Over 270 illustrations, including 65 full-colour paintings and 146 photographs, are featured in this newly reprinted volume covering the coloration and markings of the opposing armoured formations in the Second World War.
The employment of military vehicles when aerial observation of ground operations had become fundamental to strategic and tactical planning, demanded that attention be paid to vehicle concealment and disguise. During the course of the war, camouflage techniques developed to a high standard and vehicles successfully blended with their surroundings.
Terence Wise explains the basic principles of camouflage, the use of foliage, garnished nets and the art of counter-shading. Then, the photographs and full-colour plates to illustrate his text, he describes the colours, and camouflage patterns that were painted on armoured vehicles by the Germans and their opponents plus the unit codes, registration and serial numbers, tactical signs, national identification and serial recognition markings.
D-Day to Berlin provides a fresh and authoritative guide to the visual appearance of the armoured vehicles that fought in the Western theatre. Including many rare and previously unpublished photographs, it is critically acclaimed as the best such reference and of vital use to modellers and enthusiasts.
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