Book Review of MMB Books Staff Cars in Germany WW2, Vol. 3 Camera On 32
Author: Alan Ranger
ISBN: 978-83-67227-19-3
By Ray Mehlberger
Copyright: 2023
MSRP: $22.00
By Ray Mehlberger
Copyright: 2023
MSRP: $22.00
THE BOOK:
MMB Books is based in Poland.
This book is in soft-cover of 84 pages in 8 ¼” x 11 ¾” format.
The cover art shows a gloss-black Mercedes 170V Cabriolet Type B, parked on the coastal road, close to the small town of Nienhagen, Germany, on 22 July 1942, with 3 German soldiers standing next to it.
The book contains a title page, a half-page FORWARD, two INTRODUCTION pages and 11 chapters about Mercedes types of staff cars.
First, there is a photo of a Kfz. 2 Mercedes 170 VK, aboard flatcars on a train, with some radio equipped Kubelwagens.
CHAPTER 1: The Mercedes 170 V type W136, 2-door, 4-seat cabriolet, body type “B” in S.W. France. (2 black and white photos)
CHAPTER 2: The Mercedes 170 cabriolet, A type & B type. (17 black and white photos)
CHAPTER 3: The Mercedes 170 with sunroof. (21 black and white photos)
CHAPTER 4: The Mercedes 170 limousine. (17 black and white photos)
CHAPTER 5: The Mercedes 170 Kubelwagen (23 black and white photos) One is pulling a howitzer and one has a radio shack aboard.
CHAPTER 6: The Mercedes 200, 230 & 260 (24 black and white photos)
CHAPTER 7: The Mercedes 260 & 320 Kubelwagen (6 black and white photos)
CHAPTER 8: The Mercedes 320 (2 black and white photos)
CHAPTER 9: The Mercedes 320 –W142 (11 black and white photos)
CHAPTER 10: The Mercedes 500 & 540K –W24 (6 black and white photos)
CHAPTER 11: The Mercedes 6-wheeled G4 (3 black and white photos)
The last 2 pages and the back cover of the book show black and white cover-arts of 8 other books that MMB Books publishes:
Luftwaffe Search Lights & Range Finding Equipment
Henschel HS 126
2 CM Flak 38, Flakvierling 38
2 CM Flak 28 & 30
Schwerer Glandegangiger Personenkraftwagen & Successors
Renault R35 & R40
15 CM Sig 33
Opel Blitz
This book will be of great interest to modelers and military historians alike.
I want to sincerely thank Casemate Publishers for this review sample.
All MMB Book titles can be viewed on Casemate’s website at:
Highly recommended.