Review of Camouflage & Markings of
Commonwealth & Greek Armor
in the Balkans Campaign, April - May 1941
Armor Color Gallery no. 14
Author: Jeffrey Plowman
Model Centrum Progress, Model Books Republika, PL
By Ray Mehlberger
MSRP: $44.95
By Ray Mehlberger
MSRP: $44.95
Published to coincide witht he 75th Anniversary of the battle of Greece, this is an authoritive guide to the armor deployed by Commonwealth and Greek troops in continental Greece and Crete.
Covering wide variety of armored vehicles fielded by British 1st Armored Brigade HQ Squadron, 4th Queen's Own Hussars, 3rd & 7th Royal Tank Regiments and 3rd King's Own Hussars, 2nd New Zealand Division, 6th Australian Division and Greek 19th Motorized Division, this book includes many rare and never before published photos of early war British armored vehicles, with very detailed captions.
Most of these photos would never see the daylight without online markets. It includes: A10 and A13 Cruiser tanks, Matilda Infantry tanks, Vickers Light Mark IIIB and Light Mark VI tanks, Bren, Scout and Universal Carriers, and Marmon-Herrington Mark II armored cars.
The book is soft cover and contains 72 pages in 8" x 11" page format, 150 black and white photos and 24 full color plates of artwork by Arkadiusz Wrobel. These are 4 side profiles, two 2-view's and four 3-views, plus illustrations of unit marks.
Inside the front cover is the color face arts of 4 other books that Model Centrum Progress publishes: British Cruiser Tank A13 Mk. 1 & Mk. 2, Armor Photo History No. 1, Camouflage & Markings of German Armor in the Battle of Cassino January - May 1944, Armor Color Gallery No.13, Camouflage & Markings of Allied Armor in the Battle for Cassino January - May 1944, Armor Color Gallery No. 12 and Flying Tiger Colors, Camouflage & Markings of the American Volunteer Group and the USAAF 23rd Fighter Group 1941-1945, Warplanes Color Gallery No. 1 (this aicraft book is a new series).
Inside the back cover is a full page color advertisement of Mirage Hobby brand AFV model kits: a U.S. Light Tank M5, Tunisia 1949 (kit no. 726077), a U.S. Light Tank M5A1 (Mid.) 2nd Armored Div., Normandy, July 1944 (kit no. 726086), a U.S. Medium tank M5A1 (late), 3rd Armored Div., Normandy, July 1944 (kit no. 726087) , a U.S. Stuart Mk. VI M5A1 (laste) Light Tank, 1st Polish Armored Div., Normandy, August 18th 1944 (kit no. 726089) , a M3 Grant, Battle of Gazala, 26 May -21 June 1949 (kit no. 728008) and a M3 General Grant, CDL Tank, Germany, Rheinland, March 1945 (kit no. 729001).
All these kits are to 1/72nd scale.
Covering wide variety of armored vehicles fielded by British 1st Armored Brigade HQ Squadron, 4th Queen's Own Hussars, 3rd & 7th Royal Tank Regiments and 3rd King's Own Hussars, 2nd New Zealand Division, 6th Australian Division and Greek 19th Motorized Division, this book includes many rare and never before published photos of early war British armored vehicles, with very detailed captions.
Most of these photos would never see the daylight without online markets. It includes: A10 and A13 Cruiser tanks, Matilda Infantry tanks, Vickers Light Mark IIIB and Light Mark VI tanks, Bren, Scout and Universal Carriers, and Marmon-Herrington Mark II armored cars.
The book is soft cover and contains 72 pages in 8" x 11" page format, 150 black and white photos and 24 full color plates of artwork by Arkadiusz Wrobel. These are 4 side profiles, two 2-view's and four 3-views, plus illustrations of unit marks.
Inside the front cover is the color face arts of 4 other books that Model Centrum Progress publishes: British Cruiser Tank A13 Mk. 1 & Mk. 2, Armor Photo History No. 1, Camouflage & Markings of German Armor in the Battle of Cassino January - May 1944, Armor Color Gallery No.13, Camouflage & Markings of Allied Armor in the Battle for Cassino January - May 1944, Armor Color Gallery No. 12 and Flying Tiger Colors, Camouflage & Markings of the American Volunteer Group and the USAAF 23rd Fighter Group 1941-1945, Warplanes Color Gallery No. 1 (this aicraft book is a new series).
Inside the back cover is a full page color advertisement of Mirage Hobby brand AFV model kits: a U.S. Light Tank M5, Tunisia 1949 (kit no. 726077), a U.S. Light Tank M5A1 (Mid.) 2nd Armored Div., Normandy, July 1944 (kit no. 726086), a U.S. Medium tank M5A1 (late), 3rd Armored Div., Normandy, July 1944 (kit no. 726087) , a U.S. Stuart Mk. VI M5A1 (laste) Light Tank, 1st Polish Armored Div., Normandy, August 18th 1944 (kit no. 726089) , a M3 Grant, Battle of Gazala, 26 May -21 June 1949 (kit no. 728008) and a M3 General Grant, CDL Tank, Germany, Rheinland, March 1945 (kit no. 729001).
All these kits are to 1/72nd scale.