Landships II

Thanks John - definitely one I want to pick up shortly

Hi Ironsides. Yes it is. My wife used Amazon.com here in the U.S. as well. I am starting on the Renault FT and the whole book is interesting. There are scale plans for the St. Chamond and the Schneider CA but the scale is not stated. My guess is 1/72 or 1/76. I think it is a very useful book.

Hi PDA, yes I do have the first book on the Renault FT by Steve Zaloga and it does differ from French Tanks Of W.W.I by Mr. Zaloga. The French Tanks book details the Schnieder,St. Chamond,Renault FT and later designs that didn't make it. It only deals with W.W.I French tanks and no export models. The Renault Ft Light Tank book is about the French versions as well as export models of the Renault FT only and the various wars it was used in including W.W.I. If you do not have the Renault FT book this is a good but limited source for the FT tank. The color paintings have two Renault FT in French W.W. I Markings but explain the tanks development quite well. I highly recommend this book even if you have the other as it has information on the other tanks and not just the FT. With so few books on the armor of The Great War this is a really good one to have along with the British Mk I and IV books. I might add that many of the photos in French Tanks of W.W.I I have never seen before. Now if Mr. Zaloga would do one on the Mk V and the Whippet. I don't ask for much do I?

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-- Edited by plastic fan on Wednesday 29th of December 2010 07:12:56 AM

Thanks, plastic fan.

I have the old book by Steve Zaloga; I like it a lot. I was just wondering if this new book was that old book, but with some new, small, sections on the other French tanks. However, it seems it is not.

You might be interested in this:

http://www.amazon.ca/Mark-V-Tank-David-Fletcher/dp/1849083517

(I know I am)

Thanks again for the explanation.

Wasn't there going to be an Osprey book on the Mark V next year? Thought I picked that up somewhere... I'm hoping on an Osprey book about French/British/Belgian armoured cars of WW-1...