Discovered too late to include in PW15, the following information comes to us via Tom Laemlein of Armor Plate Press who has just released a reprint of the Recognition Handbook of German Technical Equipment originally published in May, 1945 by SHAEF Office of Assistant Chief of Staff G-4: The 18t Zgkw on page 69 and […]
Looking over the dug-in derelict Panther (was it really derelict, or just misunderstood based on social norms and mores of the time?) on pages 78-82, a) I think the armored roof over the driver’s compartment was removed, not blown off. This would allow for much easier entrance and exit from the Panther now slightly […]
PAK: A Photo Study of German Anti-Tank Weapons This is a photo study of German anti-tank weapons in World War II. It provides fascinating views of weapons, positions, and crews, from heavy rifles to the massive 128mm gun, and shows the full scope of anti-tank vehicles in action from 1939 to 1945. The book is […]
FLAK: A Photo Study of German Anti-Aircraft Weapons This is a detailed photo study of German anti-aircraft weapons. It presents the full range of German AA weapons in World War II, from machine guns to the famous 88mm guns and the heavy 128mm. The book also provides interesting views of German flak positions and gun […]
Aircraft Weapons of World War One Aircraft Weapons of World War One: This war introduced the concept of aerial combat, and this book presents the visual documentation of the weapons of the first air war. From rather humble beginnings in the war’s early days, with pistols and grenades carried aloft, to the strategic bombers and […]
USAAF Aircraft Weapons of WWII book by Tom Laemlein This book focuses on the war-winning weaponry of the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. With 160 pages containing more than 300 photos, it offers stunning visual details of the machine guns, cannons, bombs, and rockets carried into battle by USAAF bombers, fighters, […]
Broken Wings: Captured & Wrecked Aircraft of the Blitzkrieg Broken Wings is Tom Laemlein’s second volume in Canfora’s Aircraft Pictorial Series. Over 176 pages, the book presents almost 250 photos of Allied aircraft that fell into the hands of advancing German forces in the early years of World War Two. These photographs allow one to […]
Fallen Stars 1 – Crashed, Damaged and Captured Aircraft of the USAAF Fallen Stars 1 is the first in the new Aircraft Pictorial Series from Canfora Design & Publishing. This series showcases high-quality photos of crashed, damaged and captured US, German, Japanese, British, Soviet and French aircraft. This first volume focusses on the USAAF. The most challenging […]
