Darlington Productions Panzerkampfwagen VI P (Sdkfz 181)
John Prigent
Panzerkampfwagen VI P (SdKfz 181), The History Of The Porsche Typ 100 And
101 Also Known As Leopard And Tiger (P), by Thomas L Jentz and Hilary L Doyle. Published
by Darlington Productins, no ISBN.
Well, the title's a bit of a mouthful but leaves you in no doubt about what's in the book!
With 60 pages it covers the Porsche contender for the Tiger I contract in as much detail
as possible from the original German archives - no guess-work, no assumptions, no
retailing of mistakes from other sources. It starts with the first concept drawings and
goes right through the story of all the vehicles built, from the Porsche Typ 100 (usually
called VK 30.01) to the "Porsche Tiger I" used by PzJag Abt 653 as a command
vehicle. Lots of photos, excellent plans by Hilary Doyle showing the changes on vehicles
built as the design progressed and supported by Tom's clear text - for instance those
photos we all know and wonder about showing different width trackguards actually show
vehicles from different parts of the production run as the design was refined. This is
defintely a book you need if you intend building either the Italeri kit of "Porsche
Tiger I" or any of the conversions available to produce the PzJag Abt 653 command
vehicle. It only covers the gun tanks, the various SP anti-tank conversions being
scheduled for inclusion in a forthcoming volume of Panzer Tracts from the same authors and
publisher.
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