Germany / USA - Official US Army Restricted ''Handbook of German Army' - Uniforms - Insignia - Tanks - Weapons - German Airforce/Elite/Army - MP40 - MG42 - FG42 - Kubelwagen - Schwimmwagen - 1945

A very rare and surprisingly comprehensive RESTRICTED WW2 produced Handbook of the German Forces published by the US Army Command in March 1945. It deals with German WEAPONS (Tiger tanks, Me163, Me262, KUBELWAGEN, SCHWIMMWAGEN, FG42, STG44, MP44), uniforms (Airforce, Army, Mountain Troops, SS (with all the related insignia), airplanes, halftracks, anti tank guns, strategies, BUNKERS and FORTIFICATIONS etc. The amount of detail is truly amazing and it is illustrated throughout with many colour plates. It is in good condition with some wear, only the first page has a rip. These books are generally in poor condition due to the lesser paper quality, but besides the first few pages this book is in generally good condition!.

This is NOT a modern reprint but a 100% original World War II RESTRICTED TM-E 30-451 War Department HANDBOOK ON GERMAN MILITARY FORCES 15 March 1945 as published by the American Military Intelligence Service in Washington, D.C. by order of the Secretary of War. The purpose of this restricted English language military technical manual was to give United States military personnel a better understanding of the principal characteristics of the German military forces including its organizations, battle tactics, defenses, supply, weapons, uniforms, insignia, equipment, etc.The book has text, ten color pages of uniforms and insignia, charts, maps, black & white illustrated pages of the branches of Adolf Hitler's Wehrmacht, its military structure / organization, battlefield tactics, fortifications and defenses (including the 'dragon's teeth' of the Westwall), ordnance - its distribution and storage, maintenance and repair of equipment, troop movements, food rationing, pistols, machine guns and rifles, mortars and rocket projectors, Nebelwerfer and Flak, military vehicles (from VW Schwimmwagen to tanks), grenades and mines, radio equipment, pontoon bridges, gas masks, flame throwers, uniforms (summer, winter, Panzer, Waffen-SS camouflage), insignia, ranks, decorations, medals, awards, etc. This handbook has a separate chapter on Hermann Goering's Luftwaffe that identifies all the famous German air force airplanes including the jet-propelled Me 262 and the Me 163 rocket-propelled interceptor. The heavily illustrated manual consists of 8 x 10-½ inch tan linen covered hard covers containing 600+ well-illustrated pages. The pages are not bound in the manner typical for books, but held inside the sturdy covers with a thick black shoelace, so obsolete pages could be removed or new, revised pages added when necessary. This was the last edition printed and therefor the most complete edition of this HANDBOOK ON GERMAN MILITARY FORCES.

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