Landships II

James H · Legend

***New Hundleby A7V Book***

James H · Legend

Almost all is revealed. A new book by MH and Rainer Strasheim is due "any time" from Tankograd Publishing.�English/German website here: http://www.tankograd.com/cms/website.php�You can put yourself on the mailing list to be informed of new products.

Their original book is, believe it or not, over 20 years old, and the�forthcoming one contains much new information and many new photographs.

On the subject of A7V Imperator http://www.activeboard.com/forum.spark?aBID=63528&p=3&topicID=10794666&page=1�MH says the photograph is definitely 507 in service with Kokampf in 1919, and that the building in the background is a barracks in Berlin. Acc to MH, three buck mounts did�remain in service�throughout the War, only 540 being converted to take a socle.

That's all I know at the moment, but, clearly, things have moved on since 1989, and it seems�that the authors know a lot more now than they did then.

dubliner · Sergeant

Looks like the new A7V book is out.

http://www.tankograd.com/cms/website.php?id=/en/sturmpanzer-A7V.htm

Thanks for the heads up. Chris.

Ian Armstrong · Sergeant

I am pleased to hear that Mr Hundleby has added further to our knowledge on this beautiful tank (sic?)

Ian Armstrong · Sergeant

My copy arrived this week and I am not dissapointed with the result.

From a modelling point of view, the smaller and more concise format is a bonus as it puts all the important images of the chassis etc from the first book into the same small area plus having more interior shots. The images are generally crisper leading me to suggest that much photoshopping has been done to improve them for our benefit. The indistinct three legged thingies on the hull sides now appear clearly as flap retaining catches.

The technical detail is most valuable including track width etc while new vies allow extra detail to be demonstrated, one still wishes to see how the crew started the bleeders but that is academic. Hundlebys analysis of photos shows that the background can be more interesting than the main subject.

The book is worth the price in my opinion. Mine came from Paul Meekins through Amazon.

Michel Boer · Brigadier

Definitely worth every penny! What I liked a lot was that each of the produced A7V�s has it�s own page with description and photo. Next to that the scale drawings clarify a lot on the differences between all the versions. And I appreciate the attention given to the �berlandwagen and the Hedi vehicles. The only drawback is that the book is almost forcing you to build models of all the A7V�s...

Michel.