Kagero History Of The Turan Medium & Heavy Tanks in WWII (9788366148956) Kagero Publishing via Casemate UK

[Julien]

History Of The Turan Medium & Heavy Tanks in WWII (9788366148956)

Kagero Publishing via Casemate UK

 

 

While the Turan was a Hungarian tank of WWII it stemmed from a Czechoslovak design.  Back before the war in 1937 the Skoda factory produced a prototype medium tank based on its earlier LT vz. 35 project. Construction of this was never finished. After Germany annexed Czechoslovakia, these prototypes were finished under the new designation of T-21, which in turn was a predecessor of a new prototype; the T-22. Two of the latter type were given to Hungary in 1941. The Hungarian engineers decided to replace the original gun with their own 40mm gun for both economic and military reasons. The 40mm gun was Hungary's main anti tank gun at the time and could fire the same ammunition as the 40mm bofors. A total of 285 Turan I, II and II tanks were produced. Following combat operations the Hungarian Army concluded the 40mm gun was insufficient and the later batch of tanks on order were changed to a 75mm gun. These were later designated Heavy tanks  

 

 

The book is written in English on the left of the page, with Polish on the right, which translates to top and bottom for the captions to the various drawings within.  The book itself is bound in a card cover and has 80  pages, with 3 pages of colour photos and 4 colour profiles in the centre.  The book is lavishly supplied with black & white photographs throughout, and there are eight pages of line drawings and technical information.  As well as details of the tank itself the book looks at the use of the tanks with the Hungarian Army 

 

 

 

Conclusion

This is a great book on a little known armoured vehicle of WII. As well as technical details on the Tanks the many photos along with technical details and colour profiles make it much more of an all round publication which will sit well with the modellers and also people interested in the history if the vehicle.  Highly recommended.

 

 

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