Time for an improvement to my references on Soviet Armour. Has anyone seen/read the Schiffer books by Fleischer & Koch? Thought they might make a good port of call bearing in mind Schiffer's usual quality. Any good? Bushwood Books: Russian Tanks and Armored Vehicles 1917-1945 By Wolfgang Fleischer Bushwood Books: Russian Tanks and Armored Vehicles 1946-to the Present By Fred Koch Any other suggestions? Cheers, Adam.
I've got the first one. Rather nicely it sits next to my Fletcher, Mr Churchill's tank. Both published by Schiffer and it means I have a Fletcher and a Fleischer side by side on the shelf. The book is not so good unfortunately. It is crammed with quite interesting little photographs, mainly of jerry crawling over knocked out examples. The book is laid out in a chronological order with only three chapters. Pre 1930, 1930-1939 and 1939-1945 with no index! The text is rambling with technical data sheets mixed in. A very frustrating book to use for research, not too bad a read though. Certainly not the comprehensive encyclopedia that is needed. What about those Russian books mentioned by Alex? must be worth a punt.
Cheers mate, sounds like I might have to have a shufti at yours before buying. Those Russki books look superb, and can be had for very little money, but I really want to wait until/if they're translated. I'd be so frustrated having all the development history hidden behind Cyrillics. Think I need an Uber-version of Bean & Fowler, covering the same territory but in much more depth.
