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Panzer Sicherungs-Kompanien and Panzer-Abteilung 208 - I. / Panzer-Regiment Feldherrnhalle Italy 1943-44, Hungary-Slovakia-Moravia 1944-45 Three Panzer-Sicherungs-Kompanien (armoured security companies) were created from existing units during the summer of 1943 to be employed in case of Italy's exit..

RG-31 Mk 5 US Medium Mine-Protected Vehicle - In action photographs and a detailed walkaround, English. - Limited print-run 999 copies - As our series "In-Detail" but half size / half price!Quality Photos and Illustrations; Illustrated with 86 colour photographs Language: English Number of Pages: ..

M88A2 HERCULES US Armoured Recovery Vehicle - In action photographs and a detailed walkaround, English. - Limited print-run 999 copies - As our series "In-Detail" but half size / half price!Quality Photos and Illustrations; Illustrated with 75 colour photographs Language: English Number of Pages: ..

M109A6 Paladin US Army Self-Propelled Howitzer - In action photographs and a detailed walkaround, English. - Limited print-run 999 copies - As our series "In-Detail" but half size / half price!Quality Photos and Illustrations; Illustrated with 89 colour photographs Language: English Number of Page..

Chevrolet 1.5 -ton 4x4 Trucks Cargo, M6 Bomb Service and others Production of the first Chevrolet 1 .5ton 4x4 trucks started in August 1940 with cargo and dump trucks with and without winch, panel trucks and the Bomb Service Truck M6. of these models only the cargo trucks kept rolling off the assemb..

U.S. WW II M29 and M29C Weasel Illustrated throughout. Excerpts of technical manuals, wartime photos, photos of restored vehicles. Ideal companion for modellers and fans of technology. Complete background history and variants.Quality Photos and Illustrations; illustrated with 150-200 illustrations..

Panzerkampfwagen III in Combat Many publications have already covered the technical and historical development of the Panzer III tank in detail. This publication for the first time avoids official and propaganda photographs but uses hitherto unpublished exclusive photographical footage taken by the ..

The idea of a unified design for a military passenger (field) car for the Wehrmacht began to take shape in the early 1930s. The intention was to avoid the many types of different vehicles that were used in the Reichswehr by concentrating on the so-called Leichter (light), mittlerer (medium) and schw..

The bulk of Wehrmacht transport of World War 2 was in the 3-ton payload range. The best known truck in this class, aside from the opel Blitz S, was the Henschel Typ 33. It is creditable that a peacetime design that saw the light of day as early as 1934 (when mass production for the Reichswehr was la..

Einheits Diesel Truck With the transition from the Reichswehr to the Wehrmacht intentions grew to create a standardised truck design for the army. The result was the "Light, off-road-capable Standardised Truck 6x6 Type HWA 526 D", or short "Einheits-Diesel" that was built by almost all German truck ..

It is the reality of the North Korean threat that South Korea faces daily and which explains, why the RoKA is the sixth largest army in the world. This publication grants for the first time an inside look into the vehicle pool and training of the army guarding the peace on the last Cold War frontlin..

Chinese Army Vehicles Vehicles of the Modern Chinese People's Liberation Army When a country possesses the largest army in the world, its equipment requirements will obviously be vast. Such is the case with China. With 2.3 million personnel in all four services of the Chinese People's Liberation Arm..

IFoR operation Joint Endeavour, the NATo-led deployment of the Implementation FoRce (IFoR) in order to end the conflict in Bosnia and Herzegovina (former Yugoslavia), was the first combat operation of NATo ever. It also was a milestone in the quick change of NATo from an alliance focused mainly on p..

The vehicles of the Modern German Army in Afghanistan The ongoing peace-keeping mission of the modern German Army in Afghanistan, ISAF, turned out to be the key factor for modernisation programmes and new purchases for the army's vehicles fleet. Already today, the German ISAF contingent employs type..

The highly successful career of the Wiesel 1 weapon carrier in the German Army called for further specialised variants on this chassis. Consequently a new range on stretched chassis (Wiesel 2) was launched and introduced. This publication concludes the study "5022 - Wiesel 1" by showing the followin..

BAoR - The Final Years - Vehicles of the British Army of the Rhine 1980-94 The 1980s saw significant modernisation efforts for the British Army of the Rhine. The most important addition to the vehicle pool was the new Challenger 1 main battle tank. This publication describes, in photographs taken at..

BAoR - The Early Years Vehicles of the British Army of the Rhine 1945-79 After the end of World War 2 the British Army of the Rhine was one of the main pillars of the NATo defence doctrine on West German soil. This publication covers the history, organisation and motor pool of the BAoR from 1945 to ..

BAoR in REFoRGER - Vehicles of the British Army of the Rhine in the REFoRGER Exercises 1975-91 Great Britain participated in the American REFoRGER exercises as an important NATo ally mainly with units of the British Army of the Rhine (BAoR). Initially only a small number of troops took part, but thi..

REFORGER 76 Gordian Shield / Lares Team The Screaming Eagles deploy to West Germany's Defence In the autumn of 1976, the US Army conducted REFORGER 76. Exceptional during this exercise was the participation of the 101st (US) Airborne Division in two corps-level field training exercises in Germany, w..

M75 - M59 'Boxes on Tracks' Blueprint for US Armoured Personnel Carriers in the Cold War Limited Edition: 999 copiesIn the final phase of World War Two and in the immediate post-war years the US Army wanted to replace their half-track vehicle fleet with a more modern and better armoured design. So..

Besatzungstruppe US Army From Enemy to Ally - U.S. Army occupation Forces in Germany 1945-55 From enemy to ally - Almost exactly ten years after World War Two, a period when American and German forces had been fierce enemies, West Germany joined the U.S.-led NATo as an ally of the Cold War in May 19..

REFORGER 88 Certain Challenge End of an Era - The largest REFORGER Exercise ever The REFORGER 88 Certain Challenge field training exercise took place under the 'AirLand Battle' doctrine, at the army group level and was led by two corps: V (US) Corps and VII (US) Corps. It became the largest ever exe..

When the most modern German Panzer types were needed on the frontlines, it became the task of captured tanks, the Beutepanzers, to control the German-occupied territories and to supplement German armoured formations. Among the many types used in the war, Beutepanzers of French origin stand out for t..

History - Technology - Production Batches - Combat Designed on a civilian background, the SdKfz. 2 "Kettenkrad" tracked motorcycle soon made an impact in the Wehrmacht. over the wartime years this unique, extremely off-road capable and sturdy design grew into one of the most versatile vehicles servi..