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Beute-Tanks: British Tanks in German Service Vol. 1 25,00 €

Sat, 18 Apr 2026 07:15:15 +0200

The birth of the German Panzerwaffe in World War One is for many enthusiasts mostly linked to Germany's own development, the A7V. However, it is hard fact that most of the tanks serving on the German side in the Great War were of British origin. Captured British Mk.IV Beute-Tanks shaped the core of German ambitions towards an own armoured corps. This two-volume publication grants for the first time a truly comprehensive look into the capture and deployment of these vehicles by offering chapters on:

Volume 1
- A New Weapon of War - Brief History
- To the Green Fields Beyond - Cambrai 1917
- Lumber and Canvas - German Dummy Tanks
- Battlefield Booty - German Tank Recovery
- Towards Captured Tank Detachments
- Bayerischer Armee-Kraftwagen-Park 20
- Beute - The Mk. IV Tank in German Service
- Forming Beute-Abteilungen 11 to 16
- Numbers, Names, Camouflage and Markings
- The French Connection
- The Mark IV in Detail and Colour

Beute-Tanks: British Tanks in German Service Vol. 2 25,00 €

Sat, 23 May 2026 07:05:09 +0200

The birth of the German Panzerwaffe in World War One is for many enthusiasts mostly linked to Germany's own development, the A7V. However, it is hard fact that most of the tanks serving on the German side in the Great War were of British origin. Captured British Mk.IV Beute-Tanks shaped the core of German ambitions towards an own armoured corps. This two-volume publication grants for the first time a truly comprehensive look into the capture and deployment of these vehicles by offering chapters on:
- Beute-Tank Combat Engagements
- The German Plan 1919
- German Anti-Tank Activities in 1918
- Relics - The Fort de la Pompelle Tank Caper
- Captured Whippets
- Captured Tanks in Freikorps Service 1919-20
- Scrapping the German Tank Corps

An excellent series about the German army in World War 1.

Richter, O.: Grabenkrieg. German Trench Warfare. Band 1 25,00 €

Mon, 01 Jun 2026 06:35:13 +0200

The stalemate in the trenches is for many the very definition of warfare in World War One. Only months after the hostilities had started the opposing armies began to dig in along the Western Front. Thus began a type of warfare completely unexpected by those in command. The war in the trenches demanded the development of new skills for the infantry and artillery and the development of new weapons capable of blocking the enemy's advance over no mans land. Medieval tactics and equipment such as mining warfare and body armour would soon meet with most modern formations and tactics such as the assault forces and combined forces operations. Consequently, more than anything else World War One is the benchmark of modern warfare. This publication will for the very first time give a highly pictorial overview on the German trench warfare on all frontlines 1914-18, with its weapons and technology explained and illustrated in unprecedented detail and with many photographs hitherto unpublished.

Richter, O.: Grabenkrieg. German Trench Warfare. Band 2 25,00 €

Mon, 01 Jun 2026 06:35:13 +0200

This second part of the comprehensively illustrated overview of the German experience of trench warfare on the world war fronts of the years 1914 to 1918 focuses primarily on the weapons used in this form of combat. In 13 chapters, the various weapons are comprehensively documented in words and, above all, pictures: Close combat weapons, pistols and revolvers, rifles, snipers and sniper rifles, rifle grenades, "Bergman" machine guns, machine guns, mine throwers, infantry guns and assault guns, flame throwers, chemical warfare agents, mine warfare and anti-tank weapons. The book concludes with a summary and a pictorial section with colour illustrations.

Strasheim, R.: Panzer-Kraftwagen. Armoured Cars of the German Army and Freikorps 25,00 €

Thu, 04 Jun 2026 06:25:09 +0200

This publication describes the development, construction and combat use of German armoured cars made by Ehrhardt, Daimler and Büssing during World War 1. The use of armoured cars from non-German companies such as Minerva, Austin, Garford-Putilov, Lancia, Fiat, Peugeot etc. is also discussed.

