I look forward to the second volume in the series focusing on the Eastern Front side of this battle. Rodna's artwork is the icing on the cake and might provide some alternative schemes for those looking for something different. There may be only 48 pages and they can easily be read in one sitting, but they are jam packed with excellent analysis and a wellspring of inspiration for those looking to jumpstart their Western Front builds. Steven Zaloga's books are always a sure bet that you will get a pretty good education on the topic in a small package. There is one full page spread art piece depicting the scene from the Adam Makos book Spearhead where Robert Early's Pershing is firing on Wilhelm Bartelborth's Panther in Cologne. The Comet profile is a match for one of the schemes present in the new Tamiya Comet tank in 1/35 I am currently building. Panthers, Shermans, British tanks like the Valentine and Comet, and those aforementioned heavy tanks are all present. Felipe Rodna provides 12 excellent color profiles of the tanks that we read about in the text. While they were also fielding more powerful monstrous tanks such as the Jagdtiger and Tiger II, they were predominantly useless when parked on the roads devoid of fuel and ammunition.ĭistributed throughout the book are works from an artist who is easily becoming my favorite in these types of texts. More advanced Shermans, and new tanks like the Pershing and British Comet tanks were proving to be problematic to the Germans. Crews to man the tanks were also becoming more of an issue for the Wehrmacht. While both sides fielded their most advanced armor, the chasm between the two sides in availability of new tanks and resources to allow them to perform their functions was growing exponentially. The photographs are ones I have not seen previously and illustrate the disparity that was growing to be more and more evident. The black and white photographs are smaller- usually two or three to a page, but often there is just one photo sharing space with data charts on a page. Zaloga does not disappoint as we receive the technical and analytical knowledge that we have come to expect from him. The format for the book is typical for the New vanguard series. Coverage of self-propelled field artillery and lighter armored vehicles is not present here. The focus of the book is on the principal tank types from both sides, as well as tank surrogates like the Panzerjäger and the Sturmgeschütz assault guns. This is the first in a two book series covering the Battle for Germany- this book focuses on the Western Front and the upcoming second volume will cover the Eastern Front. Softcover, 48 pages with over 40 black and white photographs, nearly 20 informative charts, and over a dozen excellent color profiles and artwork. Illustrator: Felipe Rodriguez (Felipe Rodna) Osprey Publishing- Tanks in the Battle of Germany 1945
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