Weapons and Fighting Tactics of the Waffen-SS

by Stephen Hart, Russell A. Hart

Overview

The divisions of the Waffen-SS were the elite of Hitler’s armed forces in World War II, but what is often forgotten is that their military achievements were due in no small measure to the hardware they deployed. Weapons and Fighting Techniques of the Waffen-SS examines in detail the military equipment used by Hitler’s elite.
Included are all the most important types of small arms, anti-tank weapons, armoured personnel carriers and tanks employed by the ‘death’s head’ soldiers between 1939 and 1945. The book explains how the weapons were used, including accounts of SS soldiers in action, such as panzer ace Michael Wittmann. As many of the elite divisions of the SS were armoured formations, the book has detailed chapters on German tanks, such as the Panzer V ‘Panther’, Panzer VI ‘Tiger’ and Tiger II ‘King Tiger’. Panzer tactics, such as the Panzerkeil (‘armoured wedge’), are also explored.
Illustrated with photographs and detailed artworks, Weapons and Fighting Techniques of the Waffen-SS is a complete record of the deployment and use of the weaponry in the service of the Waffen-SS in World War II.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781782743538
Publisher:	Amber Books
Publication date:	06/20/2023
Series:	SS
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	192
Sales rank:	795,272
File size:	16 MB
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Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Dr Stephen Hart is a Senior Lecturer with special responsibilities at the Department of War Studies, the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. He has been published widely on military history topics, particularly British and German operations during WWII.
Russell Hart is Professor of History at Hawai’i Pacific University. He is the author of Clash of Arms: How the Allies Won in Normandy, 1944 and Guderian: Panzer Pioneer or Mythmaker?

Russell Hart is Professor of History at Hawai’i Pacific University. He is the author of Clash of Arms: How the Allies Won in Normandy, 1944 and Guderian: Panzer Pioneer or Mythmaker?

Table of Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1. Small Arms

Chapter 2. Infantry Support Vehicles

Chapter 3. Anti-tank and Anti-aircraft Weapons

Chapter 4. Armoured Cars and Halftracks

Chapter 5. Light and Medium Tanks

Chapter 6. Panther and Tiger Tanks

Chapter 7. SP Guns and Tank Destroyers

Chapter 8. Artillery

Bibliography

Index

Editorial Reviews

"There are archive photos and line drawings illustrating the text throughout the book, and individual bits of equipment are picked out in each chapter to be described in more detail, along with how they were used by the various formations."

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