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A stunning look at World War II from the other side... From the turret of a German tank, Colonel Hans von Luck commanded Rommel's 7th and then 21st Panzer Division. Von Luck fought in the Wehrmacht's armored forces for six years in Europe, Russia, and North Africa; then spent five years in a Russian labor camp. - Dennis Showalter, Colorado Coll., Colorado Springs Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"WWII buffs, or true military history buffs and/or historians don't just about the war from the United States side, but read it from the other side."
"Good book.Read a bunch of books about Patton.Always like to see the other side of the coin."
"Dear Reader: At the 45th Anniversary Ceremonies in "Eternal Memory of the Dead Soldiers, both American and German, and the hundreds of martyred French Alsatian Civilians that perished in the Nightmarish and Terrifying 12-Day Battle of the Twin Villages of Hatten and Rittershoffen"; the Veterans of the U.S 14th Armored Division, with fellow Veterans of the Legendary U.S 79th Infantry Division (315th Regiment)met with their former enemies of the fearsome German 21st Panzer, 25th Panzer Grenadier, 7th Fallschirmjager (Parachute) and 47th Infantry Division in "Commemeration of the Nightmarish and Terrifying 12-Day Collision of Armored and Infantry units, of both sides, in the Twin Alsatian (Northeastern France) Villages, from January 9-21, 1945 on the Approaches to Hagenau and Strasbourg near the "Wissembourg Gap", just 10 miles West of the Upper Rhine River, in the Bitter Winter of 1944-45. His eloquent speech in Memory of the 12-day murderous collision of American and German Armored and Armored Infantry Forces in the Villages of Hatten and Rittershoffen on the Western Front in World War II touched me and my Decorated World War II Infantryman Father who still had some bitterness about the German Battlefield Conduct, during his combat experiences as an MOS-745 Buck Sergeant that mostly applied to the Waffen-SS or "Armed SS" of the German Wermacht (or "War Machine"), the combat soldiers of the SS, of which Colonal Von Luck's Unit, the Legendary 21st Panzer Division was not a part of. Although, Colonel Von Luck recounts his entire life, battlefield campaigns from North Africa, Russia, Normandy and the Western Front; I had the unique experience, with my Veteran Father, to meet bitter "former enemies" and somehow emerge from the Battle of Hatten And Rittershoffen Commeration Ceremonies with "some forgiveness" for a battle that annihilated elements of both American and German Armored and Armored Infantry Units long ago."
"Good insight from the German perspective."
"A great read about the experiences of a combat veteran."
"Wonderful first person account of the horrors of the Eastern Front."
"excellent memoir of a true gentleman and a testament to the resilience of the human spirit."
"A must read for anyone who wants the first hand account of a front line German commander's experience in North Africa, Normandy,France, Germany, and finally in Russia."
An illustrated A-Z history of the world's most important tanks and AFVs, with detailed specifications. George Forty served for 32 years in the Royal Tank Regiment and was Director and Curator of the world-famous Tank Museum in Bovington, Dorset, England.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Ordered this for my boyfriend because he is a huge tank nerd."
"If you only buy one book about tanks this year…. In all seriousness it is well organized and well researched."
"This is by far the best book on tanks I have found."
"Very informative and very detailed."
"There are a lot of pictures and now he has his own little book of the tanks that date way back."
"Book is an excellent history of tanks and armored vehicles, only drawback is the size of the print, very difficult to read."
"Not well organized."
SON OF SHERMAN VOLUME 1: The Sherman, Design and Development A complete and illustrated description of the U.S. M4 Sherman tank series in the Second World War Written and edited by Patrick Stansell and Kurt Laughlin Based on original material created by Pete Harlem This brand new book is composed of lavishly illustrated and comprehensive essays on: * Each Sherman type by factory with sub-sections on large small hatch * All 75mm turret types * All 76mm turret types * Final drive assemblies * Running gear (suspension and tracks) * The factories that built the Sherman * Transporting the Sherman to the battlefield * Applique armor and the remanufacturing process * Production and registration data Including an extensive Bibliography and index 386 pages, soft cover 8.5x11 format * Over 900 b&w and color photographs * More than 130 multi-view drawings.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"The rest are recent crisp color photos of museum/collector restored tanks that are EXCELLENT showing the parts in extremely close detail. I have built static and r/c Sherman for decades and I wish I'd have had this book for the excellent details!"
"If you want detailed information on each and every variant of the Sherman tank, this book is the best there is."
"A great book."
"Excellent!"
"I love all the rich detail in this book."
"The detail the book goes into would be more useful to a scale model builder than anyone, but the book is packed with production details you will not find in other books."
"This well researched book provides practically everything an advanced student of armor would need to know about the design and development of the Sherman tank."
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Included are personal tips and best advice from my years of special operations sniper schooling and experience, and as a sniper instructor.If you are an experienced shooter, this guide will be a resource covering the principles and theory of long range shooting. This is the preliminary book to help you understand fundamental concepts such as MOA vs Mils and external ballistics, that can be like a trusted resource at the range.Learning to shoot long range isn't that difficult. Author Ryan Cleckner is unmatched in long distance accuracy and in this fantastic book, he tells us how it's done. While the subject of this book is hitting a target way out there with a heavier caliber super accurate rifle a small game hunter could even be blessed by this information. For law enforcement and citizens who want to be prepared for any long distance occasion, this book is absolutely a must read. I could have gotten there myself eventually I know, but the Long Range Shooting Handbook got me there faster and with a better grasp of all that was happening between the buttstock and the target."
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Find Best Price at Amazon"The Long Range Shooting Handbook gives a clear-cut, no B.S approach and explanation to the fundamentals of long range shooting. Another thing to note is that many books on this subject which are introductory level, which the Long Range Shooting Handbook is meant to be, spend the whole book saying, "In (book, course, etc.). The cover should read, "An extremely comprehensive handbook guide to long range shooting." The Long Range Shooting Handbook will be the absolute best purchase decision you've made for you shooting gear bag in quite some time."
"The paper the book is printed on is of good quality, but it could be better."
"and is definitely a must have for anyone looking to shoot long range or even that just wants to setup a good long range gun."
"Alot of things I know or thought " I had known" were cleared up in the long range shooting handbook and its not all written like a powerpoint slideshow."
"I started reading the sample book and when that was up, I instantly bought this book. I would have preferred Ryan suggesting a field method of estimating the angle, rather that just saying 35 deg is the angle. I have a suggestion involving inch markers on a pencil and an angle table in the field book, or using the inverse tangent of the rise over run."
"I learned how to properly hold the rifle, and set up the scope and some other things. I highly recommend this book to anyone wishing to learn how to shoot better."