Friday, September 20, 2019 - 10:36 AM UTC
Panzerwaffe Tarnfarben. Camouflage colours and Organization of the German Armoured Forces (1917-1945) is the new book from Abteilung 502
During the Great War, the assault tanks in the German Army merely played an anecdotal role. Due to the restrictions enforced by the Treaty of Versailles, the first training unit for armoured forces wasn’t organised (secretly) until 1933.
The existence of the first three Panzerdivisionen of that new German Army was officially revealed in 1935. The armoured troops or Panzertruppen were an independent branch of the Army, with their own command. This allowed concentrating the tanks in divisions so units were capable of significantly strategic deployments.
General Heinz Guderian forged both words: Panzerwaffe to refer to the armoured force and Panzertruppen to identify the elitist armoured troops which would conquer half of Europe in the following years.

The evolution of the camouflage schemes painted in tanks and vehicles of German armoured units is analysed in the book along with the organisation of these German units during WWI and WWII and the whole interwar period.

The book is a 128 pages, hard cover volume with English text.
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Not having handled previous Abteilung books can anyone tell me if they are at least worth the 27€/$30 plus shipping the site asks? Is the accuracy generally acceptable and up to date, even if not breaking any new ground? This book looks interesting from the few photos but user feedback impresses me more, as I don't just want to buy a collection of neat photos. I can waste time all day on Pinterest looking at some pretty good pics so I'm looking for the book that offers meaningful text as well. Kno'wha'I mean, eh mates?
SEP 20, 2019 - 03:37 PM
I agree completely but as I'm currently out of country I can't check my reference library to see if I currently have anything from this company; that being said it sure seems to be another good addition to that collection. 127 pages for under fifty dollars seems like a reasonable investment. Looking into seeing a copy.
SEP 22, 2019 - 02:12 AM
Darned auto-complete! I meant to say that I'm looking forward to seeing a copy for myself.
SEP 22, 2019 - 02:16 AM
According to the sample pages seems to have a good amount of text, however I have not been able to see it live so I have no more information on it, nor for the rest of the series...
SEP 22, 2019 - 09:07 PM
I think because Abt 502 is own by AK should be the same quality level of AK books some time a hit and miss
SEP 22, 2019 - 10:10 PM
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