All Tanks of the Third Reich. The Most Complete Encyclopedia of Panzerwaffe

COLOR ENCYCLOPEDIA! A LOT OF SCHEMES, DRAWINGS, PROJECTS, AND PHOTOGRAPHS OF TANKS OF THE THIRD REICH! This colossal volume summarizes many years of work by the leading historian of armored vehicles in studying the tanks of the Third Reich and their combat use. This is the MOST COMPLETE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PANZERWAFFE, unmatched in both domestic and Western literature. Comprehensive information about all types of "panzers": from light Pz.I, Pz.II, Pz.35(t), Pz.38(t) and medium Pz.III and Pz.IV to heavy Pz.V Panther, Pz.VI Tiger, Pz.VIB ("King Tiger") and super-heavy Maus, as well as about the armored vehicles of the Reich's allies and satellites – Italy, Hungary, Romania, Finland, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Croatia. By providing a complete overview and detailed analysis of both the strengths and weaknesses of German tanks, this unique study reveals the secrets of the Panzerwaffe's victories. Producing ten times fewer tanks than the USSR and its allies, the Nazis, thanks to the unparalleled quality of their armored vehicles, the highest level of crew training, and excellent organization of inter-service cooperation, could manage with a much smaller number of "panzers" and inflict colossal losses on the enemy – not only on the Eastern but also on the Western front, where the allies had to exchange five of their tanks for one German one. The Panzerwaffe were rightly considered the best tank troops of World War II and only yielded supremacy to Soviet tankers at the very end of the war.