The Complete Guide to German Armored Vehicles: Panzers, Jagdpanzers, Assault Guns, Antiaircraft, Self-Propelled Artillery, Armored Wheeled and Semi-Tracked Vehicles, and More

by David Doyle

Overview

Here is a jam-packed visual encyclopedia of the armored vehicles used by the Nazi forces in World War II. With over six hundred photos, many of which never before seen by the public, David Doyle book offers military historians a unique look at the German war machine.

David Doyle, award-winning author of dozens of books on the subject, provides mechanical information, photos, and usage history for:

• Armored cars
• Half-tracks
• Tanks
• Assault guns
• Jagdpanzers
• Panzerjagers
• Self-propelled guns, howitzers, and mortars
• Flakwagens
• Flammpanzers
• Recovery vehicles
• Armored Engineer vehicles

An encyclopedic resource by an authority on the subject, The Complete Guide to Armored Vehicles is a must-have for modelers, gamers, and WWII buffs alike.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781510716575
Publisher:	Skyhorse
Publication date:	05/07/2019
Pages:	328
Product dimensions:	8.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

David Doyle is a renowned expert on military vehicles and an award-winning author of over a hundred books. In 2015, he received the prestigious Bart Vanderveen Award by the Military Vehicle Preservation Association for the individual who has contributed the most to the historic preservation of military vehicles worldwide.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Tanks 3

Panzer I 5

Panzer II 14

Panzer III 28

Panzer IV 47

Panther 71

Porsche Tiger 79

Tiger I 82

Tiger II 88

Maus 90

Panzerkampfwagen 35(t) 90

Panzerkampfwagen 38(t) 90

FT-17 94

Char I BiS 95

S35 96

Chapter 2 Assault Guns and the Sturmgeschütz 99

Sturmgeschütz 99

Sturmhaubitze 112

Sturmgeschütz IV 114

Sturminfanteriegeschütze 33B 114

Sturmpanzer 116

Sturmmörserwagen 117

Chapter 3 Jagdpanzers 126

Jagdpanzer 38 "Hetzer" 126

Jagdpanzer IV 129

Jagdpanzer IV (A) 133

Jagdpanther 133

Ferdinand/Elefant 135

Jagdtiger 141

Chapter 4 Panzerjäger 144

Aufklärungspanzerwagen 38 144

Panzerjäger I 145

Panzerjäger Lorraine Schlepper 7.5 cm PaK 40/1 (SdKfz 135) "Marder I" 147

Panzerselbstfahrlafette I für 7.62 cm PaK 36(r) auf Fahrgestell 148

7.5 cm PaK 40/2 auf Fahrgestell Panzerkampfwagen II (Sf)(SdKfz 131) 149

Panzerjäger 38(t) für 7.62 cm PaK 36(r) (SdKfz 139) "Marder III" 151

Panzerjäger 38(t) für 7.5 cm PaK 40/3 Ausf H (SdKfz 138) "Marder III" 151

10.5 cm K. Panzer Selbstfahrlafette Iva 154

Nashorn 156

Other Panzerjäger 160

Chapter 5 Flammpanzers 168

Chapter 6 Flakpanzers-Antiaircraft Tanks 174

Chapter 7 Self-Propelled Artillery 189

15 cm sIG auf PzKpfw I Ausf B 189

15 cm sIG33 auf Fgst PzKpfw II (Sf) 191

Geschützwagen 38 für sIG 33/1 (Sf) (SdKfz 138/1) "Grille" 191

Geschützwagen 38 M f für sIG 33/2 (Sf)(SdKfz 138/1) "Grille" 194

15 cm sIG 33/2 (Sf) on Bergepanzerwagen 38 196

LgsFH 13 (Sfl) auf Lorraine-Schlepper 196

15 cm s Pz H 18/1 auf Fgst Pz III/IV (Sf) (SdKfz 165) "Hummel" 196

10.5 cm IeFH 16 Geschützpanzer 197

10.5 cm IeFH 16 auf gepSfl FCM 200

Geschützwagen IVb für 10.5 cm IeFH 18/1 (Sf) (SdKfz 165/1) 201

10.5 cm IeFH 18/3 (Sf) auf Geschützwagen B2 201

Geschützwagen Lorraine-Schlepper für IeFH 18/4 204

10.5 cm IeFH 18/6 (Sf) auf Geschützwagen III/IV "Heuschrecke IVB" 205

Geschützpanzer 39H(f) IeFH 16 & l8 Hotchkiss 206

IeFH 18/40/2 (Sf) auf Geschützwagen III/IV 207

Gerät 040 and Gerät 041, "Karl" 208

Chapter 8 Armored Engineer and Support Vehicles 213

Abwurfvorrichtungen on Panzerkampfwagen I 213

Brückenleger II 221

Land-Wasser-Schlepper 224

Chapter 9 Armored Recovery Vehicles 226

Chapter 10 Armored Semi-Track Vehicles 238

Leichter Gepanzerter Kraftswagen (SdKfz 250) 238

Mittlerer Schützenpanzerwagen (SdKfz 251) 257

Le gep Munitionskraftwagen (SdKfz 252) 277

Le gep Beobachtungskraftwagen (SdKfz 253) 279

M gepanzerter Beobachtungskraftwagen (SdKfz 254) 281

Mun Kw fur Nebelwerfer (SdKfz 4) and 15 cm Panzerwerfer 42 auf Sf (SdKfz 4/1) 281

7.5 cm Selbstfahrlafette L/40.8 Modell I 282

3.7 cm Selbstfahrlafette L/70 282

Schwerer Wehrmachtschlepper (gep Ausf) 282

Chapter 11 Armored Cars 286

SdKfz 223 288

SdKfz 232 (6-Rad) 297

(SdKfz 231 8-Rad) 297

Schwerer Panzerspähwagen (5 cm) (SdKfz 234/2) Puma 310