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German Tanks at War

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Of all the books that have attempted to cash in on the recent popularity of World War Two subjects, this is one of the worst I've seen. It offers the usual potted history of the Panzer arm, and could just as well have been written in 1970. It has nothing new to add, despite the avalanche of fresh material which has been unearthed in the archives of Russia and Eastern Europe in the last ten years. What are truly appalling are the color illustrations, which are computer generated. This in and of itself would not be bad, but the illustrations resemble computer graphics from a 1980's video wargame blown up to full-page size. They are literally quite useless even for purposes of casual identification of the various types of tanks depicted (for instance, the Panzer IV turret has six sides in real life--in the drawing it has four). Proportions are wrong and details ignored or invented by the illustrator.
The photographs are no better. For the most part, they are the same propaganda shots we have been seeing for the last 60 years, but most are also marred by digital artifacts resulting from cheap scanning (whether this is the fault of the publishing house or the Slovenian subcontractor who actually printed the book I don't know). If you want a book on German World War Two Armor, get one by Thomas Jentz, Hilary Louis Doyle, Jean Restayn, Horst Scheibert, Bruce Culver, Uwe Feist or Walter Spielberger. All of these authors have solid scholarship to offer in the field, and provide good value for money. Give this book a pass.

I like this book very much, it contains a lot of information.
And it has some very nice pictures and it's written in a very understandable language.
The only comment is that the book is written for people who know a little about the subject and want to learn more, it doesn't bring any new facts.(which is perfect for me)