The Panzerwreck books have become quite well known as a great photo reference source. The photos within are mostly of destroyed German armour but occassionally include captured allied vehicles in german use as well as german vehicles that have been captured. Whilse these photos are primariy of destroyed and damaged vehicles they are still a great source of reference for camo schemes, layouts, and of course what a tank looks like when it comes apart. Most of these photos were taken by amateur photographers at the time but the quality is stillvery good on the whole, with some very large, very good images.
This particular issue, Number 8, concentrates on the battlefields of Normandy with 96 pages of black and white photos. The main centre of the book is a genralised section of Normany wrecks whilst the front and rear of the book have several sections which each concentrate on one particular subject. These are :
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German field guns on Lorraine Schlepper
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15cm Panzerwerfer 42
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Pz.Lehr wrecks during ‘Operation Cobra’.
The photos altogether include the following :
- Lg.s.F.H.13(Sfl.) auf Lr.S and le.F.H.18/4 (Sfl.) auf Lr.S ( thirteen pages )
- Tiger I and Tiger II ( eleven pages )
- le.Pz.Sp.Wg. (2cm) (Sd.Kfz.222) Ausf.B ( four pages )
- s.Pz.Sp.Wg. (Fu) Sd.Kfz.232 ( two pages )
- Sturmgeschütz III Ausf.G ( four pages )
- Panther Ausf.A, and Panther Ausf.G ( sixteen pages )
- Panzerjager II fur 7.5cm Pak 40/2 ( Sd.Kfz. 131 ) Marder II ( two pages )
- Jagdpanzer IV ( two pages )
- Wespe ( two pages )
- StuG. III Ausf. G on Sd.Anh.116 ( two pages )
- Pz.Kpfw.IV Ausf. J on Sd.Anh.116 ( two pages )
- 15cm Panzerwerfer 42 Sd.Kfz. 4/1 ( eight pages )
- Flakpanzer 38 ( two pages )
- Flakpanzer Möbelwagen ( two pages )
- 2cm Flakvierling 38 auf Büssing-NAG 4500A ( two pages )
- Sturmpanzer 43 ( one page )
- Hummel ( one page )
- Pz.Kpfw.IV Ausf.H ( eight pages )
- Schutzenpanzerwagen Sd.Kfz. 250/9 ( three pages )
- Beob.Pz.Lr.S m.S.P.W. (Granatwerfer) Sd. Kfz.251/2 ( four pages )
- mittlerer Pionierpanzerwagen Sd.Kfz.251/7 ( three pages )
These are a great series of books and this particular one should be a great refence point for anyone looking for some good, decent sized, decent qulity images of vehicles on the battlefields of Normandy.
Authors : Lee Archer and William AuerbachPublisher : Panzerwrecks ( www.panzerwrecks.com )
Pages : 96 containing B&W Photos Binding : Softcover Size : 212mm x 282mm ISBN : 978-0-9754183-9-0 ( US ) ; 978-0-9555940-5-2 (UK)
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