The first of a new 3-volume set on the Panther tank from Waldemar Trojca. The first volume, Panther: Bergepanther D, from Trojca’s Technical and Operational History series, is a monster (896 pages). It will be followed by a volume on the Ausf. A, and then by the final volume on the Ausf. G. When completed, this 3-volume set will be the definitive work on the Panther tank.

Here are the book’s specifics (work on it is being finalized):

• Hard cover. English/German text. Large format.
• 896 pages, of which 48 pages are in colour.
• Over 900 photographs. 160 pages of technical drawings.
• Complete history of the development of the Panther tank.
• Description of the Panther Ausf. D.
• First part technical description of the Panther (chosen elements).
• Full description of Pz.Bef.Wg. Panther Ausf. A, D, and G.
• One section on infra-red equipment.
• Full description of the Bergepanther Ausf. D.
• Combat history of the Panther Ausf. D in 1943:
  • Pz.Abt. 51 and Pz.Abt. 52 at Kursk
  • 2. SS-Pz.Div. Das Reich
  • Pz.Rgt. 23 from 23 Pz.Div.
  • LSSAH in 1943