Italian Armour In German Service 1943-1945

Italian Armour In German Service 1943-1945

 

From Roadrunner Publishing comes this exquisite book on the subject of Italian military vehicles used by the Germans. Once the Armistice was signed, the German army rounded up all the Italian military vehicles it could find. This amounted to quite a haul and was more than enough to fully equip the units for which they were destined. As you might expect, a goodly number of these vehicles were used in secondary roles, with the police (which were pretty para-military) and with anti-partisan units throughout the Aegean basin. What's more, since the Germans controlled the industrialized north, new vehicles were constantly under construction. This also included a fairly well organized repair system as well. In fact, new equipment was being produced right up until the last days of the war. This book is divided into five sections. Part One is a grouping of introductory essays on technical and linguistic notes, German unit organization, vehicle production, the use of Italian armor and the opinion of the Germans regarding Italian vehicles. On this last item, one can pretty well sum it up into saying that they thought most of the vehicles were adequate, but they really liked the Italian armored cars. Part Two covers the vehicles and there are sections on armored railway vehicles, armored cars, light & medium tanks, self-propelled guns, and the P-40 heavy tank (with a special section on the P-40's last fight). Part Three covers its employment in the field with German units, RSI units and then there is a section on uniforms and personal equipment. This part is rather extensive as it covers all known units and the equipment they have used. This must have taken a lot of research to obtain this information. The Fourth part is on camouflage schemes and unit insignia with the final section on various documentation, references and acknowledgements. What one has in the end is the finest work on this subject yet published. Includes hundreds of period photos and excellent drawings by John L. Rue and outstanding colour profiles by Giovanni Mapelli and Jean Restayn.

Daniele Guglielmi

Hardcover large format 314pp

 

Book Code:  EX0691

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