Der Tiger: Vol. 1: Schwere Panzer Abteilung 501 (English and German Edition)

In the first volume of this new photo book series DER TIGER the tanks and crew members of Heavy Tank Battalion 501 are shown in the field, performing maintenance, and during pause after seeing action at the front. The photos were taken by photographers from the PK units and also from veterans serving in the battalion. All have been arranged in chronological order to show where the unit was deployed during the war.

Formation of the battalion in May 1942 sent to Tunisia (North Africa) at the end of November 1942 Reestablished in September/October 1943 - and deployed to the Eastern Front in December 1943 Revitalized and re-equipped with the new Tiger II "King Tiger" - sent to Poland in August 44 and then to the Reich.

128 pages with more than 150 unique wartime photographs from official and private collections. Also included are 1/35 scale plans of a unit-made crane for repair work.

• Der Tiger: Schwere Panzerabteilung: Volume 2 (English and German Edition)
• Der Tiger: Vol. 3: Schwere Panzerabteilung 503
• Panther on the Battlefield, Volume 2 (World War Two Photobook Series)
• Panzerjäger on the battlefield (World War Two Photobook Series)
• Panther
• Tigers In Combat: Volume III: Operation, Training, Tactics
• Panzer III on the battlefield (World War Two Photobook Series)
• Panther on the Battlefield, Volume 1 (World War Two Photobook Series) (English and Hungarian Edition)
• Forgotten Archives 1: The Lost Signal Corps Photos
• Panzer Ace: The Memoirs of an Iron Cross Panzer Commander from Barbarossa to Normandy