Richter, O.: Feldluftschiffer. The German Balloon Corps and Aerial Reconnaissance 25,00 €

Mon, 01 Jun 2026 06:35:13 +0200

Description of the types of balloons used by the German field airships in WW1, and the tactics they employed for their missions. Largely completely unknown visual material on the equipment of the field airships, including equipment on the ground.

Vollert, Jochen: Krafträder. German Military Motorcycles 25,00 €

Fri, 05 Jun 2026 06:45:58 +0200

The role of the Kraftrad (motorcycle) in the German military at the time of World War One was primarily as a dispatch vehicle as it could go on small roads, bypass traffic jams and they were also faster than most other means of transport at that time. Motorcycles could also be used for scouting road conditions in front of truck columns, and serve as emergency transport. As with passenger cars, there were no military-type Krafträder in the German Army at the outbreak of war. All came from impressed civilian stocks. Heeresmodelle (army models) of motorcycles began to appear from 1915-16. This publication, for the very first time, grants an extensive written and pictorial overview on the impressed civilian motorcycles as well as the later army models of the Imperial German Armed Forces in 1914-18. Covered entirely with hitherto unpublished photographs are the types of the two main manufacturers, Wanderer and NSU, as well as impressed German types and confiscated foreign makes. Additional chapters describe the use of military motorcycle sidecar combinations, machine gun armed motorcycles, field repair workshops and the uniforms of the military dispatch riders.

As with passenger cars, the Imperial Army did not have its own military motorbikes at the outbreak of war. Initially, all examples came from requisitioned civilian stocks. The first "real" army motorbikes then appeared in 1915/16. This publication offers the first comprehensive written and pictorial overview of the requisitioned civilian motorbikes and the later army models of the Imperial German armed forces in the years 1914-18. Comprehensively illustrated with previously unpublished photos, the two main manufacturers Wanderer and NSU as well as the German and foreign motorbike brands requisitioned for the military are presented in detail. Further chapters describe the use of military motorbike sidecar combinations, motorbikes armed with machine guns, local repair workshops and the uniforms of military motorcyclists.

Vollert, Jochen: German Military Trucks. Volume 1 25,00 €

Fri, 05 Jun 2026 06:48:48 +0200

Motorisation of the Imperial German Army began in 1899 when the first truck and the first passenger car with internal combustion engine were tested for their military usability. The development picked up speed from 1908 when the first comparative trial runs were held to find suitable subsidy truck models for the role of Armeelastzug (truck-trailer combination). After war had broken out, the solo truck took over this role of supplying the Kaiser's troops on all frontlines.
This publication tells, for the first time ever, the story of how the Lastkraftwagen (cargo truck) became the backbone of German military supply operations in World War One.

The creation and organisation of the Kraftfahrtruppe (Army Motor Transport Corps) is extensively portrayed in text, followed by richly illustrated chapters on the trucks of individual manufacturers. These include major players such as Benz, Daimler and Opel; truck-building legends such as Büssing, Horch, Mannesmann-Mulag and Stoewer - names that today have all faded into history; and also enigmatic makes such as Ageka, Komnick and Windhoff, to name just a few. Additional chapters on wartime service, as well as uniforms, complete the survey of this early era of German military motoring in hitherto unseen completeness.

Vollert, Jochen: German Military Trucks Volume 2 25,00 €

Fri, 05 Jun 2026 06:45:58 +0200

Vollert, Jochen: Spezialfahrzeuge. German Specialised Motor Vehicles 25,00 €

Mon, 01 Jun 2026 06:50:14 +0200

The backbone of motor vehicles in the Imperial German Army comprised cargo trucks, staff cars and motorcycles. Yet with many new military tasks arising on the German side in World War One, the demand for motor vehicles in specialised roles grew exponentially.
This publication extends the previous books in this series by describing, for the first time ever, specialised German Army vehicles ranging from the technically interesting and fascinating, to the weird and wonderful, and to sometimes even the odd.

