Barbarossa Books

  THE DANISH LEOPARD 2A5 (Thomas Antonsen)

The book tells the complete development history of the Danish Leopard 2A5 from creation of the vehicle concept to the "QRF" version currently serving in Afghanistan.

The book is aimed at the modeler and the military vehicle enthusiast.

Hard cover, 172 pages, full colour.

Price: $48 USD / $55 CAD

Leopard 1 Trilogy (Barbarossa Books/M. Shackleton).

Volume 1 (Prototype to Production) contains 175 pages and deals with the development of the Leopard 1 tank plus all of its major production variants right through to the 1A5 variant. Chapters include prototypes, pre-production Leopard, Leopard production version, Leopard 1 described, experimental and development vehicles, Leopard 1 in the Bundeswehr and modeling the Leopard.

Volume 2 (Special Purpose Variants) has 220 pages and covers Bergepanzer 2, Pionierpanzer 1, Pioneierpanzer 2 Dachs, Gepard, Biber, Leguan and other bridgelayers, Fahrschulpanzer, BeobachtunsPanzerArtillerie Leopard, Leopard 1 AEV, Leopard 1 AMCV, Hippo, Leopard 1 BARV, demining equipment and other variants and experiments.

Volume 3 (Foreign Usage) has 196 pages covers Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Denmark, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Turkey and other users. Without a doubt the best reference available for the Leopard 1. The books contain superb photos with a wealth of detail shots including many, many interior shots. Also included are numerous 1/35 scale line drawings which are just terrific. Particularly good is the coverage of Canadian Leopards and it is right up to date with photos and line drawings of the C1 and C2 variants with MEXAS up-armoring packages. A very nice touch are the numerous personal anecdotes spread through the volumes from former crew members. Very, very highly recommended.

Three volume set, hard cover, large format, English text, hundreds of photos in each volume (most in color). Price: $210 USD/ $230 CDN. 

Sherman Firefly (Barbarossa Books/M. Hayward). Simply the most comprehensive reference to date on the Sherman Firefly. Includes detailed discussion of the development and production of the vehicle together with its combat use in Italy and Northwest Europe. Very nice commentary on the effectiveness of the 17pdr main armament and its ammunition and as an added bonus the author has included a good discussion of the available model kits and accessories for the tank. Highly recommended.

Hard cover, large format (9"x12"), English text, 213 pages, dozens of black and white photographs (production, in action, preserved vehicles and shots of models under construction), numerous detail illustrations, 3 pages of color profiles and 6 pages of 1/35 scale plans (covering VC, IC and IC hybrid variants). Price $75 USD/ $82 CDN/INT. 

Land Battleship-The Russian T-35 Heavy Tank (Barbarossa Books/M. Kolomiets and J. Kinnear). Simply the most comprehensive reference to date on the tank. Includes detailed discussion of the development and production of the vehicle together with its combat use. As an added bonus the title includes photos and descriptions of the prewar TG prototype tank and SU-14 prototype SPG based on the T-35 chassis.  Highly recommended.

Soft cover, large format (9"x12"), English text, 96 pages, 131 of black and white photographs,  several detail illustrations including turret and hull cutaways, 2 pages of color profiles and pull- out 1/35 scale plans (covering T-35A,T-35 model 1939, SU-14, SU-14-1 and SU-14BR-1 variants). Price $26 USD/ $29 CDN/INT. 

Steel Fortress-The Russian T-28 Medium Tank (Barbarossa Books/M. Baryatinsky and J. Kinnear). Includes detailed discussion of the development and production of the vehicle together with its combat use. As an added bonus the title includes photos and descriptions of the several variants including the bridgelayer based on the chassis.  Highly recommended.

Soft cover, large format (9"x12"), English text, 127 pages, over 150 black and white photographs and several detail illustrations.  Simply the most comprehensive reference to date on the tank. Price $31 USD/ $34 CDN/INT.