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Sept-Dec., 2001 Vol. 36, No. 3

Cover Photo: US 6th Armored Division Sherman "Betty Bumps"

• US 6th ARMORED DIVISION, by Scott Smith (6 pages, 7 photos, 3 drawings)
• HALF-TRACK ERRATA, ETC., by Mike Duplessis (2 pages, 6 drawings)
• HEERSGESCHICHTLICHE MUSEUM, VIENNA, by Karl Brandel (4 pages, 16 photos)
• PANZER IV SURVIVORS: Part 1, by Will Phelps (5 pages)
• COMBAT LOUDSPEAKER IN BREAKTHROUGH, by Bill Auerbach (2 pages, 1 photo)
• 6 Book Reviews

May-Aug., 2001 Vol. 36, No. 2

Cover Photo: Tiger I knocked out in a maize field near Villa Strada, Italy.

• THE TIGER OF VILLA BONAZZA ,by Jeff Plowman (3 pages, 2 photos)
• A MYSTERY GUN, by David Fletcher (1 page, 1 photo)
• 708th AMPHIBIOUS TANK BN. AT SAIPAN, by Ron Klages (3 pages, 2 photos)
• THE B IV b (SdKfz.301) IN NORMANDY, by Col. C.P. Stacey (1 page)
• AUSTRALIAN MINE CLEARING LEOPARDS, by Paul Handel (3 pages, 8 photos)
• TIGER I PRODUCTION MODIFICATIONS, by Tom Jentz (2 page chart)
• GUATEMALAN ARMOR, by Julio Montes (1 page, 3 photos)
• THAT GOLAN Pz.IV, by Russell Vaughan (2 pages, 4 photos)
• CANADA'S WW2 WAR EFFORT, by Roy Thomas (1 page)
• LAV III: Description and Use (1 page)
• 6 Book Reviews, 1 Kit Review

Jan-Apr., 2001 Vol. 36, No. 1

Cover Photo: M5A1 getting a whitewash camouflage job

• AFRIKANER TIGERS, by Ron Klages (4 pages, 1 photo, 1 TO&E diagram)
• MORE ON WW2 SMOKE, by Konrad Schreier (3 pages, 7 illustrations)
• TIGER I PRODUCTION CHANGES, by Ron Klages (1 page)
• KOREAN WAR MEMORIAL MUSEUM, by Paul Handel (2 pages, 9 photos)
• SALVADORIAN ARMOR, by Julio Montes (3 pages, 5 photos, 2 drawings)
• M29 WEASEL TRIALS, by Ed Storey (3 pages, 3 photos)
• 11 Book Reviews, 1 Kit Review

Sept-Dec., 2000 Vol. 35, No. 3

Cover Photo: T28 on display at Patton Museum

• US SUPERHEAVY TANK T28 ASSAULT VEHICLE, by G. Bradford (4 pages, 7 photos)
• AMERICAN SMOKE: Battling The Big Cats, by Mike Duplessis (3 pages, 3 illust)
• A LOOK AT ARMOR DISPLAYED IN ISRAEL, by Russ Vaughan (3 pages, 8 photos)
• BRITISH 2nd ARMOURED DIVSION: N.AFRICA, March 31, 1941 (TO&E)
• SHERMAN COVER PHOTO MYSTERY SOLVED, by Peter Brown (2 pages, 1 illust)
• SQUEEZEBORE GUNS, by Terry Stibal (1 page)
• COMBAT MISSION: Beyond Overlord Review, by Mike Duplessis (1 page)
• M103 DEFENDER, by Ken Estes (3 pages)
• 4 Book Reviews, 1 Kit Review.

