As you may recall, Mushroom Models Publications has been doing a few books on military vehicles (as opposed to aircraft) in their green series. These have been, for the most part, large format books as opposed to the regular 'osprey-sized' aircraft publications.

This particular one is basically a photo book on the various vehicles that were operating in 2007 during the author's tour of duty with the British Army. It gave him access to a lot of different types and those are included in this book. The actual number and variety is quite extensive, as each of the 20 different nations brought in their own specialty vehicles.

The book it divided into two major sections. One is on the vehicles themselves. There are at least two large images per page with a stats block at the beginning of the part on a specific vehicle. The photo captions provide the bulk of the information. The other section is by nation. This section shows the various types of vehicle used by each country and is listed alphabetically. There are no tanks or SPGs or other heavy weapons of destruction. Instead, these are APCs and light armored cars that would be used for general patrol. All photos are in full color and include shots of several of the unique 'in theater' modifications done to some of these vehicles.

In all, a superb look at the various modes of transport used by the international peace-keeping force in Afghanistan today and one that needs to be on the shelves of any serious military modeler.

November 2007

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