Lee Archer Livres

Pz.Kpfw.II's helped overrun France in 1940. Who still had them in 1944? Where? What strange vehicle had spikes and cleats and roamed the sunken lanes of Normandy on gigantic iron wheels? What unusual feature was seen on a knocked out "Puma?" When you kitbash a Sd.Kfz.222 and a Sd.Kfz.251 in 1:1 scale, what do you get, and who gets credit for it? Only one German AFV met the Allied invasion forces on the beaches. Which one? The answers to these and other questions are to be found here in Panzerwrecks 11, with 128 rare and unpublished large format photographs from around the world.

Panzerwrecks 4: What does a Sd Kfz 234 with ‘Luchs’ turret look like? Who knocked out a Pz IV/70(V) through a house? What did the final Tiger II turrets look like? What unusual feature did GIs find on an old Pz Kpfw IV? Which unit had a Sd Kfz 234 mit Schwebelafette? Where?The answers to these and other questions are found here in Panzerwrecks 4, with 116 rare and unpublished large-format photographs from around the world.

Panzerwrecks 2: What AFVs were found on a captured train in May 1945? What does a Sturmgeschütz StuK40 gun look like on a Pz Kpfw I chassis? Have you heard about the coal mining Sturmmörser? What did the Americans find in Vienna? Did the Panthers of Panzer-Division Müncheberg have Flammenvernichter with hooded cowls? What strange feature was found on a Jagdpanzer IV?The answers to these and other questions are found here in Panzerwrecks 2, with 118 rare and unpublished large-format photographs from around the world.

Softcover photo book covering German armor and military vehicles used in World War 2. Most photos are reproduced full page and offer exceptional detail. All photos are fully captioned and in many cases specific units, dates and places are mentioned. Perfect for the hobbyist, collector or historian.

Panzerwrecks 14: Ostfront 2: What does concrete look like on a Sturmgeschütz? What new ways were found to hang ‘Schürzen?’ Which German unit was I/R capable? Did Lend-Lease extend to the Germans? What weird vehicle did the Germans leave behind at Tehumardi?The answers to these and other questions are found here in Panzerwrecks 14: Ostfront 2, with 128 rare and unpublished large-format photographs from around the world.

Panzerwrecks 5 is the fifth in the series examining wrecked, abandoned and surrendered German armour from 1944-45. The hallmark of all Panzerwrecks books are the large format photographs, the majority of which are full page. This enables the reader to see details with much greater clarity. These photographs are backed up with informative and insightful captions, for which some of the most knowledgeable people in the field have given their time and expertise to assist with identification. Each Panzerwrecks volume has a number of features in which the authors have collated material on a theme. In Panzerwrecks 5 these Panzerwrecks 1 revisited, Tiger II joyride, wrecks in Russian newsreels, three Maus at Meppen. Notable highlights in this book Maus, Jagdtiger, Elefant, M.A.N. assembled Panther Ausf.G with steel wheel on the last roadwheel station, Flakpanzer Wirbelwind, Sturmpanzer 43 (Brummbaer), Sherman V and VC in German service, along with a US built T48 57mm GMC. Two very unusual additions are some Sd.Kfz.10 and Sd.Kfz.

Panzerwrecks 3: What ‘secret weapon’ did the 11 Panzer-Division possess? Where did Pz Jg Abt 553 surrender their Jagdpanzer 38? What does a Sturmgeschütz III look like as a recovery vehicle? What did a US Signal Corps photographer find on an LCT? How much armour was actually surrendered at Iserlohn? What effect did cannon fire have on a Pz Kpfw IV?The answers to these and other questions are found here in Panzerwrecks 3, with 125 rare and unpublished large-format photographs from around the world.

This 392-page book is lavishly illustrated with 360 mostly unpublished photographs that take the reader from the retreat at Seelow to collecting wrecks from central Berlin. Years of painstaking research and a network of like-minded researchers from across the globe have enabled the authors to piece together the who, where and why, including lists o