Repairing the Panzers: German Tank Maintenance in World War 2: Volume 1

Volume 1 of this very impressive series is a delight to read with a wealth of information and pictorial evidence, which this reader has never seen before. This book has real detail on WWII German armour and the great lengths the support staff and German army spent in recovery and field repair. I can only reiterate from my other review 'the photographs are real gems. What intrigues is the imaginative ways in which Germany tried both to maintain and hold on to its small tank force, if compared to the huge volumes of tanks produced by Russians and European Allies.In my opinion there no other books on this topic with this kind of photographic evidence and detail. Mr Friedli has produced a masterful compilation of the subject matter and his books are exceptional in all aspects.I am sure this book would be of benefit to the avid modellers as well as a History buff on the use of repairing Amour and its various issues of battle recovery, as well as, the recovery in the most extreme of conditions. I cannot recommend this title strongly enough and have thus rated a worthy 5 stars. `Just wanted to add that the much anticipated Volume 2 is now out and worthy follow up to volume 1.

lots of nice pics, good text, guy certainly seems to know his subject, wiish there was more info on the workshop vehicles, the German army definatly was not as well organised as R E M E but appear to kept their panzers in the field. nice touch unit organisation tables.I just think there are too many oics of tigers & not enough of workshop wagons.

My hobby is model building and German armour, I have over a hundred books on the subject and rate this as one of the best.If you like the Heimdal, Fedorowics, panzerwrecks and Panzer tracs books you will love this.It is full of excellent photos most of which I have never seen before and the read is "just special".If I could have given it ten stars I would have, buy the book you will not be disapointed.

extremely detailed analysis of the tank repair & maintenance structure, perhaps too detailed for me, coupled with lots of excellent sharp photos of tank repair and tanks in various states of disrepair. a quality book, very well produced.

good technical data and the photos are amazing, the workshop crews in Germany and on the front were very skilled. We replaced they repaired.!

A great we book , I bought Vol 2. first , deligthed to catch this one as well. A good buy IMO.

A ideal gift for a model maker. Packed with information and good photos. Cant be beaten for the price.

Great book with lots of photos and details not seen before. I read it cover to cover on the first night