Hey , have you seen this book ?

[ripley]

I love Military In Detail  books . I love Osprey / Vanguard , I love Squadron Signal , and all the other easy to find , every modeller in North America and Western Europe  has them on his book shelf , kind of book . But there are some out there that not everybody knows about . So lets share those interesting books dealing with WW2 model subjects . For example : there is a line of books about Canadian use of tanks and armored cars / artillery from Service Publications , Ottawa , Ontario , Canada . They have books on the Ram , Sherman, 17-Pounder , as well as newer tanks like the Leopard in Canadian Service  ( I think about 25 published so far ). Most are small soft cover books , with a picture on each page , I have The Churchill book , 24 pages , and that cost me $11 . IRC they were going to publish , or have published a hard cover book on the Ram tank . Any way this just an example of a local ( Canadian ) book series that you guys might not know about . I'm sure some of you have publications like that where you are from . Please share them if you will . Always on the look out for more books .  That being said I just received today 3 more books from Wings & Wheels Publications ( Czech Republic )  The one I want to hi light today is Soviet WWII Anti - Tank Guns .

The perfect book to use in detailing your 28mm PSC 45mm AT guns or their 76mm Model 43  . As well it covers the 57mm ZIS -2 and every bodies favorite the 76mm ZIS-3 . Lots of detail pictures of every part of the gun and trail you could ever hope for . 60 pages , with up to 5 close up pictures per page as well as large full page photos . This little beauty cost me about $ 17 on sale .  W&W P have a variety of books on WW2 Artillery , Tanks and Soft Skin Vehicles as well as Modern gear ( the DANA SPG ! ) and Wingy Things ,  Wish I knew about this company before I built my PSC gun kit , oh well I still have 2 more to build

[ultravanillasmurf]

Thanks, useful to know.

In the UK there are only a few specialist shops (Ian Allan in Birmingham and London being my most regular haunts - a couple of times a year) which allows the browsing of books and quite often at shows the books  are shrink-wrapped. It is great to get recommendations on ranges.

Oh, and the Birmingham shop stocks some Rubicon models (as does Wayland's Forge in the Custard Factory).

[Pinky]

One book to be wary of is Osprey's hardback "British Battle Tanks", supposedly by David Fletcher.  It looks good - Fletcher is an entertaining writer, and a whole book by him on British Armour seems very attractive.  But it's actually just a compendium of existing Vanguard titles on British tanks.  There may be some original content, or I just don't have the books that is taken from.  So, unless you don't have the Vanguard books, this is one to avoid.

[ultravanillasmurf]

For those of you in the UK, The Works is now selling the Haynes T34 book for £6.

I have one, only glanced through it so far, highlight is a photograph purporting to be a T34 in service in Yemen last year. Written by Mark Healy.

This makes Tiger, Sherman, Panzer IV and T34 for WW2 tanks having been on offer.

[ripley]

Panzer IV book ? I didn't know Haynes  had one . They have a Panzer III book  and a Churchill , which I have . And supposed to be a Stug book coming soon (?) from the Panzer III author .

[ultravanillasmurf]

Ah, you might be right.

Unfortunately I did not get it or the Sherman one while they were on offer at Christmas.

So far there have been a few typos in the text.

[ripley]

Just reviewed on the Armorama site ( Armor / AFV forum ) . This looks like a must have book since we have the Rubicon kit coming  later this year ( I hope )

[ultravanillasmurf]

Cool.

Is it in the traditional hardback or a softback like the RMS Titanic one?

In the text of the T34 one the author mentions he is writing one on the Stug.

[ripley]

The reviewer said it was hard cover , IRC none of the WW2 tank books have been released in soft , at least no one I know has got or seen one . And yes a Stug book is forth coming . Hope he touches on the Stug IV as well ( Stug III fighting compartment slapped on a Panzer IV hull ),

[ripley]

Picked up my Haynes Flak 88 book , wow . its great . Chapters on ammo , tow vehicles , how to place the gun , load the gun , etc , etc . Another winner by Haynes  . In relation to the discussions on the early Panzer IV A - Ds , I thought I would mention some great books that I've had a chance to look at , they're by Craig Ellis ( Eight Wheels Good Publishing ) . Hes got 11 books out on the Panzer IV , all with pictures from his personal collection . Such titles as Volume 1 : A - C , Vol 2 : D - E /TauchPz / VorPz ,  Suppliment Issue 2 Barbarossa Stowage ( unit specific stowage 1941 Russia ) , he's also authoured a couple of books for Peko Publishing  Panzer IV in Action Vol 1 & 2 . Again all his own pictures . I do have  a couple of Peko books ( on Russian subjects ) but can reccmend any of the ( 16 ) books they now have in the series . Both series give you a full page picture of a vehicle with a detailed description of the identifying  features as well as observations on markings , stowage and crews , battle damage , etc  . Occasionally you get 3 or 4 pictures of the same vehicle from different angles or taken days  apart , Both series are about 90 - 100 pages and IMO well worth the $ 45 - 50 US price tag . Any other good books out there on the Panzer IV that we might not know about  ? Hmm , tried adding images of the books but the picture program seems to have changed and dosen't work for me at this time , I'll call my son , he'll know how it works 

[ripley]

Haynes to release a book on the Panther late May 2019 . Same author as their excellent ( IMO ) T-34 series  publication

As well , PEKO has a book  #19 in their WW2 Photo Book Series , this one deals with German SPGs ( Hummel , Bison , Grille , Sturm Tiger etc ) . Same format as the others , 112  pages with one picture per page , lots of info on units , markings , crew , stowage , etc ( Hungarian / English text )