May-Aug., 2000 Vol. 35, No. 2

Cover Photo: A mystery Sherman and crew

• ARMOR BATTLE AT TOMASZOW LUBELSKI, by Witold Lawrynowicz (4 pages, 5 illust)
• THE ORSOGNA-ORTONA TIGER COUNTERATTACK, by Jeff Plowman (3 pages, 2 photos)
• SOVIET SANDBAGGING, by Karl Brandel (1 page)
• WEASEL & PLOUGH, by Barry Beaudry (4 pages, 2 photos, 2 illustrations)
• BUILDING "LULUBELLE", by Rob Stone (2 pages, 5 photos)
• TIGER TALK, by Ron Klages (2 pages)
• 1968 IDF INTELLIGENCE REPORTS, from J.S. Bermudez
• 10 Book Reviews

Jan-Apr., 2000 Vol. 35, No. 1

Cover Photo: Improvised APC at the Dublin Easter Rebellion in 1916

• BRITISH APCs OF THE 1916 EASTER REBELLION, by Paul Walsh (5 pages, 3 photos, 1 map)
• TIGER ENCOUNTER AT MASSA LOMBARDA, by Jeff Plowman (3 pages, 2 photos)
• CANADIAN AFV HELMETS, by Roger Lucy (3.5 pages, 7 photos)
• THE T-34 FAMILY in Chart Form, by Karl Brandel (2 pages)
• DEFENCE SYSTEMS EQUIPMENT INTERNATIONAL 1999, by Peter Brown (3 pages, 5 photos)
• THE PAGAN: SHORT HISTORY OF AN M113A1, by Mike Cecil (3 pages, 4 photos)
• IDF: MERKAVA IV NEWS, by Craig Brien (1/2 page)
• 13 Book Review

  Sept-Dec., 1999 Vol. 34, No. 3

• Cover Photo: Egyptian M4A3/FL10 from the 1956 war.
• ARMOR AT EGYPTIAN MILITARY MUSEUMS, by Chris Weeks (2 pages, 5 photos)
• SIG-122: The illigitimate variant of the StuG.III, by Karl Brandel (2 pages, 2 pics)
• THE LAST TANK BATTLE OF WW2, by Charles Kliment (8 pages, 11 photos, 2 maps)
• BUILDING AN AUSTRALIAN AC3 TANK, by Gary Zimmer (3 pages, 1 pic)
• VILLERS-BOCAGE THRU THE LENS even deeper in-depth, by Dick Harley (2.5 pages)
• KANGAROO APC TYPES, by Hano Spoelstra (1/2 page)
• EGYPTIAN SPECIALIST ARMOR, from Steve Osfield (1/2 page)
• DML SHERMAN VC "FIREFLY" kit review by Cookie Sewell (1/2 page)
• 5 Book Reviews

  May-Aug., 1999 Vol. 34, No. 2

  Cover Photo: Czech Army OT-810 (SdKfz.251)
• OT-810 OF THE CZECH ARMY, by Charles Kliment (10 pages, 25 photos)
• EVOLUTION OF THE COMMANDO A/CAR, by Mike Duplessis (2 pages, 6 pics)
• HI-TECH SKEET SHOOT, by Mike Duplessis (1/2 pages)
• ENCOUNTER AT MASSA LOMBARDA cont'd, by Jeff Plowman (2 pages, 5 photos)
• M8 GREYHOUND KIT REPORT, by Cookie Sewell (1 page)
• CANADIAN KANGAROOS IN WW2, by Ken Ramsden (1 page)
• WW2 US OLIVE DRAB cont'd, by Robert Livingston (1/2 page)
• CENTAUR KIT REVIEW IN DEPTH, by Dick Harley (1 page)
• VILLERS-BOCAGE THROUGH THE LENS, by Peter Brown (1 page)
• 7 Book Reviews
  

Jan-Apr., 1999 Vol. 34, No. 1

Cover Photo: The M4A3E2 "Jumbo" on display at the Brussels Tank Museum.

