The Complete Guide to German Armored Vehicles: Panzers, Jagdpanzers, Assault Guns, Antiaircraft, Self-Propelled Artillery, Armored Wheeled and Semi-Tracked Vehicles, and More
Product ID: 105482197
The market’s most comprehensive guide to German combat vehicles. The Complete Guide to German Armored Vehicles is an encyclopedia of all the armored vehicles used by the Nazis in World War II. At over four hundred pages and with over six hundred photos, many of which never before seen by the public, this volume becomes the market’s most comprehensive on the subject. David Doyle, award-winning author of dozens of books on the subject, provides mechanical information, photos, and usage history for: • Armored cars • Half-tracks • Tanks • Assault guns • Jagdpanzers • Panzerjagers • Self-propelled guns, howitzers, and mortars • Flakwagens • Flammpanzers • Recovery vehicles • Armored Engineer vehicles An encyclopedic resource by an authority on the subject, The Complete Guide to Armored Vehicles is a must-have for modelers, gamers, and WWII buffs alike. Review: Great, not Good - This is a comprehensive look at German armored vehicles, in all its widely varied splendor. It's said that when eating/using a pig, poor people use everything but the squeal. The Germans in this case, reused almost everything they had or captured, including French vehicles and Soviet weaponry. Until reading this volume, I didn't really realize how deeply true this was. For example, most of us know that the Germans started rearming their Panzer 4s and StuG 3's with a longer-barreled 75 mm guns in spring 1942. What I didn't realize until reading this book, is that those removed short-barreled 75mm guns were often remounted on halftracks and armored cars. They also reused a lot of obsolete vehicles, mounting more effective weapons on them, such as turning Panzer 1's into self-propelled anti-tank mounts. While this re-use everything approach undoubtedly served the desperate-for-anything Germans well, it also created a logistical nightmare in trying to keep spare parts available for repairs. The book itself is printed on high quality paper, and there are copious, well-annotated b/w pictures of the equipment, pictures that you haven't likely seen before. The book is organized by vehicle-type (tanks, half-tracks, flakwagens, recovery vehicles, etc.) I own several other of Mr. Doyle's books, and he is a true expert on this subject matter. Five stars. Review: Not Jentz and Doyle but agreat reference - A lot of info packed into 300+ pages. Some subjects more covered than others e.g. Stug III gets about 15 pgs while Tiger I gets 5. Nonetheless a great book to pull of the shelf and brush up on some of the myriad armoured vehicles of the Wehrmacht. Beautifully produced with high quality gloss paper and hundreds of photos, many from the Patton museum which are new to me. Kudos to desertcart. Received here in Asia in just over a week!
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W**2
Great, not Good
This is a comprehensive look at German armored vehicles, in all its widely varied splendor. It's said that when eating/using a pig, poor people use everything but the squeal. The Germans in this case, reused almost everything they had or captured, including French vehicles and Soviet weaponry. Until reading this volume, I didn't really realize how deeply true this was. For example, most of us know that the Germans started rearming their Panzer 4s and StuG 3's with a longer-barreled 75 mm guns in spring 1942. What I didn't realize until reading this book, is that those removed short-barreled 75mm guns were often remounted on halftracks and armored cars. They also reused a lot of obsolete vehicles, mounting more effective weapons on them, such as turning Panzer 1's into self-propelled anti-tank mounts. While this re-use everything approach undoubtedly served the desperate-for-anything Germans well, it also created a logistical nightmare in trying to keep spare parts available for repairs. The book itself is printed on high quality paper, and there are copious, well-annotated b/w pictures of the equipment, pictures that you haven't likely seen before. The book is organized by vehicle-type (tanks, half-tracks, flakwagens, recovery vehicles, etc.) I own several other of Mr. Doyle's books, and he is a true expert on this subject matter. Five stars.
B**M
Not Jentz and Doyle but agreat reference
A lot of info packed into 300+ pages. Some subjects more covered than others e.g. Stug III gets about 15 pgs while Tiger I gets 5. Nonetheless a great book to pull of the shelf and brush up on some of the myriad armoured vehicles of the Wehrmacht. Beautifully produced with high quality gloss paper and hundreds of photos, many from the Patton museum which are new to me. Kudos to Amazon. Received here in Asia in just over a week!
E**.
Beautiful book
Lovely hardback book with lots of illustrations and information. I was glad it had a good ratio of pictures to information; I was worried it would have too much text and not enough illustrations to demonstrate the vehicles, or else too many illustrations to make it educational, but it was just right.
M**T
Good not great
The book is a nice, compact compendium of German armor from WWII. Purists will always argue that no volume is truly "complete", but this one is fairly thorough, even to the point of including the mini "Goliath" tracked demolition vehicle. (BTW, does anyone market a "Partial Guide" to anything?) The copious number of black and white photos is a big plus; paper quality and hence photo reproduction quality is good. There is a lot of worthwhile information in the lengthy photo captions, and these are not the "same old" pictures that appear in every history of the panzers. So why only four stars? First, be aware that there are no line drawings, no artist conceptions, and no color whatsoever. You just get (lots of) historic bw photos. Second, as other reviewers have noted, organization is poor. There is no index, some data tables lack headings, units of measure are inconsistent, etc. Would have given this 3.5 stars if I could --- a B minus.
A**E
A small book on German Equipment used in World War II
The book to begin is General Information but highly illustrated! Not all categories of equipment was entirely covered but what do you expect for $24.30! Still the book is informative that will cause anyone to increase further research into individual equipment such as tanks down to assault vehicles! It's a nice book for anyone curious about German World War II equipment to look at! I am satisfied on my purchase!!
B**T
Comprehensive.
A great reference book. A hefty tome but not too big. Quite detailed. B+W pictures is the only drawback imo.
B**E
You need this for German Vehicle Catalogue
I have come across many good books on German armor and vehicles. This book is like the Bible for such research. All variants of tanks and vehicles give fantastic stats and capabilities. A must have!
R**A
You Need this Book !
Great read . Loads of hard to find info . A must read for those interested in these vehicles . Thank you for a book of this nature . Would recommend .
K**K
....wow
Probably one of the best books in my collection. It breaks down EVERY SINGLE piece of German armored vehicles. GET IT... GET IT!!!! YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED (plus if you for some weird unknown reason that you don't like it, then you can just return it lol! 😀 I believe this book once purchased, will not be returned
M**S
Muy bueno. Recomendado
Muy bueno. Recomendado
R**R
Amazing details about German Armoured Vechicles
Absolutely worth buying. Very detailed, covers everything, including vehicles I'm sure most people, including me, have never heard here. Great technical detail
R**R
great book on german vehicles
very interesting.. good price on amazon resale. all you need to know about german vehicles with great photos
E**S
Satisfeito
O mais completo livro sobre blindados alemães da 2ª guerra mundial.
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