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German Armoured Cars and Reconnaissance Half Tracks 1939-1945

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I'm no armor expert but I do have a fair knowledge of the subject and a full bookcase of reference books to prove it. This book is a real lightweight. No meat and nearly no potatoes. Not recommended except to persons who want a quick reference and have a limited amount of money to spend. You get what you pay for, 48 pages, 9.6" by 6.9" to cover development and operations of these vehicles over the 6 year period of WW2. Anyone want to buy my lightly read copy?

This book has a good bit of historical information that is very good.
However,
From a model builders viewpoint, it is not very good.
There are virtually NO interior photos. There are some decent line drawings, and in action pictures, but I would not purchase it again.

German Armoured Cars and Reconnaissance Half-Tracks 1939-45 was a bit disappointing in the brevity of its coverage. I bought it with a question regarding the number of crewmen in the SdKfz 233. I am convinced it held only 3, but this book didn't even mention it.

The Vanguard series is intended to give a brief introducton to various weapons systems used in the major wars of the 20th century. As such, they include color plates of various paint schemes on campaign, a sectional drawing of a representative vehicle, and plenty of B&W photos in the text. All this is wrapped in an elementary text based on new research in newly opened archives and presented in an attractive format. Useful to war gamers, students, and model makers.