Captured American and British Tanks Under the German Flag

great little book

This is one of a multi-volume set on German use of captured equipment during the Second World War. Each contains about 48 pages of text and illustrations--generally black and white contemporary pictures of the armor in German service, or immediately after a recapture with German markings and perhaps camopuflage still visible. There are no color illustrations in this volume except the cover, which closely follows a known example.The text describes the numbers of British and American tanks captured and sometimes the circumstances, the uses to which the Whermacht put the tanks, modifications, place in the German order of battle, and camouflage and markings when known. Photographs are copious: I have not seen an illustration of this sort which is not included in the appropriate volume, and they're reproduced well. In many cases the brown and olive green cammo pattern sometimes used by American forces is observable on the captured Shermans, and that's not always true of volumes on American armor.All told, the volume is a must buy for the military modeler interested in the topic, and a very tempting buy for the wargamer.Faults: not many. The equivalent volume on French tanks has a bit more on painting and marking in German service, and I would have appreciated a tad more comment on tactical employment. A little discussion of sources at controversial point or two would have been helpful. The numbers for German Sherman tanks in the Battle of the Bulge were the highest I've seen, and some Afrika Korps material refers to a company-sized unit of Stuarts which is not identified as such here.All in all, the best book on the topic by some margin.

This is a great booklet (roughly 50 pages) about British & American tanks that were captured and used by the German Army during World War II. The booklet gives a good brief history of most British & American tanks that were in use during the war and tells how the Germans put them to use. I was wanting to build a few plastic model kits of British & American tanks and put German Army painting/markings on them. This booklet was a great help and gave me some great ideas as well!!!!! If anyone is familiar with the Squadron/Signal Publications concerning their "Walk Around..." or "In Action..." series, this booklet is just like that but primarily focusing on CAPTURED British & American tanks. Same can be said about "Panzer Vor!" booklets. Probably my biggest gripe about this particular booklet is that the author(s) began the picture placement starting with late WWII and then going backwards to the North African Campaign. I thought that this booklet would have been much more better starting out with the French Campaign, then North Africa, Sicily/Italy, and then culminating with the fighting in Northwest Europe. ALL photos inside booklet are black/white; the only color photo is on the front cover. Great reference material for model building.

Thursday: 02/11/2010 The Author "Werner Regenberg has also developed books on captured French and Russian Tanks. All -3- of these books are worth the $$. Captured American and British tanks covers a little know subject. During the 2nd world war large #'s of Allied Tanks and Armored vehicles were captured, evaluted and used by the German Military. The first years of the war the German army was "on a roll" and almost always in possession of the battle field at the end of the day. Possession of the Battleground gave the axis ownership of their own damaged tanks and a large # of Allied vehicles. Ownership of large #'s of Allied Armored vehicles used in minor theatres of the war and in static defense freed up German tanks for use in more important roles. The photos presented are high quality and represent excellent research on the part of the author. I recommend this book for those readers with Military and historical interest.

This book gives the reader a different perspective on World War Two. The German Army was known for using captured military equipment, weapons, and ammunition on large scales and developing even specific military units majority using nothing but captured gear. I enjoyed reading this book and several other books that this publishing company has written. My only negative is the lack of pages. Less than about 50 pages and while the pictures are interesting I wish there was more. Overall if you are a military history buff, enjoy building minature/model armor, or looking at WW2 from the German view-point, then this might be worth checking out.