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Schwere Panzer in Detail (Heavy Tanks in Detail) Hardcover – August 22, 1998

by Bruce Culver (Author), Uwe Feist (Author)
4.8 4.8 out of 5 stars 18 ratings
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A modeler's delight, this book visually details Germany's largest armored fighting vehicles: the King Tiger heavy tank, the Jagdtiger tank destroyer, and the Elephant. Black-and-white wartime photos of these vehicles in training and combat--including close-ups of both interiors and exteriors--are supplemented by color illustrations by Uwe Feist and five-view scale drawings by John Rue.
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  1. Print length
    169 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    UNKNO
  4. Publication date
    August 22, 1998
  5. Dimensions
    9.27 x 0.73 x 12.17 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    0963382497
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0963382498
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Uwe Feist is a world-renowned expert on military weapons and equipment, especially those used by Germany in World War II, and is publisher of Ryton Books.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ UNKNO; 1st edition (August 22, 1998)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 169 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0963382497
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0963382498
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.64 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 9.27 x 0.73 x 12.17 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.8 4.8 out of 5 stars 18 ratings

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Robert Tomei
5.0 out of 5 stars Mr. Culver & Mr. Feist present a "classic" book on the heavy's of the WW2 German tank arsenal
Reviewed in the United States on August 4, 2014
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Mr. Culver and Mr. Feist have brought us an incredible book filled with a wealth of useful info for all to enjoy, from the novice historian to the modeler to the expert on the subject. The book is filled with a plethora of unseen pre and war time photos, diagrams and drawings. Along with camouflage schemes and detailed photos of the exterior and interiors of the Konigstiger (or Tiger Royal or Tiger 2), The Jagdtiger and the Ferdinand/Elefant tanks. I've been an "armchair historian" and WW2 modeler for over 30 years and have yet to come across a book as useful, fun and filled with incredible info as this one. The authors do not fill the pages with lengthy and boring details about these tanks yet give an overview of the reasons and needs for these types of tanks and utilize the majority of the page with photos, diagrams and colored plates. If you're a historian, modeler or just plain old interested in these 3 beasts of the WW2 battlefields, I would highly recommend this book without reservation. I have not been able to put this book down.
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Natvis
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book
Reviewed in the United States on April 20, 2020
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Book was in ex excellent condition. A must have for model tank builders and tank enthusiasts.
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Dennis
5.0 out of 5 stars Another great reference book for details on the King Tiger
Reviewed in the United States on December 18, 2016
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Another great reference book for details on the King Tiger. Both interior and exterior photos and many profiles in color.
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John A. Galizia
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Book
Reviewed in the United States on April 1, 2013
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Excellent book, many pictures and illustrations throughout. Large format! Detailed history of heavy tanks. Backgrounds of each type included along wth illustrations.
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Iva Buch
3.0 out of 5 stars The closest thing to actually seeing a Tiger II
Reviewed in the United States on October 3, 2009
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Having a couple of books already from Ryton I had a bit of an idea as to what to expect from this their latest offering on the "Heavy Tanks" of the German Army.

It is in landscape form which is a little annoying (yes I knew that when I bought it) and just fits on my bookshelf. But I guess one of the reasons for this type of format is the the colour armoured profiles and line drawings fit on the page easily and you do not have to tilt the book.

The book covers the development, production and specs of the "Heavy Tank Family" namely the Tiger II, Ferdinand, Elephant and Jagdtiger.

It shows in a large number of closup photos of various areas of the tanks, such as tracks, hull,and photos of the turrets and fighting compartments.These are all interwoven with shots of the vehicles in the field, on the move or in maintenance (which was pretty much on par with these types of vehicles).

The photos are all black and white with line drawings of the various designs, and colour spreads of the types mentioned. If you ever wanted to be up close and personal with what the drivers station is like, or the commanders position then this book is for you.
There is the brief introduction about the type of AFV being studied but not in great depth, as the strong point of the book is the large amount of photos some which are new, most are not. It is these photos and captions that the authour uses to describe the tanks.

If you are a modeller this book could be of some use to you, with the various closeup shots of the vehicle may clarify an area of the model you are working on.

For those looking for a comprehensive history of the vehicles or units you will be disappointed, and I think if I had to describe this book it is a bit of a cross between Speibergers Tigers I & II and their variants and is very similar to Jentz and Doyle VK 45.02 to Tiger II book.

However if you are Tiger tank fan such as myself, and although similar to the aforementioned books, it makes a nice addition and different perspective to them.
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I'm just saying
5.0 out of 5 stars Great reference material.
Reviewed in the United States on November 22, 2016
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Love the book and seller was AWESOME.
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Hernani S. Oliveira Filho
5.0 out of 5 stars King tiger!
Reviewed in the United States on January 30, 2010
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This book is a excelent source for modellers who want to reproduce the heavy panzerz, with a lot of diagrams, photos and views!
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Giorgio Vaccaro
5.0 out of 5 stars Il testo base per conoscere il Tigre Reale
Reviewed in Italy on January 5, 2014
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Ottime fotografie ottime schede !

Consente di completare il modello integrando perfettamente le istruzioni per la costruzione !

Nel complesso Eccellente !
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R. Stewart
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent overview.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 23, 2013
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I bought book after having bought the same publishers book on the "Panther" which I really liked.
the format of the book works very well ,excellent selection of photographs , line diagrams and an informative text used to illustrate the design ,construction and features of the King Tiger, Jagdtiger and Elefant.
The book itself is well presented, the photographs are well sized clear , informative and the detail of construction and usage are well explained and the authors bring out the finer detail of each tank in turn. The text is clear , reads well and surrenders quite a bit of information and to be honest you will be quite surprised at the quality of what you get all given in nice bite size chunks which on an individual basis seem familiar but this is really not the case , this book is well worth its cover price , in fact it is something of a bargain given the Amazon price.
Does this book "tell all" , probably not all but in one siting you get a better than average illustrated history of these three "related" tanks, each very different but all share a common genesis.

A quick note on the photos- some are well known but most are not ( to me at any rate) and whilst they do form the core of the book it is much more than a "photographic history" , along with very good line drawings the text does explain the design , construction and combat experience of each tank.
Whilst there are some snippets of unit history given this is not what this book and those in this series intend to do.
I find the book hard to fault to be honest given the intended scope and remit adopted by the authors you get good value for money, thinking of which I have just placed an order for the publishers book on the "Tiger 1 and Sturmtiger", for £19.00 odd I think it too will be excellent VFM.
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mini太郎
5.0 out of 5 stars 素晴らしい
Reviewed in Japan on March 22, 2009
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写真資料集です。TIGER2やJAGD TIGER、ELEFANTを紹介しています。各車両のディテール写真を載せていますが、どれも高品質なものばかりです(もちろん戦時中のものもあります)。値段以上の価値があると思いますので、オススメです。
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Ian Paul
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent source book
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 13, 2014
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I only bought this to help with modelling of my 1/35 and 1/16 scale models of this tank. I, like the other reviewers have found this an excellent source book. Well done to the authors. I note there,s not so much material on the 'Elephant' and 'Jagdtiger', but I suppose that is to be expected given the low numbers of units produced.

I shall be buying other books in the series.
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iain stead
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Book
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 24, 2012
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If you are like me and have an interest in German amour from the Second World War, then this is a good book for you to purchase, full of interesting information, and unlike many other books covering this subject the photograph quality is excellent.
Well worth the price.
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