Panzer 35(t) (Hardback)

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Škoda was one of a number of companies working in the manufacturing plants of Czechoslovakia to produce advanced armaments in the late 1930’s.  The race to modernise the weaponry of the Czech nation was intense, and the rest of the world was well aware of the excellent designs which were emerging and being offered for export.  The Nazi German state took over the Czech nation, and immediately began to use the best tanks and guns for their own use.  The LT vz.35 was a very capable tank and was taken into the Wehrmacht as the PzKpfw 35(t), although not considered to be as good as their own Panzer III.  These tanks played a prominent role in the invasions of France, Balkans and Russia.  Other nations used the tanks, sometimes with minor variations, and these included Slovakia, Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria.  This book from Fonthill is incredibly detailed within its 260 pages, and covers the development of Škoda’s tank, its technical details, and its operational use in each army that employed it.  The book includes details of markings and camouflage, and there are superb photographs throughout.  This book is extremely well written and very clear, giving all the important information that modellers and researchers would want to see.  This is a very useful account of this significant tank, which is perhaps less famous than the ‘Panzers’ but actually formed the mainstay of several German units until the last vehicles were lost in around 1942.

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