• CENTURIONS IN CANADIAN SERVICE, by Don Dingwall (4 pages, 6 photos)
• ENCOUNTER AT MASSA LOMBARDA, by Jeff Plowman (3 pages, 2 photos)
• 75mm GUNS M2, M3 and 76mm M1, by Steve Osfield (2 pages)
• 40 TON CENTURION, by Michael Duplessis (2 pages, 4 photos)
• MARMON-HERRINGTON TANKS in Australia, by Mike Cecil (1 page)
• T-34 CREW COMPLIMENTS REVISITED, by Karl Brandel (1 page)
• MORE ON THE E9 SUSPENSION, by Konrad Screier (1 page)
• OLIVE DRAB CAMMO, by Peter Fransden (1 page)
• BRAZILIAN FT-17 GETS A GUN, by Ricardo Bonalume Neto (2 pages, 2 photos)
• 8 Book Reviews

Sept-Dec., 1998 Vol. 33, No. 3

Cover Photo: German T-34 Beutpanzer captured in Trieste, May 1945.

• CENTURIONS IN CANADIAN SERVICE, by Don Dingwall (4 pages, 1 photo)
• M4E9 SUSPENSION, by Jim McCoy (1 page, 1 photo)
• INSIDE THE MERKAVA, by Karl Brandel (3 pages, 4 photos)
• MUSEUM OF MILITARY HISTORY, Franconia, by Geoff Walden (1 page, 2 photos)
• AUSTRALIAN GRANT DOZER TANKS, by Mike Cecil (5 pages, 7 photos)
• MORE ON EGYPTIAN SHERMANS, by Chris Weeks (1 page, 1 photo)
• CROMWELL MEGA KIT REVIEW, by Dick Harley (2 pages)
• 7 Book Reviews

May-Aug., 1998 Vol. 33, No. 2

Cover Photo: Tiger "211" of s.SS.Pz.Abt.102.

• MERKAVA: Project Study, by Karl Brandel (2 pages, 6 photos)
• THE S1 SCOUT CAR, by Mike Cecil (2 pages, 1 photo)
• NEW ZEALAND'S UNPROFOR M113A1s, by Jeff Plowman (3 pages, 7 photos)
• NEW TYPE OF ISRAELI ARMOR, by Karl Brandel (1 page, 2 photos)
• CANADIAN UNPROFOR AFVs, by Edward Storey (2 pages, 5 photos)
• THE RAM ARV Mark I, by Chris Johnson (2 pages)
• 115mm BR-6 APRSDS: Soviet Espionage? by Mike Duplessis (2 pages, 3 illust)
• SKINK FOUND AND LOST, by Steve Osfield (1 page, 1 photo)
• EGYPTIAN SHERMANS, by Steve Osfield (1 page)
• 100th Birthday of Marshall Zhukov, by Karl Brandel (1 page)
• WWII US Army Olive Drab, by Robert Livingston (1 page)
• 9 Book Reviews

Jan-Apr., 1998 Vol. 33, No. 1

Cover Photo: Loud speaker Sherman of Griffith Task Force, 7th AD.

• POLISH 1st TANK REGIMENT, by Witold Lawrynowicz (6 pages, 4 maps)
• THE MUCKLEBURGH COLLECTION, by Cookie Sewell (3 pages, 9 photos)
• WW2 HVAP, by Miles Krogfus (1 page, 1 diagram)
• ROYAL NAVY & BRITISH ARMY EXHIBITION, by Peter Brown (2 pages, 9 photos)
• CANADIAN LAVs FOR THE FUTURE, by Chris Johnson (2 pages)
• 90mm CANNONS ON LIGHT ARMORED CARS, by Mike Duplessis (3 pages, 4 illust)
• FERDINAND MANTLET SHIELD, by George Bradford (1 page, 2 illust)
• MILITARY MUSEUM OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND, by Charles Kumpas (1 page)
• 3 Book Reviews, 2 Kit Reviews

Sept-Dec., 1997 Vol. 32, No. 3

Cover Photo: Brazilian M-8 A/Car and crew in Italy, April 1945.

