Panzerjager Technical & Operational History Vol. 1
Panzerjager Technical & Operational History Vol.1
This first volume deals with the Technical History of the Panzerjager. It will cover the origin history, technical description and technical data of each vehicle. Almost every vehicle will be illustrated in many photographs, technical drawings, and colour 2-D and3-D images (with see-through features to show detail inside the vehicles). The vehicles will be shown with various camouflage patterns used during the war.
The two volumes will have a combined total of 800 pages, which will include 200 pages of colour graphics. There will also be over 800 photos, almost all previously unpublished or very rare. If you have been looking for more excellent and new photographs of the Hetzer, Hornisse and Panzerjager IV.
This two-volume publication covers various types of tracked tank destroyers used during WW II by Wehrmacht, Waffen-SS and Luftwaffe Field formations. The following are covered:
- Panzerjäger I
- all types commonly referred to as Marder that were based on the Pz.Kpfw.II and Pz.Kpfw.38 (t) tanks, and captured French tanks
- prototype vehicles: 10.5 cm Pz.Sfl.IVa and 12.8 cm Sfl.V
- Hornisse (Nashorn)
- Panzerjäger IV
- Panzer IV/70 (V)
- Panzer IV/70 (A)
- Hetzer
- RSO (mounting the 7.5 cm Pak 40/4 gun)
- various types of Waffenträger
- improvised vehicles based on the Demag D 7 (Sd.Kfz. 10) halftrack, the Krupp L 3 H 143 truck and captured English and Russian tracked vehicles.
Waldemar Trojca, Karlheinz Münch and Markus Jaugitz
Hardcover large format
Due late May - available for pre-order