Cromwell & Centaur Tanks - British Army & Royal
Marines
Tank Craft Heft Nr. 9
Dennis Oliver
Die Reihe Tank Craft richtet sich an den Modellbauer - sie enthält neben
Einsatz- und Detailfotos des Originals auch Farbprofile und Infos
zu Modellbausätzen, Zurüstteilen und Bemalungshinweisen auch
zahlreiche Tipps, um sein Modell zu perfektionieren.
Designed with the hard lessons of the North African campaign in
mind, including the adoption of a dual-purpose gun capable of
firing high-explosive and anti-tank rounds, the Cromwell was one of
the most successful of the British cruiser tanks produced during
the Second World War.
The lack of heavy armour was made up for by the tank's high speed
provided by a Rolls-Royce Meteor engine. The Centaur was externally
almost identical to the Cromwell, the major difference being the
installation of the less powerful Liberty engine. While the Centaur
equipped the Royal Marines during the Normandy battles, the
Cromwell served until the end of the war and formed the basis for
the Comet.
In his fifth book in the TankCraft series, author and illustrator
Dennis Oliver uses official wartime photographs and comprehensively
researched, exquisitely presented colour profiles to tell the story
of the penultimate British cruiser tank. In common with all the
titles from the TankCraft series, the large full-colour section
features available model kits and accessories as well as
aftermarket products.
In addition to the colour profiles there is a gallery of expertly
constructed and painted models. A separate section explains
technical details and modifications made during production and in
the field, giving the modeller all the information required to
recreate an authentic replica of one of the tanks that served from
the Normandy beaches to the final battles in Germany.
Format 21 x 29,7 cm, Paperback, 64 Seiten, zahlreiche s/w und
Farbfotos, englischer Text, Best.-Nr. Ps-Tc009