The Camera On series features text primarily as captions and extended captions in support of a unique collection of images, often from private collections and rarely previously published. This volume contains some 140 photographs of German equipment struggling through mud, a particular problem on the Eastern front as ice melted to cause flooding and waterlogged terrain. – Very Highly Recommended.
NAME: Camera On 19, Wehrmacht In The Mud FILE: R3085 AUTHOR: Alan Ranger PUBLISHER: MMP Books BINDING: soft back PRICE: £15.00 GENRE: Non Fiction SUBJECT: Wehrmacht, soft-skinned vehicles, lorries, trucks, tanks, assault guns, half tracks, artillery, mud, East Front, staff cars, Kubelwagon, horses, horse drawn vehicles, motorcycles, personnel carriers
ISBN: 978-83659558-54-9
PAGES: 80 IMAGE: B3085.jpg BUYNOW: tinyurl.com/wjvpjgw LINKS: DESCRIPTION: The Camera On series features text primarily as captions and extended captions in support of a unique collection of images, often from private collections and rarely previously published. This volume contains some 140 photographs of German equipment struggling through mud, a particular problem on the Eastern front as ice melted to cause flooding and waterlogged terrain. – Very Highly Recommended. This is a book aimed directly at modellers and military enthusiasts. It is based on very rare images and covers a fact of life frequently avoided in official photographs. It shows how dependent the Germans were, even in the closing stages of the war, on horses. This is shown with horses and men being used to help motor vehicles of all types to free themselves from the deep mud. It also shows how horse-drawn vehicles were still in common use and how they coped well with some appalling conditions. This includes a priceless image of a German motorcyclist using his motorcycle combination as a cart pulled by a horse. This book will appeal to military enthusiasts of all specializations and particularly to modellers seeking novel new dioramas.