This issue is broken into just two sections as follows.

Tiger I late Production Model (pages 1-91)
This large section deals with late production steel wheeled Tiger Is with pages 1-33 having many wartime action photos of vehicles from Normandy to Germany proper in the later stages of the war. Most photos are one to a page to provide some interesting details of the vehicles as well as markings and fittings. Also most of the wartime photos have additional full page colour profile drawings showing the camouflage scheme and markings for the vehicles featured which should prove valuable for the modeller?

The final 58 pages have a mixture of semi-close up action photos and additional close-up detail photos of hull components but most notable the inclusion 35 pages of 1/35th plans of the various Tigers in the photos. These plans some with full 5 views show the numerous subtle variations in vehicle hull and turret details with the only real "problem" being the text which is all in Japanese so makes determining the finer points difficult at times.

The inclusion of the colour profile drawings and 1/35th plans applicable to the vehicles featured in the wartime photos makes for what should be a very useful reference for late production Tiger Is.

LVT Series (5) (pages 92-142)
The fifth installment in the LVT series begins with coverage of the LVTP-5A1 with in-action shots from Vietnam that include some with the large mine clearing spade at the front.
Following this is the LVTP-7 with many close-up detailed photos of the exterior and interior supplemented with line drawings of the interior such as the driver's station, turret and rear compartment.
The LVTC-7 and LVTR-7 are also featured with detailed close-ups of the crane jib controls and side and top plane views of the LVTR-7 and finally there are nine pages of colour photos of the -7 on exercise.

Lastly the re-designated AAV-7A1 highlighting the 40mm turret with line drawings showing the internal basket and gunner station. There are some in-action shots from Iraq 1990/91 as well as a couple showing the EAAK armour suite.

Another excellent issue.

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