Customer Reviews

The Tiger Tank

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I consider myself a collector of Tiger I books and I have read a lot on this awesome tank over the years. This title by Roger Ford is somewhat disappointing. The content is shallow and the illustrations are sub-standard. I have seen cutaways of tanks from many books but the one in this book is just a joke. I guess this book is aimed at those who have no previous knowledge of this tank. Even another book from the same publisher MBI on T-34 deserves 3 stars.

If you are a serious Tiger I historian or enthusiast, don't bother to buy this book. You may look for the new book from Jean Restayn "Tiger I on the Eastern Front", which is a much better presentation of Tiger I.

This is a good resource of general information on the Tiger. The book covers many of the highlights of the Tiger I Ausf. E's service record. Brief treatment is given to Wittman's successes and demise. There is no coverage given to other Tiger aces such as Otto Carius. Some details of the Tiger's operational history have been omitted. For the Scale model enthusiatst, the book does have cutaway veiws showing the interior, and some photo's. There are also a few color plate showing paint schemes. Additional detail will have to be obtained from other sources. This book is an good value for the price. The serious historian, however, might want to look into other sources.

This book is well written and researched with plenty of b/w photographs and detailed information on the history and development of the German Tiger tank of WWII. Less impressive are the discussions on the role and tactics of the Tiger tank in combat. One plus is the many rare and unusual photographs in the book, some of which I have not seen anywhere else.

But I have to mention that the accompanying illustrations are few and rather poorly done. I would have liked more and better illustrations since the b/w photographs don't really show the different paint schemes and markings well. Also, the description of the Tiger's armament is too brief - there are no detailed pictures of the 88mm gun or the different ammuntion types.

Overall it would be a good buy as a first book but if you already have books on the topic, there probably won't be anything new here except perhaps the excellently done history and development of the Tiger.

A very objectivly written book on the Tiger I and it's variants. The Author does an excellent job of distinguishing between myth and fact. Large detailed photographs provide acurate prototypical views for detailed scale modeling.

I really enjoy reading about the development of panzers during WWII, so I thought Id give this book a chance. I found it to be very well written, with all the facts in place. Theres lots of cut-outs, side-by-side comparisons with the Tiger against the M4, T34, and Cromwell, and design specs. I wish it went further into the development and employment of the Tiger II, and more battle tactics on the Mk VI, but inspite of this its a really good source of info for the beginner to intermediate researcher of the Tiger.

The Tiger is surely the most famous tank ever produced to this date, and Roger Ford has done a yeoman's job of outlining all the attributes that made the Tiger such a fearsome weapon while also hitting the behemoth's weak points. Ford's book features many excellent b/w photographs of generally high quality, showing the tiger in production, battle, and in several instances, destruction. There are several schematics and even a couple pages devoted entirely to the Tiger's camoflauge schemes, and Ford goes over the tank's technical data in considerable detail, giving the reader a good idea of what the Tiger's designers went through. The book's major weakness is an almost total lack of tactical history, as Ford chooses to focus instead on the Tiger's overall strategic role in the grand scheme of WW2. More detailed accounts of tank-vs.-tank encounters or even interviews with surviving participants would have made this a complete text. As it is, "The Tiger Tank" is still a quality book, and one I definitely recommend to any armored warfare enthusiast.