Panzer Tracts No.19-1: Beutepanzer – Czech, Polish & French Panzer Tracts No.19-1: Beutepanzer is packed with new information on the history, organisation, unit strength, tactics, and types of captured tanks issued to each unit. Having contacted veterans from almost every Beutepanzer unit, Werner Regenberg has compiled an enormous archive of original documents and photographs directly […]
Panzer Tracts No.7-3: Panzerjäger (7.5cm Pak 40/4 to 8.8cm Waffenträger) Panzer Tracts No.7-3: Panzerjäger: Panzer Tracts’ 37-year search for original records (created by those responsible for designing, producing, and using the Panzerjäger) has resulted in them uncovering the facts on their names (and correct nicknames) production, modification, issue, organisation, and frontline employment. Hundreds of research […]
Panzer Tracts No.6-3: Pz.Kpfw. Maus and E-100 For Panzer Tracts No.6-3: Pz.Kpfw. Maus and E-100, Panzer gurus Thomas Jentz and Hilary Doyle look at the development and production of the legendary super-heavy Maus and E-100 tanks. Thanks to the School of Tank Technology, Krupp’s correspondence and meeting notes survived to provide a detailed inside view […]
Panzer Tracts No.5-2 – Panther Ausf.A book For Panzer Tracts No.5-2, the authors spent hundreds of hours accurately measuring surviving Panther Ausf.A’s and hundreds of days drawing at full-scale to create as-built drawings for the first time – accurate to the same tight tolerances demanded of the original assembly firms. Hundreds of research hours went […]
My Memories of a ‘Good Egg’ I met Bill in the early 1990s after contacting him through AFV News (he had been prominent in writing articles for Military Modelling, World War 2 Journal and AFV News). What started as a formal letter writing exercise evolved into a close friendship with a shared passion for late […]
Panzer Tracts No.22-5 – Armoured and Flak Sd.Kfz.7 Panzer Tracts No.22-5 – Armoured and Flak Sd.Kfz.7 features impressive new facts about the history of the armoured 8-ton halftrack built together with the 8.8cm Flak 18 bunker buster “Bunkerknacker”. Until now, the self-propelled guns on half-track “Sfl. auf m.Zgkw. 8t” have simply been identified by weapon: […]
Panzer Tracts No.22-4 – Sd.Kfz.7 Panzer Tracts No.22-4 – Sd.Kfz.7: The Sd.Kfz.7 was one of the most important German military vehicles. Due to their impressive size and the weapons they towed, they capture the imagination of all. Over time they faded into the background, though they were produced in ever-increasing numbers. The Panzer Tracts team […]
Panzer Tracts No.15-4: Final development of m.SPW – Schützenpanzer Sd.Kfz 251 to Vollketten M.S.P Kätzchen The first part of Panzer Tracts No.15-4 covers the ongoing development of the Sd.Kfz 251 with the objective of turning it into a suitable combat vehicle. By November 1941, a specification was issued for a fully tracked M.S.P. (Mittlerer Schützen […]
Fotos from the Panzertruppen book by Lee Archer and William Auerbach If you like the big photos in Panzerwrecks, you will love this 64-page book from the same authors, which uses images taken by German servicemen. All of the pictures are from veterans’ collections and photo albums, and most are from the authors’ collections. Seventy-seven […]
