Book Review of
Schwerer Glandegangiger
Personenkraftwagen & Successors
Author: Alan Ranger
MMP (Mushroom Model Publications)
Camera on number 27
ICBN: 978-83-66949-09-8
By Ray Mehlberger
Copyright: 2021
MSRP: $25.00
Camera on number 27
ICBN: 978-83-66949-09-8
By Ray Mehlberger
Copyright: 2021
MSRP: $25.00
THE BOOK:
MMP (Mushroom Model Publications) is based in the UK. Their books are printed in Poland by their associate Stratus there.
This book is of soft-cover of 80 pages in 8 ¼” x 11 ¾” page format.
The cover art shows a black and white wartime photo of a Horch Type 108 field car, that is on a grassy field and passing some bushes. It has 7 German infantrymen aboard it and one infantryman standing beside it. It carries a white license plate with black serial no. WH-529694 on it. No other markings are shown on it and I cannot say what color it is being a black and white photo.
The book
There are 106 photos of Horch Type 108’s, 13 photos of Mercedes-Benz Type L-1500As and 16 photos of Steyer 1500A & 2000A (Type 274s).
All the photos in the book are wartime black and white ones. A few of the trucks shown are ambulance versions. Most are shown surrounded by German infantry-men.
The back cover has 4 black and white cover arts of other AFV books that MMP publishes:
Opel Blitz
15cm Sig 33
Renault R35 & R40
2cm FLAK 28 & 30
This is a great picture album of these vehicles. It will be of interest to modelers and military historians alike. However, the photos are predominantly in poor focus and there are no color ones. Adding some color profiles would have made this book more interesting to modelers.
Other than that, I recommend it.
I sincerely wish to thank Casemate Publishing for this review sample. Casemate is the N. American distributor of MMP Books and all MMP titles can be viewed on Casemate’s website at:
MMP (Mushroom Model Publications) is based in the UK. Their books are printed in Poland by their associate Stratus there.
This book is of soft-cover of 80 pages in 8 ¼” x 11 ¾” page format.
The cover art shows a black and white wartime photo of a Horch Type 108 field car, that is on a grassy field and passing some bushes. It has 7 German infantrymen aboard it and one infantryman standing beside it. It carries a white license plate with black serial no. WH-529694 on it. No other markings are shown on it and I cannot say what color it is being a black and white photo.
The book
There are 106 photos of Horch Type 108’s, 13 photos of Mercedes-Benz Type L-1500As and 16 photos of Steyer 1500A & 2000A (Type 274s).
All the photos in the book are wartime black and white ones. A few of the trucks shown are ambulance versions. Most are shown surrounded by German infantry-men.
The back cover has 4 black and white cover arts of other AFV books that MMP publishes:
Opel Blitz
15cm Sig 33
Renault R35 & R40
2cm FLAK 28 & 30
This is a great picture album of these vehicles. It will be of interest to modelers and military historians alike. However, the photos are predominantly in poor focus and there are no color ones. Adding some color profiles would have made this book more interesting to modelers.
Other than that, I recommend it.
I sincerely wish to thank Casemate Publishing for this review sample. Casemate is the N. American distributor of MMP Books and all MMP titles can be viewed on Casemate’s website at:
Highly Recommended.