the sculpting, detailing and painting figure
models. World renowned figure sculptor and painter Mike
Blank provides guidance on materials, tools, posing,
sculpting and converting figures, and the finer points of
rendering cloth and mail armor. Also covers vignettes and
dioramas. The book is entirely in colour and includes a full
figure gallery. It has chapters on: Body Language,
Expressions and Character; Ring Mail, Creases and Folds;
Sculpting a Figure; Converting and Sculpting a 90mm mounted
figure; Vignettes and Dioramas.
New in card cover
- A4 format 64pp, c350 colour illustrations
