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German Reconnaissance and Support Vehicles 1939-1945: Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives by Paul Thomas (Paperback, 2018)

The Wehrmacht used reconnaissance and support vehicles widely in the Second World War and this book sets out to show the full range of both categories using over 200 rare images and descriptive text and captions in true Images of War Series fashion. Both tracked and wheeled vehicles were employed for reconnaissance and screening. These included light tanks mainly comprising of the Pz.Kpfw.I, armoured cars such as the six and eight wheeler Sd.Kfz.231,232,233,234 and its variants, 263, the Sd.Kfz.221,222,223,234 and 247, motorcycles such as the famous BMW R75, the Zundapp KS750. In addition to their recce role they would, when possible, engage similar or light units. Support vehicles such as the tracked Sd.Kfz.2 Kettenkrad, and the renowned Sd.Kfz.251 halftracks were used in the follow-up role, frequently with mounted grenadiers to mop up over-run enemy positions. The book fills a gap by outlining the full range of such equipment including the variety of armaments and power plants, and the crews that performed these missions. AUTHOR: Paul Thomas is an expert on WW2 fighting vehicles and avid collector of contemporary images. His previous books German Halftracks At War 1939-1945, Panzer III at War 1939-1945, Panzer IV at War and Hitler's Tank Destroyers are in print at the Pen and Sword Images of War Series. He lives in Braintree. 250 b/w images

Series
Images of War
Author
Paul Thomas
Publication Name
German Reconnaissance and Support Vehicles 1939-1945: Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Archaeology, Government, History
Publication Year
2018
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
144 Pages

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