Review of Achtung Panzer No. 2
Book on Pz.Kpfw. III Variants
Model Graphix Japan
Author Unknown
ISBN: 4-499-20578-6
By Ray Mehlberger
MSRP: $34.95 at RZM Imports
By Ray Mehlberger
MSRP: $34.95 at RZM Imports
This book is soft cover of 72 pages in 10" x 10" page format. It is in a mixture of Japanese and English captions, but mostly Japanese.
The cover shows a black and white photo of a submersible version tank converted from a Pz.Kpfw. III Ausf. G that is with the 35th Panzer Regiment, 4th Panzer Division in Poland in May of 1941.
The back cover has a black and white photo of a Pz.Kpfw. III Ausf. L of the 13th Panzer Regiment in the southern part of Russia in February - March 1943. Three walk-around black and white photos accompany it.
Inside the front cover is one paragraph histories of the various versions of the Pz.Kpfw. III in Japanese and English.
Chapters in the book cover cover the Ausf. A through N versions of the Pz.Kpfw. III. There was never an "I" version.
Wartime black and white photos of variants are:
Ausf. A: one photo
Ausf. C: one photo
Ausf. D: four photos
Ausf. E: four photos
Ausf. F: three photos
Ausf: G: three photos
Ausf. H: six photos
Ausf. J: seven photos
Ausf. K: two photos
Ausf. L: three photos
Ausf. M: five photos
Ausf. N: one photo
There are many very detailed black and white line drawings included for:
Ausf. A through D: 4 pages of drawings
Ausf: E: three pages of drawings
Ausf. F: three pages of drawings
Ausf. H: three pages of drawings
Ausf. K: two pages of drawings
Ausf. L: five pages of drawings
Ausf. M: four pages
Ausf. N: four pages
Observation variant: 1 page with a wartime black and white photo.
The cover shows a black and white photo of a submersible version tank converted from a Pz.Kpfw. III Ausf. G that is with the 35th Panzer Regiment, 4th Panzer Division in Poland in May of 1941.
The back cover has a black and white photo of a Pz.Kpfw. III Ausf. L of the 13th Panzer Regiment in the southern part of Russia in February - March 1943. Three walk-around black and white photos accompany it.
Inside the front cover is one paragraph histories of the various versions of the Pz.Kpfw. III in Japanese and English.
Chapters in the book cover cover the Ausf. A through N versions of the Pz.Kpfw. III. There was never an "I" version.
Wartime black and white photos of variants are:
Ausf. A: one photo
Ausf. C: one photo
Ausf. D: four photos
Ausf. E: four photos
Ausf. F: three photos
Ausf: G: three photos
Ausf. H: six photos
Ausf. J: seven photos
Ausf. K: two photos
Ausf. L: three photos
Ausf. M: five photos
Ausf. N: one photo
There are many very detailed black and white line drawings included for:
Ausf. A through D: 4 pages of drawings
Ausf: E: three pages of drawings
Ausf. F: three pages of drawings
Ausf. H: three pages of drawings
Ausf. K: two pages of drawings
Ausf. L: five pages of drawings
Ausf. M: four pages
Ausf. N: four pages
Observation variant: 1 page with a wartime black and white photo.
There are 17 color walk-around photos of a Ausf. F in the Saumur Museum in France and 50 color walk-around photos of a Ausf. G in another museum, showing it's interior and exterior parts.
There are 53 black and white walk-around photos of Ausf. J and L versions (they are very similar) and 22 color walk-around photos of them too in a museum, showing interior and exterior parts.
There are 2 black and white walk-around photos of a Ausf. M in a museum.
The next to last page in the book has cover arts of 17 other books in the Model Graphix line.
The book was printed in Japan and has a copyright date of 1991.
There are 53 black and white walk-around photos of Ausf. J and L versions (they are very similar) and 22 color walk-around photos of them too in a museum, showing interior and exterior parts.
There are 2 black and white walk-around photos of a Ausf. M in a museum.
The next to last page in the book has cover arts of 17 other books in the Model Graphix line.
The book was printed in Japan and has a copyright date of 1991.
This book was willed to me by a fellow modeler who died of cancer years ago.