Category: History: Military: Ground

Copyright/published Year: 2018 by Pen & Sword

ISBN: 152672541X

Binding: paper

Description: Designed with the hard lessons of the North African campaign in ì mind, including the adoption of a dual-purpose gun capable of ì firing high-explosive and anti-tank rounds, the Cromwell was one ì of the most successful of the British cruiser tanks produced ì during the Second World War.

The lack of heavy armor was made up for by the tank's high ì speed provided by a Rolls-Royce Meteor engine. The Centaur was ì externally almost identical to the Cromwell, the major difference ì being the installation of the less powerful Liberty engine. While ì the Centaur equipped the Royal Marines during the Normandy ì battles, the Cromwell served until the end of the war and formed ì the basis for the Comet.

Author and illustrator Dennis Oliver uses official wartime ì photographs and comprehensively researched, exquisitely presented ì color profiles to tell the story of the penultimate British ì cruiser tank. In common with all the titles from the TankCraft ì series, the large full-color section features available model ì kits and accessories as well as after market products.

In addition to the color profiles there is a gallery of ì expertly constructed and painted models. A separate section ì explains technical details and modifications made during ì production and in the field, giving the modeler all the ì information required to recreate an authentic replica of one of ì the tanks that served from the Normandy beaches to the final ì battles in Germany.

Condition Information

This book is new.