Book Review of
2 cm Flak 28 & 30
Author: Alan Ranger
ISBN 978-83-66549-10-4
MMP (Mushroom Model Publications) Stratus
Camera On 28
By Ray Mehlberger
Copyright: 2022
MSRP: $25.00
MMP (Mushroom Model Publications) Stratus
Camera On 28
By Ray Mehlberger
Copyright: 2022
MSRP: $25.00
THE BOOK:
MMP (Mushroom Model Publications) is based in the UK. Their associate Stratus is based in Poland, were this book was printed.
The book is soft-cover of 80 pages in 8” x 11 ¾” page format.
This new photo album is number 28 in the MMP Books/Stratus "Camera On" series. It is the first to cover in such photographic detail the German usage of both the 2 cm Flak 28 and the Flak 30. Both of these weapons saw extensive action on all battle fronts of the Second World War wherever the German armed forces saw service. While they were both excellent weapons at their time of development, they both rapidly became less effective as ever faster and higher flying aircraft were produced by Germany's enemies.
This book contains 140+ black and white photographs, including the cover art, that were taken by the average German soldier of both the 2 cm Flak 28 and 30 as well as their crews while in service and many of the environments they had to operate within. This volume illustrates these weapons as the soldiers themselves viewed them in both their fighting environment and, in many cases, just as a tool they lived with and had to look after on a daily basis, not the highly polished and sanitized views of the official photographers. This book is an invaluable reference for military historians and modelers alike.
The last page of the book shows a black and white cover art of another book that MMP-Stratus manufacture: “Sd.Kfz. 10/4 & 10/5 Selbstfahrlafette”.
The back cover of the book shows 4 more black and white cover arts of MMP-Stratus books: “15 cm siG 33”, “Renault R35 & R40”, “Schwerer Glandegangiger Personenkraftwagen and successors” and “2cm Flak 38 Flakvierling 38”.
Nice book that will be of interest to modelers wanting to build a 2cm Flak 28 and also to military historians alike.
I sincerely wish to thank Casemate Publishers for this review sample. Casemate is the N. American distributor of MMP-Stratus books and all of their titles can be seen on Casemate’s website at:
MMP (Mushroom Model Publications) is based in the UK. Their associate Stratus is based in Poland, were this book was printed.
The book is soft-cover of 80 pages in 8” x 11 ¾” page format.
This new photo album is number 28 in the MMP Books/Stratus "Camera On" series. It is the first to cover in such photographic detail the German usage of both the 2 cm Flak 28 and the Flak 30. Both of these weapons saw extensive action on all battle fronts of the Second World War wherever the German armed forces saw service. While they were both excellent weapons at their time of development, they both rapidly became less effective as ever faster and higher flying aircraft were produced by Germany's enemies.
This book contains 140+ black and white photographs, including the cover art, that were taken by the average German soldier of both the 2 cm Flak 28 and 30 as well as their crews while in service and many of the environments they had to operate within. This volume illustrates these weapons as the soldiers themselves viewed them in both their fighting environment and, in many cases, just as a tool they lived with and had to look after on a daily basis, not the highly polished and sanitized views of the official photographers. This book is an invaluable reference for military historians and modelers alike.
The last page of the book shows a black and white cover art of another book that MMP-Stratus manufacture: “Sd.Kfz. 10/4 & 10/5 Selbstfahrlafette”.
The back cover of the book shows 4 more black and white cover arts of MMP-Stratus books: “15 cm siG 33”, “Renault R35 & R40”, “Schwerer Glandegangiger Personenkraftwagen and successors” and “2cm Flak 38 Flakvierling 38”.
Nice book that will be of interest to modelers wanting to build a 2cm Flak 28 and also to military historians alike.
I sincerely wish to thank Casemate Publishers for this review sample. Casemate is the N. American distributor of MMP-Stratus books and all of their titles can be seen on Casemate’s website at:
Highly recommended.