|
WWP Present Vehicle Line No 7:
T-54/55 Variants in Detail
by Frantisek Koran and Frantisek
Sykora
Wings & Wheels Publications, ISBN 80-86416-35-6, 192
pages.
This is described as a photo manual for modellers and that’s exactly
what it is. No, it doesn’t cover the intriguing Iraqi Enigma version
and neither does it include all of the Chinese versions of the T-54 and
T-55. What it does give you is a very detailed look at the variants that
are available in Czech museums and private collections. Here are the T-54
A and B, including many internal shots of the A version, the Chinese T-69-II
with Boom Shield bar armour on its turret, T-55 with internal details
as well, T-55 M with some internal coverage too, T-55AM1 with more internal
than exterior shots, T-54 AM2 and T-55 AM2 with the added turret armour
and again with lots in internal detail as well as their exteriors, and
loads of engine, engine bay, transmission and cooling system photos as
well! For good measure the first pages show many T-54s and T-55s in service
with various armies including the Serbian (with good coverage of their
eye-catching mulit-coloured camouflage), and the last 30 pages deal with
common details – ammunition, driver’s foul-weather hood, fuel
drums, mine plow, mine clearing trailer – and the Praga V-3S tank
repair truck. Excellent reference for T-54 and 55 modellers, even if the
exact version you’re modelling isn’t covered you’ll
want to have this book for the next model. Very highly recommended.
John Prigent
|
|