Welcome to our first virtual coffee break for May. This time, Peter Terry is telling us about an exciting book that he got from "The Works" for £7.00. Mind you, as I am self-isolating and not allowed out, I am not sure what good that does me - grin - seeing as how it is £19.25 in hardback on Amazon! Any way. Here goes...
Panzer Ace - The memoirs of an Iron Cross Panzer
Commander from Barbarossa to Normandy
by Richard-Freiherr-von-Rosen and Robert
Forczyk
This is a really enjoyable read whether your into tanks in a big
way or not. Written by a Tiger Tank commander who saw action in Russia including the main event - the battle Kursk - and going on to see further battles in Normandy. He relates some of the problems from Russian dust clogging up engines to
shortages of paint to camouflage their tanks and having to improvise other
camouflage methods, All good modelling information.
Reading through the
chapters you get to know the individual crew members - all very young and battle
hardened. There are a liberal amount of personnel photos by the author Richard von
Rosen.
By the time you close on the last chapter you need to be looking for a
Tiger Tank model in your chosen Scale. For the price of seven pound from the
works this is a must buy.
Peter
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