Author: Mark Healy
Publisher: Haynes Publishing UK
ISBN: 9781785212147
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 192
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Regarded by many as one of the greatest tanks ever built, the German Panther is probably the finest medium tank of the Second World War and certainly the most numerous German panzer in wartime service, with some 7,000 built. It combined firepower, armour protection and mobility that was unmatched by any other tank of the period. In the Panther Tank Enthusiasts' Manual, author Mark Healy looks at the development, construction and fighting qualities of the Panther, as well as including insights into what it was like to operate and maintain. He focuses on surviving Panthers at the German Armour Museum in Munster (Panther Ausf A) and the later Panther Ausf G at the Tank Museum, Bovington, as his centrepieces and draws on a range of documentary and photographic information sources in Germany, the USA and France.
Author: Mark Healy
Publisher: Haynes Publishing UK
ISBN: 9781785212147
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 192
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Regarded by many as one of the greatest tanks ever built, the German Panther is probably the finest medium tank of the Second World War and certainly the most numerous German panzer in wartime service, with some 7,000 built. It combined firepower, armour protection and mobility that was unmatched by any other tank of the period. In the Panther Tank Enthusiasts' Manual, author Mark Healy looks at the development, construction and fighting qualities of the Panther, as well as including insights into what it was like to operate and maintain. He focuses on surviving Panthers at the German Armour Museum in Munster (Panther Ausf A) and the later Panther Ausf G at the Tank Museum, Bovington, as his centrepieces and draws on a range of documentary and photographic information sources in Germany, the USA and France.
Author: Charles Lemons
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1300875372
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 184
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This book contains a listings of technical manuals for the repair and maintenance of German World War II armored vehicles. Each vehicle is listed by its Sd Kfz number, followed by a list of the known manuals which you would require to repair and maintain both the vehicle and the equipment it would carry including radios, weapons, and other equipment. This not only includes the military manuals, but also pamphlets, announcements, and any civilian company manuals used to maintain on board equipment. Manuals include those published for the Heer and Luftwaffe. All manual titles have been translated into American English.
Author: Charles Lemons
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1105119904
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Languages : en
Pages : 133
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Author: Michael Green Gladys Green
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781610600279
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132
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Panzers at War takes us around and inside the tanks of the German military during World War II, ranging from the two-man 6-ton Panzer I light tank, armed only with machine guns, to the five-man 70-ton Tiger B tank armed with the powerful 88mm main gun that inspired fear among all its opponents. The At War series features accessibly-written books on military equipment and elite military units, including exciting first person accounts and descriptions of combat and equipment through the eyes soldiers and other military personnel.
Author: Michael Green
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1782000933
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 288
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In most people's opinion, the German Panther tank was the most elegant tank design of World War II. It embodied a balance of firepower, armor protection, and mobility unmatched by any other tank of the period. Yet, it was not the war-winner it might have been. Author Mike Green examines the disparity between the potential of the Panther design and the actuality of the fielded Panther tank in this new book. Though many viewed the Panther as an engineering masterpiece and a technological breakthrough, it failed to meet expectations on the battlefield, and thus proved a major setback to Hitler's dreams of world domination. Green explores the evolution, and devolution, of the Panther, providing keen insight and new reasons for its ultimate failure.
Author: Mark Healy
Publisher: Haynes Publishing UK
ISBN: 9781785210945
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 160
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The Soviet T-34 was one of the finest tanks of the Second World War and the mainstay of Soviet armoured units throughout the war. Most nations underestimated the scale and quality of Soviet tank production before the Second World War and the Germans were no exception. They were certainly not prepared for the T-34, which they encountered during Operation Barbarossa (the German invasion of Russia) in 1941. Its combination of firepower, mobility, protection, and ruggedness led German Panzer General Paul von Kleist at the time to call it "The finest tank in the world." Another legendary Panzer tactician and general, Heinz Guderian, also confirmed the T-34's "vast superiority" over existing German armour of the period.
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Category : Military art and science
Languages : en
Pages : 654
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Author: Paul F. Contier
Publisher: Lulu Press, Inc
ISBN: 1483432475
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 95
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Covering all the essentials of stadia-metric range-finding system used by World War II Soviet tanks, Distance Is Not a Range seeks to familiarize readers with range-finding and accurate shooting process for tactical realism in gaming. The fruit of twenty years of tactical gaming experience, it provides formulas directly relevant to success on the virtual battlefield. Including many color illustrations and diagrams, this guide uses a practical, functional, and easy-to-understand format and focuses on the wide range of Soviet armor and gun sights during World War II. It also avoids the excessive convoluted explanations that so often turn the understanding of World War II tank tactical simulation gaming into a frustrating attempt to connect with armor history. The second guide of its kind from author Paul Contier, Distance Is Not a Range presents well-researched and useful information for beginners and experienced gamers alike.
Author: R. Sheppard
Publisher: Pool of London Press
ISBN: 1910860271
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 144
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From the pioneering tactics and terror of the Blitzkrieg assault, through the carnage of Barbarossa, Kursk, the Desert War, and the Normandy Bocage and the Battle of the Bulge, there were perhaps no more unsettling and merciless positions to occupy in the Second World War than that of a tank commander. This new book puts the reader at the very heart of this “hell on wheels” and presents all of the original information required to perform this most dangerous of wartime battlefield roles. From training manuals and war office memorandums to combat reports and first-hand accounts, The Tank Commander Pocket Manual sits you in the turret position of commander of some of the most fearsome land vehicles. These include the Soviet T-34, the German Panther and its nemesis the American Sherman, the terrifying Tiger I as well as tank variants including flamethrowers and tank destroyers such as the Allied M10 and the StuG III. Original documents, diagrams, technical drawings and reports have been collated and compiled from archives and collections to include original Russian, German and English angles on the commander’s many roles including how to ‘run’ the rest of the crew of this most decisive weapon of the Second World War. • Published to mark the centenary of the tank • Rare, previously unpublished documents • Attractively produced in cloth-bound retro-styled case R Shepherd has worked for many years in military publishing for leading companies such as Casemate and Osprey, and has compiled a number of books. Pool of London Pocket Manuals The new Pocket-Manual series from the Pool of London Press presents some of the most iconic military, naval and transport machines from the last 100 years by means of compiling the original documents, confidential memos, plans and artworks that contributed to their celebrated history. This approach allows the modern reader both to have an excellent understanding of the development of these extremely influential aircraft, AFVs, ships, automobiles and trains, but also provides the unique opportunity for further interpretation through the study of many previously unpublished original documents, diagrams and illustrations. Every volume in the series is skillfully compiled and researched by the leading experts in their field who also provide a lengthy contextualizing introduction. Superbly priced, retro-styled to their historical period, and beautifully hard-bound in debossed cloth, the Pool of London Pockets sell as self-purchase, gift and are excellently suited to book trade as well as to museum stores and heritage outlets across the world.
Author: Joe Wilson
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 9780786406678
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 328
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Their motto was "Come Out Fighting," and that they did without fail. The 761st Tank Battalion - the famed "Black Panthers" - was the first African American armored unit to enter combat, and in World War II they fought in four major Allied campaigns and inflicted 130,000 casualties on the German army. And the fighting was intense - only one out of every two Black Panthers made it home alive. This is the complete history of the 761st, told in large part through the words of the surviving members of the unit. Richly illustrated, this work recounts how the unit was given long overdue recognition - the Presidential Unit Citation and the Medal of Honor - in recent years.