I think the best way to sum up 2018 for Panzerwrecks is “behind schedule”. We’d planned to publish more that we actually achieved for a start. Panzerwrecks 22: Desert made it out of the computer and into your hands. The book had been a work in progress of mine for many years, and was surprisingly […]
1945 German Colors book. AK 403 1945 German Colors looks at original, eye-catching colour variants and camouflage patterns used by the German Army from 1944 until the war’s end in May 1945. The book contains more than 180 colour profiles by Claudio Fernandez, showing the many camouflage patterns used by the German forces. Vehicles include […]
Panzerwrecks 22: Desert Panzerwrecks 22: Desert: Which unit painted a large flamingo on their halftrack? Who covered a Pz.Kpfw.III in concrete? How do you drive an 8-wheeled armoured car? What does an armour-piercing rocket do to a Panzer? Where did the British collect captured German tanks? The answers to these and other questions are to […]
In Focus 1: Jagdpanzer 38 – ‘Hetzer’ book In Focus 1: Jagdpanzer 38 (Hetzer) is the first in a new series of books from Panzerwrecks about the men and machines of World War 2. As its title implies, the subject of this first book is the German Jagdpanzer 38 tank hunter – often (incorrectly) referred […]
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 using 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 photographs […]
Panzerwrecks 20: Ostfront 3 Book – Lake Balaton Panzer wrecks. Nearly every photograph in Panzerwrecks 20 is from a photograph album unearthed from the depths of a Russian archive and was produced by the 17th Air Army during their evaluation of the effects of aircraft weapons on German (and Hungarian) tanks littering the area around […]
Panzerwrecks 19: Yugoslavia – Panzers in Yugoslavia Panzerwrecks 19: Yugoslavia. How did partisans improve the firepower of the Somua S35? And where did it end up? Who was ambushed at Vukov Klanac? What vehicles did they lose? Why did a German Panzer unit pose as Allied tankers? Where did the Yugoslav Army collect and overhaul […]
Panzerwrecks 18 by Lee Archer and William Auerbach Panzerwrecks 18: Who modified their Jagdpanthers, and why? What non-threatening name was painted on a Jagdpanzer? How does a ‘Treibgas’ device work? When were Panzer crews authorised to paint red ‘Balkenkreuz’ on their tanks? What Panzer did a Ram Kangaroo ram? The answers to these and other […]
Panzerwrecks 17: Normandy 3 book Panzerwrecks 17: Normandy 3: Which 15cm chemical rockets were available to the Germans in Normandy? How do you identify them? Who helped clear the battlefield of wrecked vehicles? What is a wyvern? How do you identify a ‘Funklenk’ Stug? Which German unit left an Italian armoured car in Normandy? The […]
Panzerwrecks 16: Bulge – Battle of the Bulge book What special Werfer unit was present in the ‘Bulge’? How do we know? Which unit fielded Tiger Is during the Offensive? How many vehicles were left destroyed at the crossing of the river Our? Who filled their Panzer with ladies’ clothes and handbags? The answers to […]
