Pz.Kpfw. III Family (Paperback)

A big decal sheet with 1:72, 1:48 and 1:35 individual and national markings for 8 Pz.Kpfw. III tanks and 8 Sturmgeschutz assault guns built on the chassis of the Pz.Kpfw. III. The decal sheet was printed by Cartograf. Each painting scheme is depicted on a beautifully drawn color profile and described in the 20 page guidebook with English and Polish text. The selection contains the following vehicles: - Pz.Kpfw. III (Funk) Ausf. J named Strolch II from Versuchskommando (F.L.) Tropen, North Africa, September 1942, - Sturmgeschutz III Ausf. F/8 coded A and named Henni from an unidentified unit, late 1942, - Pz.Kpfw. III Ausf. J coded 100 from 1./Pz.Abt.18, Vielikiye Luki area, winter of 1942-1943, - Sturmgeschutz III Ausf. G coded 02 from Pz.Komp. (Fkl.) 314, Battle of Kursk, Russia, July 1943, - Pz.Kpfw. III Ausf. N coded R14 from staff of Pz.Rgt.25 from 7th Panzer Division, Battle of Kursk, Russia, July 1943, - Pz.Kpfw. III Ausf. M coded 24 from staff of Pz.Rgt. Grossdeutschland, Eastern Front, summer 1943, - Sturmgeschutz III Ausf. F/8 coded 35 from III./Pz.Rgt. HG of Fallschirm-Panzer-Division 1. Hermann Goring, Sicily, July-August 1943, - Pz.Kpfw. III Ausf. J/L coded 234 from 2./Pz.Rgt.33 Prinz Eugen of 9th Panzer Division, Bryansk area, August 1943, - Sturmgeschutz III Ausf. G coded 943 from 9./Pz.Rgt.24, northern Italy, September 1943, - Sturmgeschutz III Ausf. G coded 10 from Stug.Abt.237 attached to the 18th Panzergrenadier Division, vehicle of the 1. Battery CO, Hptm. Bodo Spranz, Yelnya, Russia, October 1943, - Pz.Kpfw. III Ausf. N coded 301 of the CO of Panzer-Sicherungs-Kompanie 3, Oblt. Karl-Friedrich Bohn; Slovenia-Croatia, October-November 1943, - Sturmgeschutz III Ausf. G from StuG.Abt.270 attached to Ski.Jag.Brig.1, Germany, winter of 1943-44, - Panzerbeobachtungswagen III Ausf. F/G coded 2701 from an unidentified unit, Eastern Front, 1944, - Pz.Kpfw. III Ausf. N coded 211 from Pz.Abt.208, northern Italy, August 1944, - Sturmgeschutz III Ausf. F/8 coded 001 from Pz.Jg.Abt.61, 11th Panzer Division, France, September 1944, - Sturmgeschutz III Ausf. G coded 223 and named Elsa/Nelly from Pz.Jg.Abt.346, 346th Infantry Division, Holland, May 1945.REVIEWS What makes this as a book for modellers though is that a large sheet of transfers are included, with the markings needed for all 16 subjects featured in the book, and they are done in 1/35, 1/48 and 1/72 all on the one sheet. So enough to attract any AFV modeller no matter what your preferred scale (or if you are like me, then all three ). The transfers are printed by Cartogrpah so you know they are of good quality. Among the vehicles featured in, just to give a guide, there are a Pz III Ausf J in North Africa, in a unit equipped with demolition vehicles; a Stug III Ausf G and a Pz III Ausf N at Kursk; a Stug III F/8 from the Herman Goring Div in Sicily in 1943; along with others on the Eastern Front, in Italy, France and Holland providing a good selection of the different theatres where these well used vehicles saw service.Overall this is of course a little book for Pz III fans in particular, and with such good quality artwork and transfers, it should attract a keen following.Military Modelling.co