Tigers in Combat Volume II Tank Leopard 1 The five-month Monte Cassino campaign

The five-month Monte Cassino campaign in central Italy is one of the best-known European land battles of World War Two

and how they were used on the battlefield

smooth-bore tank guns with discarding sabot ammunition

the Tigers characteristics and tactical capabilities

Tigers in Combat Volume II Tank Leopard 1 The five-month Monte Cassino campaignBy Wolfgang Schneider In this follow up to Tigers in Combat I, Wolfgang Schneider turns his attention to the Tiger tanks of the Waffen SS and the Wehrmacht's "named" units, such as the Grossdeutschland Division, Company Hummel, and Tiger Group Meyer. Based on combat diaries, the text tells the history of each unit, but most of the book is devoted to photos of the tanks and the men who manned them. It offers as unique and comprehensive a look at these