This book is volume 5 in a series of books containing pictures of the Sturmgeschutz in action and specifications for assault tank. Book has both English and Hungarian text.

I found the pictures in this book to be fascinating and show many of the variants of this very versatile AFV.

Many of these pictures have never been published before and I have seen a lot and yet I had no recollection of seeing any of these before.

I recommend this book to everyone with an interest in the Stug and a must for modellers.

Thanks go to Casemate Publishing for providing this book to review and IPMS USA for allowing me to review it for them

Table of Contents

• Introduction: Blitzkrieg and Beyond
• Photograph Sources
• Chapter One: Hotchkiss
• Chapter Two: Renault 38/40
• Chapter Three: French Heavies
• Chapter Four: Vickers Mk VI and Matilda
• Chapter Five: Churchill
• Chapter Six: Sherman
• Chapter Seven: Panzer I, II and III
• Chapter Eight: Panzer IV
• Chapter Nine: Panther
• Chapter Ten: Tiger I and II

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