Ampersand's Allied-Axis #33

This next edition of Ampersand Publishing's Allied-Axis covers some five different subjects. In line with the rest of the series, and indeed, Ampersand's overall catalogue of books, this is a visual edition. Everything you learn is from the image captions. Thanks to the landscape format, many of what you find within the covers fills the page, something I really like. This way of doing things provides the sort of detail and overall image impact that only large images provide. Also in line with other, earlier editions, the subjects are split between mostly period photos and mostly preserved subjects.

The first entry on the Sexton 25 pounder is a prime example of the latter format. There are some period photos and some great drawings, with most of the images and detail stuff taken from an operational preserved version. The second subject is just the opposite with all of the images taken by the Germans of their Horch 108 s.E.Pkw in a variety of environments including some rather neat ones that should stir the desire of modelers.

Third in the list of articles is another where the photos are all period images. This time it is the Char B.1. These images are mostly from the German archives and show tanks either destroyed or abandon during the 1940 French campaign and those later used by the German army. This segment includes some very nice detail and interior shots taken by the British at the end of the war.

Fourth article is on a vehicle I did not know existed, but was used in rather large numbers during and after WWII. In this case it is the Quick-Way Crane and Coleman Tractor. All of the images in this article are period photos, mostly taken State-side and showing not only overall views but some of the salient details of the vehicle. This is followed by the final article, again a French tank, the Souma S 35. Most of the images in this article are of the one that was preserved at the Aberdeen Proving Grounds, though there are period images of knocked out French tanks and those taken into German service.

In all, another excellent edition with a wide range of subjects that both the enthusiast and the modeler alike are sure to find of interest and one that I can highly recommend to you.

March 2016

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