Product Description

This book is a comprehensive examination of the most famous armoured fighting vehicle of World War II, Germany''s Tiger Tank. It contains a detailed examination of the Tiger's design and construction and a record of the tank' s performance in combat.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #961327 in Books
• Published on: 1998-04-20
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 96 pages

Customer Reviews

Well presented, but incomplete as a reference.
This book (hardcover) is a very nicely presented publication. There are lots of B&W photographs. Many of these are new to me but quite a few have been published elsewhere. Generally the photos are very interesting but quite a few are from blurry negatives. I can't believe that better ones don't exist. Some of the photos are excellent though and not only give a good impression of the Tiger but are genuinely useful reference for modellers (one of the main markets for this kind of thing).

The text is pretty broad, covering the origins of tanks, tank warfare and general design issues as well as the Tiger 1 specifically. To be honest I found this a bit of a waste of paper as these areas are better covered elsewhere. There is some non Tiger 1 specific but nonetheless useful information covering vehicle and weapon designations etc. Overall however the text is informative and useful and it does read well.

There are a number of colour illustration also. For some reason there are two cut-away drawings of the Tiger, one in colour one in B&W. I found this a bit annoying as they are both of the early version and present essentially the same information. again a bit of a waste of paper. I would have preferred a plan, elevation and end elevation of the tank or if one of the cut-aways was of a later version. Other illustrations show some camouflage schemes but again it's all early model Tigers and more importantly the schemes, while being accurate, are incomplete. There being no late war western theatre paint schemes for instance.

All in all the book is worth the money unless you've got a Tiger book already. However it is incomplete as a reference and suffers from being too broad in it's approach. If you no nothing about Tigers or panzers in general then this will answer a lot of your questions. However if your looking for the definitive Tiger 1 resource then this isn't it.