The first of a new 3-volume set on the Panther tank from Waldemar Trojca. The first volume, Panther: Bergepanther D, from Trojca’s Technical and Operational History series, will be a monster (896 pages). We expect to receive it around the end of this year. It will be followed by a volume on the Ausf. A, and then by the final volume on the Ausf. G. When completed, this 3-volume set will be the definitive work on the Panther tank.

Here are the specifics:

• Hard cover. English/German text. Large format.

• 896 pages, of which 48 pages are in colour.

• Over 900 photographs. 160 pages of technical drawings.

• Complete history of the development of the Panther tank.

• Description of the Panther Ausf. D.

• First part technical description of the Panther (chosen elements).

• Full description of Pz.Bef.Wg. Panther Ausf. A, D, and G.

• One section on infra-red equipment.

• Full description of the Bergepanther Ausf. D.

• Combat history of the Panther Ausf. D in 1943:

  • Pz.Abt. 51 and Pz.Abt. 52 at Kursk

  • 2. SS-Pz.Div. Das Reich

  • Pz.Rgt. 23 from 23 Pz.Div.

  • LSSAH in 1943