• BRAZILIAN ARMOR IN ITALY: WW2, by R.Bonalume Neto (5 pages, 6 photos)
• RAL 7028 GRAYSCALE CHART, by Miles Krogfus (1 page, 1 photo chart)
• CROATION ARMORED TRACTOR, by Karl Brandel (2 pages, 5 photos)
• PANZER COLORS REVIEW, by Bill Murphy (2 pages)
• DESERT DERELICT, by Keith Ross (2 pages, 5 photos)
• T-90S & T-90SK MAIN BATTLE TANKS, by Vladimir Seryakov (2 pages)
• DIESEL LEEs & TRVs, by Dick Harley (2 pages)
• 6 Book Reviews

May-Aug., 1997 Vol. 32, No. 2

Cover Photo: Elefant of sPzJagAbt.653 rearming in Italy.

• UNKNOWN T-34/85 TURRET TYPE, by Karl Brandel (2 pages, 2 photos)
• THE AUSTRALIAN LAV PROGRAM, by Paul Handel (4 pages, 6 photos)
• AFVs IN RECENT FILMS, by Paul Walsh (1 page)
• ARMOR OF 6th RTR: 1937-1941, by Vance Holliday (2 pages)
• AMBUSH AT BEALNABLATH, by Charles Bogart (2 pages, 1 photo)
• U.S. OSCILLATING TURRET PROJECTS, by Mike Duplessis (4 pages, 5 photos)
• WW2 SHERMAN TANK 75mm & 76mm Guns, by Konrad Schreier (2 pages)
• T-34/85 CREW COMPLIMENT & ROLES, by Dick Harley (1 page)
• Stowage and Use of RPG Screens, by Adam Greibel
• Computer Game Review:"Battleground Ardennes" by Terry Warner
• 10 Book Reviews

Jan-Apr., 1997 Vol. 32, No. 1

Cover Photo: Open side view of "Diana" of Pz.Jg.Abt.605 in Africa.

• Japanese Armor in BEIJING ARMOR MUSEUM, by Terry Stibal (2 pages, 3 photos)
• CENTURION TO ABRAMS Mock-ups, by Mike Cecil (3 pages, 3 photos)
• MARMON-HERRINGTON AFVs IN EAST INDIES, by Jacques Jost (1 page)
• THE 93rd ANTI-TANK REGIMENT, by Charles Bogart (3 pages)
• RON'S M50 SUPER SHERMAN, by Ron Schumacher (3 pages, 7 photos)
• REBORN AS A JAGUAR, by Michael Duplessis 3 pages, 3 photos, 4 dwgs)
• SMOKEY JOE GOES: Chieftain MBT Retired, by Peter Brown (1 page)
• DIE DEUTSCHEN PANZER VIDEO SERIES, by Peter Brown
• 7 Book Reviews, 2 kit reviews

Sept-Dec., 1996 Vol. 31, No. 3

Cover Photo: Buffalo IVs of 4th Royal Tank Regt., Holland, 1945

• US 6th A TANK FOR ARNIE, by Karl Brandel (2 pages, 3 photos)
• EGYPTIAN POLICE AFVs, by Chris Weeks (3 pages, 5 photos)
• THE SOVIET LEE QUESTION, by Dick Harley (1 page)
• THE COBBATON COMBAT COLLECTION, by Cookie Sewell (4 pages, 8 photos)
• THE 6th RTR: 1937-1941, by Vance Holliday (4 pages, 1 photo, 1 map)
• EVOLUTION OF T-34 ADD-ON HULL ARMOR, by Karl Brandel (2pp, 6 line drawings)
• ECUADORIAN ARMOR UPDATE, by Charles Bogart (1 page)
• AFV 1:35 SCALE DRAWINGS LIST, by G. Bradford (1 page)
• IS-2 Italeri/Zvezda: 1:35 Armor Kit Review by Cookie Sewell
• "SKODA LT vz. 35" by Charles Kliment, book report
• 7 Book Reviews

