Osprey Fighting Armor of WWII Panzerkampfwagen IV Medium Tank 1936-1945

the Pzkpfw Iv Was Essentially An Integrated Support Weapon, And Its Involvement In Wwii Is Difficult To Separate From The Story Of The Panzerwaffe As A Whole. A Powerful And Robust Fighting Machine, The Pzkpfw Iv Was Supplied To Various Allies Of Germany, And Remained In Service With The Spanish And Finnish Armies For Some Time After The End Of The War. In The Glory Years Of 1942-43 The Pzkpfw Iv Was The Mainstay Of The Panzerwaffe, And Bryan Perrett's In-depth Examination Of This Prolific Fighting Machine Does Full Justice To The Fascinating History And Technical Details Of One Of The Greatest Armoured Vehicles Ever To Have Fought. The PzKpfw IV was essentially an integrated support weapon, and its involvement in WWII is difficult to separate from the story of the Panzerwaffe as a whole. A powerful and robust fighting machine, the PzKpfw IV was supplied to various allies of Germany, and remained in service with the Spanish and Finnish armies for some time after the end of the war. In the glory years of 1942-43 the PzKpfw IV was the mainstay of the Panzerwaffe, and Bryan Perrett's in-depth examination of this prolific fighting machine does full justice to the fascinating history and technical details of one of the greatest armoured vehicles ever to have fought.--Provided by publisher

during The Glory Years Of Blitzkrieg The Pzkpfw Iii Was The Only Weapon In The German Tank Arsenal That Really Counted. Like Napoleon's Vieux Moustaches, It Did Not Merely Witness History In The Making – It Made It, From The Channel To The Volga, And From The Arctic To The North African Desert. It Was The Pzkpfw Iii That Brought Hitler To The Gates Of Moscow And The Closest To Achieving His Wildest Dreams. This Detailed Study Delves Into The Development And Employment Of The Pzkpfw Iii, As Well As Its Organisation And Battlefield Experience, Illustrated By An Examination Of The Battles In Which It Took Part.

In the NEW VANGUARD series. Information on the Panzer III, the workhorse of the German armoured units throughout the early years of the Blitzkrieg victories. Includes technical interest details and an annotated cutaway as the centrepiece. On 16 March 1935 the German government formally repudiated the disarmament clauses of the Treaty of Versailles, which contained the strict proviso that Germany was prohibited from owning or obtaining tracked armoured fighting vehicles. During the 1920s and early '30s armoured and indeed mechanised warfare passed through a period of trial and error in which theorists' views often clashed violently with each other. The design, development, operation and history of the machinery of warfare through the ages