Panzerjager Technical & Operational History Vol 2
The three volumes will cover in detail all units that were equipped with the various Panzerjager (including their movements, battles and state of their Panzerjager equipment). Tables will also be included that show Panzerjäger deliveries to combat units and the number of operational vehicles and those under repair. In addition, there will be organizational diagrams, maps, hundreds of photographs and more 2-D and 3-D colour graphics.
The three volumes will have a combined total of c1,200 pages, which will include 200 pages of colour graphics. There will also be over 800 photos, almost all previously unpublished or very rare. This three volume series covers various types of tracked tank destroyers used during WW II by Wehrmacht, Waffen-SS and Luftwaffe Field formations. The following are covered:
- Panzerjäger I
- all types commonly referred to as Marder that were based on the Pz.Kpfw.II and Pz.Kpfw.38 (t) tanks, and captured French tanks
- prototype vehicles: 10.5 cm Pz.Sfl.IVa and 12.8 cm Sfl.V
- Hornisse (Nashorn)
- Panzerjäger IV
- Panzer IV/70 (V)
- Panzer IV/70 (A)
- Hetzer
- RSO (mounting the 7.5 cm Pak 40/4 gun)
- various types of Waffenträger
- improvised vehicles based on the Demag D 7 (Sd.Kfz. 10) halftrack, the Krupp L 3 H 143 truck and captured English and Russian tracked vehicles.
Volume 2 will contain approximately 340 pages, including 80 pages of color profiles and 3D color drawings, 250 photographs, and approximately 350 2D/3D B & W drawings. The volume will cover the following vehicles:
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All Marder vehicles based on the chassis of captured French tanks
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Panzerjäger IV
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Panzer IV/70 (V)
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Panzer IV/70 (A)
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RSO (with the 7.5 cm Pak 40/4 gun)
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Various Waffentäger
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Improvised vehicles based on the Demag D 7 halftrack (Sd.Kfz. 10), the Krupp L 3 H 143 truck and other captured English and Russian half-tracked vehicles.
Waldemar Trojca, Karlheinz Münch and Markus Jaugitz
Hardcover large format 340 pages, including 80 pages of colour profiles and 3D colour drawings, 250 photographs, and approximately 350 2D/3D b&w drawings