7065 Panzerkampfwagen III and IV
by Tom Cockle ISBN 962-361-146-3
80 pages, 16 color plates, 179 b/w photos
The name Tom Cockle will be familiar to many, especially those who
have enjoyed assembling one of Dragon's exemplary 1/35 scale Panzer
IV plastic kits! Mr. Cockle, who helped design these kits, is a
recognized authority on such German vehicles as the Panzer IV. Here
he has worked with Concord Publications to create a very fine book
that covers both the Panzer III and Panzer IV. These vehicles
formed the backbone of the panzer divisions, and this new book is a
very welcome addition to the subject.
A marvelous selection of black and white photos has been compiled,
most of which will be completely new to readers. They show the
whole gamut of Panzerkampfwagen III and IV variants from the
pre-war years, right through to the closing days of WWII. The
photos show an interesting mix of pristine-looking vehicles through
to destroyed wrecks, plus those operating in the summer heat and
dust through to those covered in whitewash for freezing winters.
Each photo is accompanied by a caption giving pertinent information
about the content displayed, and these well-written captions
demonstrate the author knows his stuff in intimate detail. The book
begins with a description of the various Ausführung and their
identifying features, and readers will enjoy delving into the
complexities of each unique panzer variant.
Inorder to better present the good quality photos, 8 additional
pages has been incorporated into this book, while the price remains
the same as the rest of the series.
This volume also includes 16 color plates produced by Douglas
Jameson, these showing panzers in accurately depicted camouflage
schemes. In order to encompass as many photos as possible, the
regular format of the "Armor at War" series has been extended with
eight bonus pages! Written with an air of authority, this is a fine
new 80-page pictorial record of these very important German tanks.