Product Description

This is the first-ever collection of images and data on German Military vehicles. Packed with never-before-seen photos and recently-discovered technical data, "Standard Catalog of" German Military Vehicles delivers comprehensive coverage of the most revered and feared war machines of WWII. Covering everything from the famous Tiger tanks to obscure and peculiar hybrids, motorcycles and tracked vehicles, this all-encompassing reference is a must-have for any military historian, military vehicle enthusiast or military modeller. With historical information behind each of the 200 featured vehicles, as well as specifications for each and more than 1,000 detailed photographs, "Standard Catalog of" German Military Vehicles is the best, biggest and most complete book on the market.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #201381 in Books
• Published on: 2005-06-24
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 512 pages

About the Author
David Doyle's interest in full size military vehicles was sparked as a boy when his father gave him a ride in an M211 6X6. Years later, David began collecting and restoring post-WWII 6X6 vehicles, with an emphasis on special-purpose trucks.

Customer Reviews

A labour of love ruined by the publishers
What a fantastic book, what a labour of love by David Doyle. However it's ruined by the terrible treatment of the photographs. Any one who uses a digial camera or has done some scanning will know what I mean. Basically a picture consists of a white point at one end and a black point at the other. Older photos often have no information at the start or end and the black and white point start a little way in. Left like that you get a muddy unclear picture. But if you draw the white and black points into the point at the start of the information then you end up with a clear picture with detail all throug the range. A black and white picture. Any old photo will look twice as good if this is done to it. Clearly no one could be bothered to do that here. Which mean we end up with grey to grey pictures with no white points and no clear black points. So on page 114 we are asked to notice the use of all-steel and rubber-tired return rollars,...well all you can see is a shape of a tank with very little detail. On page 80 we are told to notice the jack at the back of the tank,...I'm sure it's there but I can discern no details on the back at all, just a dark grey back of a tank with faint shadows.

Sadly all the photos are like this, ever stuff from museums is lacking in detail and is just plain muddy looking. What a difference could have been made with just a little more care.

David you book is a classic and is fantastic, but please find a publisher who can take the care to get the photogaphy side right, until then it's like listening to the best group ever through the phone, or looking at a masterpiece painting through a a piece of tracing paper.

All German WW2 vehicles in b&w photos
The book is a comprehensive catalogue of ALL (as far as I know) German military vehicles (hard and soft skinned) used in the 2nd WW. The photographs are all in b&w , a few not so clear, but this is natural for very rare vehicles or for prototypes. Each entry has a brief historical text and a technical data table. Quite impressive. Recommended for modellers.

Comprehensive
One major flaw is the complete lack of armour protection and firepower information for the AFV's included. Other than that a truely comprehensive guide to German vehicles and extremely impressive value for money, with very many facts not available anywhere else, hence the deserved five stars.