Book Review of
Images of War
Hitler’s Anti-tank Weapons 1939-1945
Rare Photos From Wartime Archives
Author: Hans Seidler
Pen & Sword Books Ltd.
ISBN: 9781526749833
By Ray Mehlberger
MSRP: $22.95
ISBN: 9781526749833
By Ray Mehlberger
MSRP: $22.95
Hitler’s Wehrmacht and SS units will be remembered for their aggressive “Blitzkrieg” tactics. But, as the war progressed the Germans, recognizing the offensive capability of armoured warfare, developed an impressive range of anti-tank warfare weaponry and munitions.
Using many rare unpublished images, this Images of War book covers the full Nazi anti-armour capability from the 3.7cm Pak 35, 5cm Pak 38 and 7.5cm Pak 40 to the versatile 8.8 Flak gun feared by the Allies, Also featured are the half-tracks and converted Panzers that pulled or mounted these weapons and carried forward observers and reconnaissance elements.
Later hand-held anti-tank weapons came into service and were effective and economic against Allied armor. The Panzer faust, with its shaped charge warhead, became the first disposable anti-tank weapon in history.
This comprehensive book show this formidable range of weapons in action from Poland in 1939, through North Africa and the Eastern Front to the final collapse in 1945.
THE AUTHOR:
Hans Seidler is a leading collector of WWII memorabilia and an authority on German armed forces and their equipment. His published works with Pen & Sword includes “Hitler’s Tank Killers – Sturmgeschutz at War 1940-1945”,”Luftwaffe Flak Divisions”, “Hitler’s Boy Soldiers” and “Hitler’s Defeat on the Western Front 1944-1945”, all in the Images of War Series.
THE BOOK:
Pen & Sword Books Ltd. Is based in the UK.
This book is soft-cover of 128 pages in 7 ½” x 9 ¾” page format.
The cover art shows a black and white wartime photo of a Pak 35/36 and its crew set up in a field that has burning buildings in the background.
Below this there are 4
3 more small black and white wartime photos. The first one shows a Pak 35/36 parked in a forest, the second one shows a German crew manning a Pak gun, the third one shows a Wespe tank and the fourth one shows a Pak 35/36 and its crew set up on a city street.
The back cover shows 3 more small black and white wartime photos of Tiger tanks. This is strange, because they are not illustrated in the book at all.
The book contains: black and white wartime photos of – the Pak 35/36, a photo of the Panzerjager I, a photo of the Panzerbuchse 39, 16 photos of the Pak 38, a photo of the Pak 184/1 (r), 9 photos of the Pak 97/38, 3 photos of the 8.8cm Flak gun, a photo of a Marder II Ausf. D mounted with a 7.62cm Pak 35/36, a photo o a Hummel mounted with a Pak 43, a photo of a Marder III mounted with a captured Soviet Model 36 A-T gun, a photo of a Sd.Kfz.251/22 Ausf. D half-track mounted with a 7.5cm Pak gun, 12 photos of a Panzerfaust, a photo of a Pak 43, a photo of a Pak 41, a photo of a Elefant Panzejaer mounted with a 8.8cm 43/2, a photo of a MG42 machine gun, 8 photos of a Panzershreck, a photo o a Sd.Kfz. 251/10 half-track mounted with a Pak 35/36, a photo of a RSO Tractor mounted with a Pak 40 and 2 illustrations of pages out of a training manual for the Panzerfaust.
These weapons are mostly shown with their crews around them.
It will be of great interest to modelers and military historians alike.
Highly recommended.
I want to sincerely thank Casemate Publishers for this review sample. They are the North American distributors for Pen & Sword books and all Pen & Sword book titles can be viewed on Casemates web site at:
Using many rare unpublished images, this Images of War book covers the full Nazi anti-armour capability from the 3.7cm Pak 35, 5cm Pak 38 and 7.5cm Pak 40 to the versatile 8.8 Flak gun feared by the Allies, Also featured are the half-tracks and converted Panzers that pulled or mounted these weapons and carried forward observers and reconnaissance elements.
Later hand-held anti-tank weapons came into service and were effective and economic against Allied armor. The Panzer faust, with its shaped charge warhead, became the first disposable anti-tank weapon in history.
This comprehensive book show this formidable range of weapons in action from Poland in 1939, through North Africa and the Eastern Front to the final collapse in 1945.
THE AUTHOR:
Hans Seidler is a leading collector of WWII memorabilia and an authority on German armed forces and their equipment. His published works with Pen & Sword includes “Hitler’s Tank Killers – Sturmgeschutz at War 1940-1945”,”Luftwaffe Flak Divisions”, “Hitler’s Boy Soldiers” and “Hitler’s Defeat on the Western Front 1944-1945”, all in the Images of War Series.
THE BOOK:
Pen & Sword Books Ltd. Is based in the UK.
This book is soft-cover of 128 pages in 7 ½” x 9 ¾” page format.
The cover art shows a black and white wartime photo of a Pak 35/36 and its crew set up in a field that has burning buildings in the background.
Below this there are 4
3 more small black and white wartime photos. The first one shows a Pak 35/36 parked in a forest, the second one shows a German crew manning a Pak gun, the third one shows a Wespe tank and the fourth one shows a Pak 35/36 and its crew set up on a city street.
The back cover shows 3 more small black and white wartime photos of Tiger tanks. This is strange, because they are not illustrated in the book at all.
The book contains: black and white wartime photos of – the Pak 35/36, a photo of the Panzerjager I, a photo of the Panzerbuchse 39, 16 photos of the Pak 38, a photo of the Pak 184/1 (r), 9 photos of the Pak 97/38, 3 photos of the 8.8cm Flak gun, a photo of a Marder II Ausf. D mounted with a 7.62cm Pak 35/36, a photo o a Hummel mounted with a Pak 43, a photo of a Marder III mounted with a captured Soviet Model 36 A-T gun, a photo of a Sd.Kfz.251/22 Ausf. D half-track mounted with a 7.5cm Pak gun, 12 photos of a Panzerfaust, a photo of a Pak 43, a photo of a Pak 41, a photo of a Elefant Panzejaer mounted with a 8.8cm 43/2, a photo of a MG42 machine gun, 8 photos of a Panzershreck, a photo o a Sd.Kfz. 251/10 half-track mounted with a Pak 35/36, a photo of a RSO Tractor mounted with a Pak 40 and 2 illustrations of pages out of a training manual for the Panzerfaust.
These weapons are mostly shown with their crews around them.
It will be of great interest to modelers and military historians alike.
Highly recommended.
I want to sincerely thank Casemate Publishers for this review sample. They are the North American distributors for Pen & Sword books and all Pen & Sword book titles can be viewed on Casemates web site at: