The Factory Publishing

Panzers of Kasserine: The Afrika Korps in Tunisia

by  Claude Gillono

Reviewed By  Andrew Birkbeck, IPMS# 27087

MSRP: Australian Dollars 27.95 (US$17.50) ISBN: 978-0-9804631-1-8 Review Book Supplied by Dragon Models USA: www.dragonmodelsusa.com This book measures 11.75 by 8 inches in size, and consists of 32 pages enclosed in a soft card cover. Of the 32 pages, only one is print, the rest are crammed with black and white photos, along with four pages of color and marking drawings. Consequently, I would say it is a picture book, and definitely not a written history of German armored formations involved with the battles of Kasserine Pass. It is, as the author himself admits, a "photographic essay", covering German armored vehicles, along with captured US vehicles pressed into German service. The units covered are the 10th, 15th and 21st Panzer Divisions, along with the Tiger I's from Panzer Abteilung 501 and 504. The photographs consist of 82 black and white pictures captioned "NARA", which I presume means they are from the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, and appear to have been taken by a series of German war correspondents. There are lots of photos of German Panzers (Pzkfw.II, III, IV and Tiger I), together with various half-tracks and soft skins, and armored cars. The captured equipment consists of US M3 half-tracks and the odd jeep. Each photo has a well-written caption. The color artwork is well executed and covers a dozen Panzer III's of various marks, together with four different Tiger I's, and a captured US M3. This book will be very useful to any modeler interested in this theater of German WW2 operations. The photographs are nicely reproduced and show to good effect the way the vehicles looked kitted out for military action, loaded down with spare tracks for extra protection, jerry cans, rucksacks etc. I feel the book offers good value for the money, and recommend it unreservedly to anyone interested in the North African campaigns of WW2. My thanks to Dragon Models USA and IPMS/USA for allowing me the opportunity to review this title and to The Factory Publishing for supplying the review sample. Check out this and other titles at the publisher's website: www.thefactorypublishing.com or at Dragon Models USA web site: www.dragonmodelsusa.com

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