Insightful book for tiger buffs | Tigers In Combat II (Stackpole Military History)

Excellent photo study of the Tiger using veterans' photos. | Tigers In Combat II (Stackpole Military History) | Wolfgang Schneider

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	• Tigers In Combat II (Stackpole Military History) Wolfgang Schneider Stackpole Books, 2005 - 368 pages average customer review:based on 21 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Excellent pictures (including line drawings & artwork)!

There is quite detailed information given in this book, and the number of personal photos are impressive! Never knew that so many pics of tiger tanks exist (other than the general ones). I'm very satisfied with the soft copy edition, and can't wait for the 2nd part of this 2-part series in paperback edition. Really worth the price I'm paying to get this book through Amazon.com, as opposed to buying it off the shelf in a regular/specialized bookstore in Malaysia (i.e. Kinokuniya, KL).

Insightful book for tiger buffs

After seeing all the period pictures of tigers being captured, abandoned and destroyed, you would have second thoughts about the wisdom of producing such behemoths, However, on reading this book, you know that the Tigers were next to indestrucible in combat, and that most of the losses were due to mechanical breakdowns, or fuel shortages. And you will also notice the uneven qualities of the crews manning the Tiger Abteilung, from inept to truly outstanding in combat. And don't frget all the magnificient drawings showing the period camouflage schemes. Get a copy of the paperback when it comes out, you won't regret it.

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Excellent photo study of the Tiger using veterans' photos.

While other authors have rehashed the same 20-30 propaganda photos and newsreel stills over and over, Major Wolfgang Schneider has broken new ground by acquiring hundreds of veterans' snapshots of the Tiger 1 and King Tiger in World War 2 service, and publishing them in this massive volume (the first of two--the second will deal with "named" army and Luftwaffe divisions and SS Tiger battalions). Schneider includes his outstanding research on the operational history of every Army Tiger battalion on all fronts, drawn from original unit diaries and interviews with survivors. There is even a detailed inventory of vehicles received and lost. A selection of color paintings by military artist Jean Restayn rounds out this excellent reference. This will complement rather than replace the excellent technical books on the Tiger Tank family by Thomas Jentz, Bruce Culver, and Walter Spielberger.

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Must Include Every Photograph Ever Made

When the Allies invaded France in 1944, virtually every tank sighted and reported by the front line infantry was called a Tiger. In reality, there weren't that many Tigers produced (most of the German tanks in Normandy were Mark IV's). But the size, strength, and overall awesomeness of the Tiger transcended the actuality.

In this book the second on Tigers, Colonel Schneider must have found every photograph remaining of the Tigers. Both the regular Tiger I, and the King Tiger (which the Germans called Tiger II) are covered. I don't know just how many pictures are included in the book. Some pages, of course, don't have any, but most have two or three. These are not the pretty professionally made pictures, these are pictures taken in the field, probably by crewmen.

The book is broken down by the units that used the Tigers. In general the history of the unit, in so far of their Tigers, is given. For instance on 5 March 1943 the SS Panzer Regiment 1 lost a Tiger, leaving them with 9 on hand. They reached their maximum number of 25 Tigers on hand on the 15th of November. By April 1944 they had received 42 Tigers and lost 42 Tigers and had zero on hand. Regiment 2 received 31, lost 31.

You can't imagine the details that is given here. Note that this is not technical detail, this is the story of these tanks in action.

Colonel Schneider is currently the chief development officer for the next generation of German main battle tanks.

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