I am running out of superlatives to describe the Panzerwrecks series, so please forgive me if I use the same phrases to describe the latest in the series, Volume 6. As with previous editions, the book is a softback in landscape format, and runs to 100 pages, including covers. Almost every image is presented at full page width, and considering that the photographs are scanned from original wartime prints and enlarged considerably, the quality is remarkably good - some a little blurry but as stated by the publishers, they have been included for the interest value of the subjects, not photographic merit. And what fabulous subjects they are too! From Panthers, Möbelwagens, StuGs and Tigers, to eight wheel armoured cars, halftracks, Raupenschleppers and Hetzers, this volume has a great deal of variety, and will appeal to pretty much every builder of WW2 German armour. There are some terrific diorama ideas, particularly the abandoned Panzer IV/70(A) being passed by a couple of civilians pushing wicker carts, which looks like a full sized, black and white Verlinden scene from the 1980s! Thirteen pages are given to the Flammpanzer 38(t), the flamethrower version of the Hetzer, which are extremely interesting - goodness knows where the authors get this material from, but it’s priceless! Another extended sequence of pages provide a terrific insight into the conversion of an Sd.Kfz251 ausf.D to take the US Calliope rocket launcher - a kind of top-heavy hybrid Katyusha, with excellent shots of US Army engineers with welding torches etc - fascinating. There’s a lot more in Vol.6 on top of what I’ve described, so if you’re a compulsive armour modeller with an over-active imagination, get yourself a copy, it’s great value at £16.99. MN

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