Book Alert: Zrinyi II Assault Howitzer

9786158007238Casemate Publishing has listed a May 19 release date for the first volume of PeKo Publishing’s new photo-monograph series. The first volume looks at the history of the Hungarian assault gun Zrínyi II. The book contains 128 pages and 112 mostly unpublished photos.  As far as we know, this is the first book devoted exclusively to the Zrinyi II.

About the Zrinyi II: Following the success of assault guns on the World War II Eastern Front, the Hungarians developed their own model, based on the chassis of the Turán tank.  The 40/43M Zrínyi II was armed with a 40M 105 mm L/20 howitzer.  The Zrínyi II design was a traditional infantry support vehicle. Between 40 and 66 Zrínyi II units were produced between August 1943 and July 1944 and a single Zrínyi I prototype. There is only one surviving Zrínyi II in the Kubinka tank museum near Moscow.

Book Alert: Czechoslovak Armored Cars in the First World War and Russian Civil War

czech armored carAccording to Amazon, Czechoslovak Armored Cars in the First World War and Russian Civil War by Tomás Jakl, Bernard Panus, and Jirí Tintera was released for sale on Feb. 28.

Publishers Description: This highly illustrated volume covers the variety of armored cars used by Czech forces during World War I, and the Russian Civil War, as well as its post-WWI use in Italy and Slovakia. Along with details of armored car design, manufacturers, construction, and variants, the book covers Czech armored unit formations and their extensive operational use during the First World War. Special sections cover vehicle camouflage and markings, technical specifications, and uniforms and biographies of noted personalities.

Book Alert: Tanks in Hell: A Marine Corps Tank Company on Tarawa

tanks in tarawaAmazon is listing a release date of May 19, 2015 for the upcoming book Tanks in Hell: A Marine Corps Tank Company on Tarawa by Oscar E, Gilbert and Romain V Cansiere.  Published by Casemate, this is a hardcover book with 256 pages.

Publishers Description: In May 1943 a self-described “really young, green, ignorant lieutenant” assumed command of a new Marine Corps company. His even younger enlisted Marines were learning to use an untested weapon, the M4A2 “Sherman” medium tank. [Read more…]

Book Alert: Panzer II vs 7TP Poland 1939

9781472808813_1Osprey Publishing has listed a release date of May 20, 2015 for an upcoming installment of their Duel Series titled Panzer II vs 7TP by David R. Higgins.  Polish armor in the 1939 campaign has received little attention in most English language books on WW2 armor, so this book should prove a welcome addition for those interested in the topic.  David R. Higgins has also written two other entries in the Duel series, King Tiger vs IS-2: Operation Solstice 1945 and Mark IV vs A7V: Villers-Bretonneux 1918.

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Book Alert: Panzer Operations by Hermann Hoth

9781612002699Casemate books has announced a March 19 release date for the English edition of “Panzer Operations: Germany’s Panzer Group 3 During the Invasion of Russia” by German General Hermann Hoth.  Originally published in 1956, this book has now been translated into English.  Panzer fans and armchair generals should be pleased to add this book to their collections of books written by German Panzer commanders.

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Book Alert: Images of War T-34/76 & T-34/85 in Combat

Images of war T-34Amazon has listed the Pen and Sword Books upcoming title Images of War: T-34/76 & T-34/85 in Combat as having a May 19 release date. Readers familiar with the Images of War series will have a good idea of what to expect from this book.  As with the other titles in this series, the book is written by Anthony Tucker-Jones and promises “rare photographs from wartime archives.”

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Book Alert: Ampersand Publishing announces three new books

US halftracksOver at Armorama is a post announcing that Ampersand Publishing is going to release three new books for American AFV fans. The first is a new hard cover book covering American half-tracks.  At 456 pages, this promises to be a very comprehensive look at the ubiquitous US armored transport.  Ampersand’s Son of Sherman is one of the definitive books on the Sherman tank.  It can be hoped that this book on US Halftracks will continue that tradition of quality, in-depth coverage.


The Military Machine, Volume One – U.S. Half-tracks
The development and deployment of the U.S. Army’s half-track vehicles, Part one
By David Doyle, 456 pages, hardcover. $49.95. ISBN: 978-0-9895547-6-3

Also announced are two additions to the Visual History series with books covering the M103 tank and 6-ton trucks.

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Book Alert: Hitler’s Light Panzers At War

hitlers light panzersOn March 19, the book “Hitler’s Light Panzers at War” by Paul Thomas is slated to be released.  This book is part of the Images of War series from Pen and Sword Publishing.

Publishers Description: Hitler’s Light Panzers at War is a highly illustrated record of the German light tank from its beginnings in the 1930s to the key battles it fought in Poland, France, North Africa, Russia and North Western Europe. [Read more…]

Book Alert: British Cruiser Tank A13

A13 cruiserAmazon has listed for a release date of February 19, 2015 the book “British Cruiser Tank A13 Mk. I Mk. II” by Peter Brown.  Part of the Armor PhotoHistory series from Model Centrum Progres, this title promises to give an in-depth look at the A13, a vehicle which as far as we know has never had an entire book dedicated to it.

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Book Alert: Tank Battles of World War I

downloadTank Battles of World War I is slated for a March 19, 2015 release according to Amazon. The publishers website, Pen and Sword Books, lists a release date of February 28. Regardless of what day it is released, this book should be of interest to people interested in the tanks of the first world war. The book is by Bryan Cooper, author of the well regarded 1967 book “Ironclads of Cambrai: The First Great Tank Battle.”

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