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Tankograd Publishing specialise in titles mainly relating to Soviet and Eastern Bloc WWII and post-war vehicles. Each of the publications being reviewed are soft covered, A4 centre-stapled format, with high quality glossy paper and plenty of colour pictures.

Each book is packed with detail, mainly in the form of captioned photographs. There is a good mix of photos of vehicles in service and in museums, as well as relevant technical drawings. The text is all in English.

The Tankograd Gazette is a regular quarterly publication. The review sample is Issue No. 12, April 2001. Contents comprise:

• The KV-2 during Operation Barbarossa (great wartime shots of abandoned vehicles, plus colour museum detail photos).
• The BMP-2 in SFOR Service (a short colour feature)
• Czech Halftracks 1945-1970 (from the Sd.Kfz. 251D to the Tatra OT-810 APC)
• T-34 Cooling System Maintenance (Part Four of a regular series)
• The BA-10/BA-10M Armoured Car (another useful reference pice with wartime and museum photos)
• Soviet Superheavy Nuclear Artillery
• Beltring War and Peace Show 2001 (a one page summary)
• 1L22-1 PAROL IFF System (museum reference photos)
• The T-28 in Wehrmacht Service

The other publication, "US Army Heavy Wreckers of World War II",  is No. 1001 in a new Military Vehicle Series. The Ward LaFrance and Kenworth M1/M1A1 family of wreckers is well covered in captioned photos and drawings.

This will be essential reading for anyone contemplating building the Accurate Armour Ward LaFrance wrecker in 1/35 scale.

Both Recommended.