Book Description
Covers the use and design of the Panzer II armored fighting vehicle.
Author : Horst Scheibert
Publisher : Schiffer Pub Limited
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 17,17 MB
Release : 2004-09
Category : Tanks (Military science)
ISBN : 9780887406744
Covers the use and design of the Panzer II armored fighting vehicle.
Author : Franz Kurowski
Publisher : Stackpole Books
Page : 485 pages
File Size : 11,59 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0811731731
With speed, violence, and deadly power, heavily armored tanks spearheaded the German blitzkrieg that stormed across Europe in 1939. In this reprint of the classic book, prolific author Kurowski tells the action-packed stories of six of the most daring and successful officers ever to command these Panzers.
Author : Anthony Tucker-Jones
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 23,49 MB
Release : 2018-09-30
Category : History
ISBN : 1526701650
While the Panzer I and II are not as famous as the German tanks produced later in the Second World War, they played a vital role in Hitler's early blitzkrieg campaigns and in the Nazi rearmament program pursued, at first in secret, by the Nazi regime during the 1930s. Anthony Tucker-Jones's photographic history of their design, development and wartime service is an ideal introduction to them.Both Panzers saw combat during the invasions of Poland and France, the Low Countries and Scandinavia during 1939-40. Although by the time the Wehrmacht invaded the Soviet Union in 1941, the Panzer I had been virtually phased out of service, in the form of self-propelled guns they continued to see combat well into 1943. The Panzer II was also phased out with the panzer regiments in late 1943, yet it remained in action on secondary fronts and, as the self-propelled Marder II antitank gun and Wespe artillery variant, it saw active service with the panzer and panzer grenadier divisions until the end of the war. The Panzer I and II were the precursors of the formidable range of medium and heavy tanks that followed the Panzer III and IV and the Panther and Tiger and this book is a fascinating record of them.
Author : Chris Bishop
Publisher : History PressLtd
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 38,62 MB
Release : 2007-11-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9781862274419
A highly illustrated and essential reference guide organized by campaigns within each theatre.
Author : Robert Jackson
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 27,76 MB
Release : 2018-01-30
Category : History
ISBN : 1526711265
The Panzer I and II played a significant part in the blitzkrieg campaigns that brought Germany such extraordinary success in the early years of the Second World War, and this highly illustrated volume in the TankCraft series is the ideal introduction to them.The Treaty of Versailles forbade Germany to manufacture tanks so the Panzer I had to be developed in strict secrecy, but by the time of the invasion of Poland the Wehrmacht had over 1400 of these light tanks. The Panzer II was an interim design, bridging the gap between the Panzer I and subsequent, far more viable armored fighting vehicles like the Panzer III and IV.As well as tracing the history of the Panzer I and II, Robert Jackson's book is an excellent source of reference for the modeler, providing details of available kits, together with artworks showing the color schemes applied to these tanks. Each section of the book is supported by a wealth of wartime photographs as well as diagrams showing the technical changes that were made to these tanks in the course of their careers.
Author : Lucas Molina Franco
Publisher : AF Editores
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 50,97 MB
Release : 2006-08-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9788487314438
This book is part a of new series coming to us from AF Editions in Spain. Published last year in Spanish, they are now appearing for the first time in English. The book features a comprehensive narrative text and a combination of exceptionally high quality 4 color black and white photos accompanied by spectacular full color profiles of each of the tanks-all custom created for these books. AF Editions have pioneered a system for producing profiles which produce a unique texture rich look and a level of detail that is unprecedented. This series and the books will be of great interest to all WWII enthusiasts and to modelers in particular. REVIEWS "As an introduction to the Panzer I and its variants, this title fulfils its role admirably... for those of us primarily modelers ..., it offers a broad sweep of information sufficient to model in detail any of the Panzer I variants. Recommended."Military Modeling.com, 01/2008 .,."very well rendered... will prove useful to modelers... certainly worth the asking price... the color plates are overall very appealing ..."Missing Lynx, 06/2008
Author : Walter J. Spielberger
Publisher : Schiffer Pub Limited
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 47,13 MB
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN : 9780764326240
This book in the series described the technical and tactical development of these light tanks - from the Reichswehr years to the World War II campaigns in Poland, France and Russia.
Author : Craig Moore
Publisher :
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 40,29 MB
Release : 2021-01-21
Category :
ISBN : 9781781558041
This sounds a strange title for a book, but currently, there are five surviving German Panther tanks in America. This book examines the restored Panther tank at the American Heritage Museum, Hudson, MA and the four held by the U.S. Army Armor and Cavalry Collection, Fort Benning, GA, including the Panther II.
Author : David R. Higgins
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 81 pages
File Size : 12,39 MB
Release : 2015-05-20
Category : History
ISBN : 1472808827
Hitler's lightning invasion of Poland in 1939 marked the beginning of World War II in Europe. This was the period when armoured warfare inscribed itself into global consciousness as the Poles desperately sought to stave off the Blitzkrieg. At the heart of the fighting on the ground, large numbers of Nazi Germany's PzKpfw II battled against Poland's better-armed but much less numerous 7TP tank. The two types both possessed unique strengths and weaknesses unlike the 7TP the PzKpfw II was always equipped with radio, which proved critical for command and control purposes in the heat of combat. But the German tank was blighted by thin armour, which could not withstand Polish gunfire at combat ranges. This fully illustrated, detailed work evaluates the qualities and idiosyncrasies of each tank, giving a stark and arresting crewman's-eye-view of the brutal armoured combat at the height of the invasion of Poland.
Author : Ernst Rebentisch
Publisher : Stackpole Books
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 47,69 MB
Release : 2012-03-21
Category : History
ISBN : 0811746410
Complete history of a German tank division that fought exclusively on the Eastern Front.