German Military Vehicles in the Spanish Civil War: A Comprehensive Study of the Deployment of German Military Vehicles on the Eve of WW2

Published: April 4, 2020
Book Author(s): Jose María Mata, Lucas Molina, José María Manrique
Company: Frontline Books

Bottom Line Up Front

This is the most comprehensive collection of German vehicles in the Spanish Civil War. None of the photos, to the best of my knowledge, have ever been published before. The pages contain photos of tracked AFVs, armored cars, soft-skins and towed ordinance as well as detailed order of battle information.

Chapters

• Introduction
• Chapter 1 Rebellion in Spain and German Support
• Chapter 2 Panzergruppe Drohne
• Chapter 3 German Tanks in Spain
• Chapter 4 Special Training by Panzergruppe Drohne
• Chapter 5 Wheeled Vehicles of Panzergruppe Drohne
• Chapter 6 The Airforce Contingent

Contents

This book fills a void in AFV on the body of knowledge on WW2 era… more

Centurion Mk. 3 Korean War

Published: February 11, 2020
Company: AFV Club

Bottom Line Up Front

AFV Club continues to rule the Centurion market with its latest offering. This is a very good kit overall. It comes with tasty value-added features like a turned aluminum barrel and photoetch parts. The detail is sharp and the fit is excellent. The kit is marred by some unnecessarily complicated moving parts that make two aftermarket part sets a must if the modeler wants to have a first-rate build.

History

The Centurion is one of those tanks that just will not fade away with time. It just missed major action in WW2 by a few weeks so it’s first real trial was in Korea. This kit faithfully represents the 20-pounder armed Mk. 3 which was fielded in that conflict. This was the version which was still in service (with some modifications to… more

Panzerkampfwagen 38(t) Ausf. E/F

Published: December 19, 2019
Company: Tamiya

Bottom Line Up Front: Tamiya knocks it out of the park once more with a well detailed, brilliantly engineered ‘new tool’ kit of an interesting subject. The construction portion of this kit took me about three and a half hours to complete and I did not feel rushed.

History

The Panzerkampfwagen 38(t) was a pre-WW2 Czech design which compared favorably to early German armor. The German Panzerwaffe adopted the tank shortly before the outbreak of hostilities in 1939. The (t) stands for tschechisch, the German word for Czech. Pz. 38(t)s saw limited service in the invasion of Poland and France. The vast majority of the roughly 1,400 Pz. 38(t)s produced served on the Eastern Front.

Vital Statistics and Scores

Detail: 4 out of 5

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