Covered in this book are aero-sleighs, tricycle motor vehicles, recovery vehicles and wreckers, fuel tankers, railroad trucks and other rail-bound motor vehicles, bathing trucks, signals motor vehicles, buses, motorised field chapels, delivery vans and light trucks, field mail service motor vehicles, motorised dummy tanks, snowploughs, searchlight vehicles, firefighting vehicles, recovery vehicles for aircraft transport, meat vehicles, motor vehicles with wire cutters, trench diggers and machine gun-armed soft-skin vehicles.

Sanitätsfahrzeuge. German Field Ambulances and other Medical Evacuation Vehicles 25,00 €

Fri, 05 Jun 2026 06:50:13 +0200

The German Army Medical Service (Sanitätswesen) played a major role during campaigns on the frontlines of World War One, saving millions of soldiers lives. The core task of the Sanitätswesen was the evacuation of wounded from the trenches and
battlefield, and for this purpose it was equipped with a vast number of types of transport, ranging from wheeled stretcher handcarts to horse-drawn ambulance carts, and even field railway wagons, cable cars and streetcars. This publication outlines the chain of evacuation for the wounded, and describes these Sanitätsfahrzeuge (medical service vehicles) used for this valiant purpose.
There is a special focus on Sanitätskraftwagen (motorised field ambulances) that played an ever-growing role in saving soldiers from further harm or death from 1914-18. Among the famous makes of German field ambulance production that are covered in this book are: Adler, Apollo, Audi, Benz, Bergmann-Metallurgique, Büssing, Daimler, Hansa-Lloyd, Mathis, Nacke, Opel, Polyphon, Presto and Protos.

In addition, there are chapters on medical staff cars, cargo trucks, delivery vans, buses and trailers. This is the first ever publication covering German medical vehicles of World War One.

Vollert, Jochen: German Wheeled Artillery Tractors 25,00 €

Mon, 01 Jun 2026 06:50:14 +0200

Shortly before World War One, the German Army High Command began a massive project to test the suitability of agricultural tractors and ploughs possessing internal combustion engines for a potential role as future artillery tractors. The aim was to make even heavy artillery more mobile. Numerous German manufacturers responded to the call, and they supplied products for these trials. Based on evaluation findings, key data relating to a militarily usable artillery tractor began to be defined, which led to new and improved designs from 1916 onwards.

This publication is the first monograph on the subject, and it presents in detail the history of these impressive motor vehicles with benzol engines in numerous photos. The vehicle types covered include the manufacturers Büssing, Dürkopp, Lanz, Podeus, Pöhl, Daimler, Benz, Standard-Motorpflug (Arator), Fürstlich Stolberg'sches Hüttenamt (Ilsenburg), Kaelble, Horch, Sendling, Hanomag, Stock and Ehrhardt. An additional chapter covers the artillery load distribution trailer, the Lastenverteilergerät System Bräuer.

Vollert, Jochen: Kraftwagen-Flak 36,00 €

Fri, 05 Jun 2026 06:50:13 +0200

By the outbreak of the First World War, the German Empire had already been motorising its army for almost 15 years. However, no final design or production had yet been achieved for specialised tactical military vehicles. Germany therefore entered the war with a fleet of civilian trucks, cars and rear-wheel-drive motorcycles, very few of which were even partially militarised. There was, however, one important exception: the urgent need for a specially developed four-wheel drive transport vehicle for motorised anti-aircraft artillery had been recognised early on. This publication is the first to deal in detail with the Kraftwagen-Flak, the motorised anti-aircraft artillery of the German Empire. Richly illustrated with contemporary photographs, this book tells the story from the pre-war prototypes to active service during the war years and the post-war period of the Freikorps and the Reichswehr. Further chapters deal with the Kraftwagen-Zugflak, an anti-aircraft artillery system mounted on a trailer, and the Raupenflak, an anti-aircraft artillery system mounted on a tracked vehicle.