The Eastern Front: Armor Camouflage and Markings, 1941 to 1945

Squadron/Signal. As New. 1983. Paperback. 0897471423 . This specific softcover book is in like new condition with a cover that has sharp edges and corners and a tight binding. The pages are clean, crisp, unmarked and uncreased. We package all books in custom cardboard book boxes for shipment and ship daily with tracking numbers.; "This book has a wealth of visual info about its topic. The 56 color illustrations are beautiful and well captioned. It has photos and drawings of very colorful Soviet schemes that I have never seen before, even in the few Russian and Polish-published books that I own. Particularly, one of a winter SU-122 with green branches painted, a tiny red star on each side and the gun, and a huge red circle on top. There is also a drawing of a 1945 German Hetzer painted in the pre-war Czech colors from the Czech factory stocks. Many, many rare specimens, indeed. Included are images of captured vehicles: a German and a Finnish T-34, Polish Home Army Panther, etc. Also diverse camouflage schemes even for the lesser Axis and Allied belligerents, like Hungary and Finland. Very little appears on Italy, as it used almost no armor in the east. Tactical symbols and patriotic slogans are well explored and documented through photos and text, and a chart in included with the symbols for:50 German Panzer Divisions13 German SS Panzer Divisions46 German StuG units18 German Panzergrenadier Divisions11 German Schwere Panzer Abteilungen65 Soviet unit insignias27 Czechoslovak, Finnish, Romanian, Bulgarian, Slovak, and Hungarian insigniasAll photos and illustrations are large, and of good tonal depth. And the text is well-written, even if some of its "unknowns" are now, after 24 years, already known from further (Western) research following the dismemberment of the USSR."; 10.90 X 8.40 X 0.30 inches; 96 pages .