My book-buying "problem"

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  1. von Poop

    von Poop Adaministrator Admin

    Not much wrong with the old Profile series. (There are hardback compilations of them out there if memory serves.).
    'Battle Tanks' is/are worth having, but they're compilations of Ospreys, so if you've several on the covered subject & aren't just looking for handiness, maybe have a look before buying.

    Shouldn't really be in the 'buying' thread as it just arrived for review, but this is the main book chat now. Up my street so far:
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    von Poop, Oct 17, 2020
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  2. von Poop

    von Poop Adaministrator Admin

    'Red Machines' looks an interesting series.
    Good?
    Hopefully further evidence of 'specialist' armour books diversifying from the same old same old panzer stuff.

    And I now wish to know what the Philippine Scout Car mystery might be.
    Back to Google I go...
     
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  3. Chris C

    Chris C Canadian

    Right - what I just got is a hardcover compilation of AFV Profiles, of British vehicles from the 1920s and 30s! It has a lot of coverage but is noticeably lacking in anything about the A9, A10, or A13.

    I can see now that the "slow motion suspension" was actually pretty good in that prior to it a lot of tank suspensions were not very good at providing the smooth ride desired for firing on the move.
     
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  4. Orwell1984

    Orwell1984 Senior Member

    Good indeed. One of the authors is James Kinnear who wrote this book:
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    Their T-60 book was also worth it too.
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    And decent reviews here:
    https://www.amazon.com/Red-Machines...=T-60&qid=1602967874&rnid=1000&s=books&sr=1-2

    They're more technical and development books than operational histories but the operational side isn't completely left out.
     
    Orwell1984, Oct 17, 2020
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  5. von Poop

    von Poop Adaministrator Admin

    You say that like it's a bad thing...
    Oh dear. And they look like the sort of thing that's only going to get more expensive eventually. Hmmm.
     
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  6. Orwell1984

    Orwell1984 Senior Member

    And that is an astute observation. It's how I rationalized my purchase. ;)
     
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  7. Rich Payne

    Rich Payne Rivet Counter Patron 1940 Obsessive

    I'd never buy any book that spells 'Armour' without the 'U'.
     
    Rich Payne, Oct 18, 2020
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  8. Juha

    Juha Junior Member

    I liked Jones' book very much.
     
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  9. Orwell1984

    Orwell1984 Senior Member

    Latest but not last:
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    The last one is interesting and was hard to source.
    Website here: Armour Publishing Ltd
    No sign of volume 2 5 years later so I think the project may be defunct. However at 800 plus pages this book will take some digesting.
     
    Orwell1984, Oct 30, 2020
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  10. Tom OBrien

    Tom OBrien Senior Member

    Hoping to get this for Xmas - reviews look good and from a series of proper historians:

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    Regards

    Tom
     
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  11. stolpi

    stolpi Well-Known Member

    Couldn't resist :rolleyes: .. two volumes about "Le Corps Expeditionnaire Francais in Italie" ... I will have to dust off by French Dictionnaries.

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  12. Chris C

    Chris C Canadian

    Orwell, looks like some great books there. Not familiar with the specifics of the Greeks' reversal of the Italians so I can only imagine that will be good reading. I'm very interested in the close support book. And Shales' plan was mad as a hatter but at least he turned out the one book. I should probably have bought it at the time but I seem to recall it being... not cheap.
     
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  13. Orwell1984

    Orwell1984 Senior Member

    The close support books looks very promising. Volume two looks at Italy, Southern France and the AOP squadrons. It has a nice mix of texts, pictures and diagrams.

    The Shales book is dense. I bought my copy from Abebooks for more than I'd usually spend but less than I'd seen copies listed for. A lucky find really. Shipping was the major issue. It will keep me busy during our cold Canadian winter nights I guess.
     
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  14. Waddell

    Waddell Well-Known Member

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    Opshop had a pop up store in the local shops today- always dangerous.

    Came away with three RAF/RAAF books to add to my growing collection. $3 each.:)

    Having had a bit of a google it seems that Terence Kelly wrote quite a few books about his WW2 experiences?
     
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  15. von Poop

    von Poop Adaministrator Admin

    "Not buying any more tank books until Mr Knight's nex.. ooh, that's a lot cheaper than usual!"
    Click.
    Bugger.

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    Not a proper bugger as it's an excellent well-illustrated & lucid book I already know reasonably well, but, y'know. Weak.
     
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  16. idler

    idler GeneralList

    idler, Nov 16, 2020
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  17. Charley Fortnum

    Charley Fortnum Dreaming of Red Eagles

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  18. von Poop

    von Poop Adaministrator Admin

    Just noticed that's £70 for the Kindle edition.
    Strewth.
     
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  19. idler

    idler GeneralList

    Now you're making me feel bad...

    Will be interesting to read the Kota Bharu chapter as I like to think I've seen nearly everything there is to be seen outside the regimental centre.

    I think I'm right in saying the author runs the KaisersCross website so some of the material is on there.
     
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  20. Wobbler

    Wobbler Well-Known Member

    A bit more for the Kindle pot:

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