19002 - Jagdpanzer German tracked tank destroyers 1943-1945

SMI Library 02 Jagdpanzer. German tracked tank destroyers 1943-1945 - Łukasz Gładysiak - ISBN 978-83-61220-91-6

This photo-album presents four main types of German WW2 tracked tank destroyers: Jagdpanzer 38(t) Hetzer, Jagdpanzer IV, Jagdpanzer V Jagdpanther and Jagdpanzer VI Jagdtiger. The 52 page book contains 54 black and white photos, which are captioned in English and Polish. Also included are tables showing the development of each type of vehicle, their production and basic technical data; diagrams introducing the various deployments of the vehicles, and finally colour charts, which are accompanied by a decal sheet printed by Cartograf. Decals include 1:35 scale markings for 16 of total 17 tank destroyers depicted on the colour profiles and 1:48 & 1:72 scale markings for some of them. The vehicles portrayed are:
- Jagdpanzer 38(t) Hetzer completed by BMM in early autumn 1944 (1:35, 1:48 & 1:72 decals),
- Jagdpanzer 38(t) Hetzer late of the Russian Liberation Army (ROA), battle of Prague, May 1945 (1:35, 1:48 & 1:72 decals),
- Jagdpanzer 38(t) Hetzer early of Panzergruppe Beyer, Kolberg, March 1945 (1:35, 1:48 & 1:72 decals),
- Jagdpanzer IV L/48 late of unidentified unit, abandoned on the Western Front in early autumn 1944 (1:35 & 1:72 decals),
- Jagdpanzer IV L/48 early of the 3rd Company, 228th Panzerjäger Abteilung, 116th Armored Division, Normandy, summer 1944 (1:35 & 1:72 decals),
- Jagdpanzer IV L/70 (A) manufactured by Nibelungenwerke in December 1944 (1:35 decals),
- Jagdpanzer IV L/70 (A) late captured by US soldiers during the battle of Ardennes in December 1944 (1:35 decals),
- Jagdpanzer IV L/70 (V) late captured by the Red Army probably during the struggle for Pommern in February 1945 (1:35 & 1:72 decals),
- Jagdpanzer IV L/70 (V) late of  1st SS-Panzerjäger-Abteilung, 1st SS Armoured Division
Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler, Poteau area (Ardennes), December 1944 (1:35 & 1:72 decals),
- Jagdpanzer V Jagdpanther late of unidentified unit, West Germany, spring 1945 (1:35, 1:48 & 1:72 decals),
- Panzerbefehlswagen V Jagdpanther early of the HQ of 559th Panzerjäger Abteilung, Belgium, September 1944 (1:35, 1:48 & 1:72 decals),
-  Jagdpanzer V Jagdpanther manufactured in autumn 1944 of unidentified unit. West Germany, March 1945 (1:35, 1:48 & 1:72 decals),
- Jagdpanzer VI Jagdtiger (Porsche type chassis), captured by British soldiers on the Haustenbeck proving ground in spring 1945 (1:35, 1:48 & 1:72 decals),
- Jagdpanzer VI Jagdtiger late (Henschel type chassis) of the 3rd Company, 653rd schwere Panzerjäger Abteilung, attached to Kampfgruppe Göggerle, abandoned in Neustadt, March 1945 (1:35, 1:48 & 1:72 decals),
- Jagdpanzer VI Jagdtiger late (Henschel type chassis) of 653rd schwere Panzerjäger Abteilung, captured by the Red Army in Sternburg (Austria), May 1945 (1:35, 1:48 & 1:72 decals),
- Jagdpanzer VI Jagdtiger mid (Henschel type chassis) of the 2nd Company, 512th schwere Panzerjäger Abteilung, Unna (Ruhr), April 1945 (1:35, 1:48 & 1:72 decals).