Logo from Scott Cunningham.
Logo from Scott Cunningham.
Salt, John, ed. WW2 Weapon Effectiveness [Electronic file]. 5 July 1999. Available [Online]: <http://www.wargamer.org/GvA/archives/WW2eff.zip> [97Kb, 7 September 2000]. John Salt has collated and summarised extracts from various reports from the British Government which have been declassified and are available to the general public at the Public Records Office, Kew. There is a wealth of information in these files which, although in the public domain, has probably never been published before. John has done a huge amount of work and has generously made it available to all, without condition.
———, ed. WW2 Weapon Hit Probabilities [Electronic file]. 4 July 1999. Available [Online]: <http://www.wargamer.org/GvA/archives/WW2hit.zip> [11Kb, 7 September 2000]. See the entry above for more information.
———, ed. WW2 Weapon Penetration [Electronic file]. 7 August 1999. Available [Online]: <http://www.wargamer.org/GvA/archives/WW2pen.zip> [81Kb, 7 September 2000]. See the entry two above for more information.
von Senger und Etterlin, F. M. German Tanks of World War II. The Complete Illustrated History of German Armoured Fighting Vehicles 1926–1945. Trans. J. Lucas. London: Arms and Armour Press, 1969. Trans. of Die Deutschen Panzer 1926–1945. München: J.F. Lehmanns Verlag, 1968.
———. Die Kampfpanzer von 1916–1966. München: J.F. Lehmanns Verlag, 1966.
Shillito, Chris. Armour in Focus. August 1999. Available [Online]: <http://www.armourinfocus.co.uk> [7 September 2000]. Chris provides many high quality photographs of armoured vehicles. He has quite a collection of all nationalites and vehicle types. There are also some detailed histories of selected vehicles. Chris has kindly given permission for some of his photographs to be used on this site.
Soncha, Andrew R., Jr. Ender Design. 1999. Available [Online]: <http://www.ender-design.com/> [12 September 2000]. This site contains a huge amount of high quality graphics suitable for web use, all free! The background image and the chain horizontal divider on this site are modified from two of Andrew’s grpahics. There is plenty more that Andrew has to offer, and for anybody building their own site I can recommend that you start by looking there.
Spielberger, Walter J. Die Panzerkampfwagen 35(t) und 38(t) und ihre Abarten einschliesslich der tschechoslowakischen Heeresmotorisierung, 1920–1945. 3rd ed. The Spielberger German Armor & Military Vehicles Series. Stuttgart: Motorbuch Verlag, 1997.
———. Panther & Its Variants. Trans. Don Cox. The Spielberger German Armor & Military Vehicles Series. Atglen, Pennsylvania: Schiffer Publishing Ltd., 1993. Trans. of Der Panzerkampfwagen Panther und seine Abarten. Stuttgart: Motorbuch Verlag, 1991.
———. Panzer III & Its Variants. Trans. Edward Force. The Spielberger German Armor & Military Vehicles Series. Atglen, Pennsylvania: Schiffer Publishing Ltd., 1993. Trans. of Der Panzerkampfwagen III und seine Abarten. Stuttgart: Motorbuch Verlag, 1990.
Panzer IV & Its Variants.
———. Panzer IV & Its Variants. Trans. Edward Force. The Spielberger German Armor & Military Vehicles Series. Atglen, Pennsylvania: Schiffer Publishing Ltd., 1993. Trans. of Der Panzerkampfwagen IV und seine Abarten. Stuttgart: Motorbuch Verlag, 1988.
———. Tiger & King Tiger Tanks and Their Variants. Trans. Gilbert F. Burns. The Spielberger German Armor & Military Vehicles Series. Sparkford, Somerset: Haynes Publishing Group, 1991. Trans. of Der Panzerkampfwagen Tiger und seine Abarten. Stuttgart: Motorbuch Verlag, 1987.
———. Schwere Jagdpanzer: Entwicklung, Fertigung, Einsatz. 2nd ed. Stuttgart: Motorbuch Verlag, 1996.
———. Sturmgeschutz & Its Variants. Trans. James C. Cable. The Spielberger German Armor & Military Vehicles Series. Atglen, Pennsylvania: Schiffer Publishing Ltd., 1993. Trans. of Sturmgeschütz Entwicklung und Fertigung der sPak. 2nd ed. Stuttgart: Motorbuch Verlag, 1994.
Sykes, C., C. A. Adams, R. Beeching, J. W. Maccoll and D. G. Sopwith. The Penetration of Armour Plate. Compiled by the Co-ordinating Sub-Committee of the Armour Piercing Projectile Committee. Ordnance Board Press, 1950. This sub-committee was set up to review and co-ordinate the various investigations being carried out in relation to attack on armour. It is a lengthy report with considerable mathematics and reviews terminal ballistics as understood at the end of World War II.
The Tank Museum. Churchill Tank. Vehicle History and Specification. London: HMSO, 1983. A reprint of some parts of the Sevice Instruction Book for the Churchill tank, and a selection of official documents associated with it.
The Tank Museum. Cromwell Tank. Vehicle History and Specification. London: HMSO, 1983. A reprint of some parts of the Sevice Instruction Book for the Cromwell tank.
TankNet Military Forums. No date. Discussions cited in endnotes are archived for reference. Available [Online]: <http://www.wargamer.org/GvA/archives/Forums.zip> [4Kb, 7 September 2000]. Should you wish to view current postings to this forum then see the listing of Forums on the Links page.
Winnington-Ball, Geoff. Maple Leaf Up. September 1999. Available [Online]: <http://www.mapleleafup.org/> [7 September 2000]. This site is a beautifully presented history of the Canadian Forces.
Red Army Handbook 1939–1945.
Zaloga, Steven J. T–34/76 Medium Tank 1941–45. Osprey Publishing, 1994.
Zaloga, Steven J. and Leland S. Ness. Red Army Handbook 1939–1945. Stroud, Gloucestershire: Sutton Publishing Ltd., 1998. This is an excellent overview of the Soviet army and its organisation, with a good summary of all Soviet Army weapons.
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