An inexpensive photo essay of the King Tiger in service

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	• The King Tiger, Vol. 2: Development, Units, Operations Wolfgang Schneider Schiffer Publishing, 1991 - 48 pages average customer review:based on 4 reviews view larger image
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Detailed enough

I bought this short (47 page) booklet as a reference as a hobbyist. There is enough good detail on unit marking and the slight variations of the models of this tank to be of use to the modeller and even history enthusiast. The photos are great, many of which may be first published in this booklet. There are more detailed and lengthly publications on the Tiger tanks, but for the price, this one is very good.

An inexpensive photo essay of the King Tiger in service

If you cannot afford Wolfgang Schneider's massive two-volume "Tigers in Combat" series (published by J.J. Fedorowicz in Canada), then this little booklet is a useful alternative. While the other Tiger books usually reprint the same propaganda photos with useless captions, Schneider actually gives a very brief history of each Tiger unit, and offers a handful of photos showing the King Tiger in service with that unit. Thus, you get a better understanding of different camouflage and marking practices in each Panzerabteilung. Combine this title with Thomas Jentz's King Tiger book published by Osprey, and you have an economical but authoritative reference library on the beast.

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An excellent source on the King Tiger tank

This is an excellent source on the King Tiger tank; it represents a pictorial guide to the development and operations of the King Tiger. It provides information on the technical development, through some text, but mostly pictures, and drawings (including three cutaway drawings of the interior of the King Tiger's turret, and hull). Most of the book is on the units and operations of the King Tiger tank, almost every unit to receive King Tiger tanks is summarized with a few paragraphs on that units operation from 1944 to 1945, and accompanied by interesting pictures that illustrate the units operations. The pictures are never or rarely published before, the book is worth buying just for the pictures (as many come from private collections or those who served with the King Tiger tank units). The book also has a table listing the complete deliveries of King Tigers to units. This book is worth buying if you are interested in the King Tiger tank.

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An excellent source on the King Tiger tank

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This is the second volume covering the use and variants of the King Tiger, in both photographs and text.