Here is our video book review of the new book by Steven Zaloga,Smashing Hitler’s Panzers: The Defeat of the Hitler Youth Panzer Division in the Battle of the Bulge
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Video Book Review: Smashing Hitler’s Panzers
From Our Readers: Reading Between the Lines – Tiger Articles
A couple years ago a reader named Matt Dederick submitted an arcitle titled Reading Between the Lines: Estimating Tiger Tank Production. He recently followed that article up with two more entries in his Reading Between the Lines series. One article is on The Tiger I Tank Purchased By Japan, the other is titled What Colour Was It?
The articles can be downloaded in PDF format at the links below.
Reading Between the Lines: The Tiger I Tank Purchased By Japan
Reading Between the Lines: What Colour Was It
Book Review: Professor Porsche’s Wars
Here is our video book review of the book Professor Porsche’s Wars: The Secret Life of Legendary Engineer Ferdinand Porsche Who Armed Two Belligerents Through Four Decades
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Regarded as one of the great automotive engineers of the twentieth century, Ferdinand Porsche is well remembered today for his remarkable automotive designs including the Volkswagen Beetle and Auto Union Grand Prix cars. Yet there is another side to his extraordinary career, for he was an equally inventive designer of military vehicles and machinery. In this field too he excelled. Indeed the sheer versatility of his contribution is astonishing. Karl Ludvigsen’s study is the definitive guide.
He tells the complete story, focusing on Porsche’s relations with the German armed forces and on the stream of advanced designs he was responsible for. Included are Austro Daimler’s pioneering aero engines, the Kübelwagen, Schwimmwagen, Type 100 Leopard tank, Ferdinand or Elefant tank destroyer and the astounding Type 205 Maus tank. He also describes Porsche’s creative work on aero engines, tank engines and even a turbojet for the V-1 flying bomb.
Karl Ludvigsen’s account confirms the preeminence of Ferdinand Porsche as a brilliant and prolific engineer, one of the most remarkable of his generation.
The Chieftain on the M41 Walker Bulldog
Nicholas “The Chieftain” Moran has posted a couple videos looking at the M41 Walker Bulldog light tank over at his youtube channel.
Tank Chats #56 and #57
Here are a couple new videos from the Tank Chat series by the Tank Museum at Bovington.
Book Review: Cromwell vs Jagdpanzer IV
Here is our video book review of Cromwell vs Jagdpanzer IV: Normandy 1944 (Duel)
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By 1944, the evolution of armoured doctrine had produced very different outcomes in Britain and Germany. Offering a good balance of speed, protection and firepower, the British Cromwell tank was much faster than its German opponent, but the Jagdpanzer IV tank destroyer had a high-velocity main gun and a lower profile that made it formidable on the defensive, especially in ambush situations. The two types would fight in a series of bloody encounters, from the initial days of the struggle for Normandy through to its climax as the Allies sought to trap their opponents in the Falaise Pocket.
Using archive photographs, specially commissioned artwork and battle reports, this fascinating study expertly assesses the realities of tactical armoured combat during the desperate battles after D-Day.