May-Aug., 1996 Vol. 31, No. 2

Cover Photo: US Six-Ton M1917 Tanks

• SIX-TON M1917 Tanks at Ft.Bliss, by V.Holliday (2 pages, 4 photos)
• WORLD WAR II AP Rounds, by Miles Krogfus (2 pages, 6 line dwgs)
• US TRACKLESS TANK & Australia, by Mike Cecil (3 pages, 3 photos)
• CHALLENGER II from David Payne, (1 page, 3 photos)
• PROJECTOR, HEDGEHOG on Matilda, by Paul Handel (1 page, 3 photos)
• MUSEO MILITAR, Bucharest,Romania, by A. Dupouy (2 pages, 15 photos)
• CAST HULL SHERMANS, by R.Livingston (1 page, 1 illust)
• TANK BATTLE OF JANDRAIN-MERDORP, 1940, Order of Battle, by J. Kaufmann (chart)
• VM 1:35 Valentine & Bishop, Model Report by Dick Harley
• Nurnberg Toy Fair Report, from Hans Fichtl
• Steel Panthers Game Review, by Tom Laemlein
• 7 Book Reviews

Jan-Apr., 1996 Vol. 31, No. 1

Cover Photo: Patton atop an M3 Command Tank

• EVOLUTION OF T-34 TANK TRACKS, by Karl Brandel (5 pages, 23 dwgs)
• GRANTS IN BURMA 1943-45, by Dick Harley (4 pages, 2 photos)
• Bretteville-l'Orgueilleuse PANTHERS, by G. Bradford (3 pages, 2 photos,map)
• CAMP BLANDING MUSEUM, by C. Phillips (1/2 page, 1 photo)
• JAPANESE 7th INDEPENDENT TANK Co. on LEYTE, by H. Bogart (2 pages, map)
• RN & BA EQUIPMENT EXHIBITION 95, by Peter Brown (3 pages, 12 photos)
• PzKpfw IV/J on Display at American Armored Foundation (1/2 page)
• Follow-Up Notes on Grants & Dieppe, from Dick Harley
• 2 Book Reviews, 1 kit review

May-Aug., 1995 Vol. 30, No. 2

Cover Photo: Churchill I "Oke" Flame Tank

• M3 MEDIUM DOWN UNDER, by Paul Handel, (3 pages, 3 photos)
• TANKS AT DIEPPE-1942, Oper. Rutter & Jubilee, by Dick Harley (8 pages, 6 photos)
• KUBINKA TOURS, by Bob Fleming (Russian Museums) (1 page)
• UPDATE on AFVs in ANTARCTICA, by Hanno Spoelstra (2 pages, 1 photo)
• ARMS TRAFFICKING TO BOSNIA, by Mike Engler (1/2 page)
• DIEPPE THROUGH THE LENS: Opinions, by Dick Harley (1 page)
• 6 Book Reviews

Jan-Apr., 1995 Vol. 30, No. 1

Cover Photo: M31 ARV of 2nd New Zealand Division in Italy.

• ARMOR of the ARVN 1962-1966, by Paul Handel (3 pages, 12 photos)
• Cammo & Color Schemes during ARDENNES OFFENSIVE, by F. Studenski (2 pages, 4 pics)
• PHANTOM Tank Engagements in Vietnam, by M. Duplessis (1 page, 1 illust)
• FISH TANKS: Dumping the M60s off Florida Coast, (1 page, 1 photo)
• GRANT COMMAND TANKS of 6th S.African A.D., by L.P. Hayward (2 pages, 3 photos)
• MEPHISTO: The Last A7V in Captivity, by G. Bradford (5 pages, 6 photos, 1 illust)
• HUNGARIAN ARMOR REPORT, by C. Szabo (3 pages)
• 4 Book Reviews