Tanknet Authors (by popular request)

[Steven P Allen]

David,

 

I just noticed you on this thread. How're ya doing these days?

 

You didn't list all your Lionel/Train books. I haven't tlaked to Jan in ages, but he's still kicking, i hear. He has had to sell off part of his SG collection, unfotunately.

 

Greetings! My most recently published book is Warman's Guide to Vietnam Collectibles, published by Krause. Going to print today is M26 Walk Around, and next month M42 Duster Walk Around, both published by Squadron. Somewhere in the mix is Heavy Wrecker, a Visual History of the US Army's Wheeled and Tracked Wreckers 1940-1949, by Ampersand.

 

Other books of mine include:

 

88 - a Visual History of the German 8.8 cm Flak Guns of WWII.

High Speed Tractor - a Visual History

Dragon Wagon - a Visual History

Standard Catalog of US Military Vehicles, second edition

Standard Catalog of German Military Vehicles

Field Guide to US Military Vehicles

Military Tech Armor Number 1 - M5A1 Stuart

Military Tech Armor Number 2 - M41 Walker Bulldog

AFVisual - The M36

AFVisual - The M3 Lee

AFVisual - The Duster

AFVisual - The Stuart

AFVisual - Late War U.S. Tanks

 

Numerous articles in various periodicals such as Allied-Axis, Military Vehicles Magazine, Classic Military Vehicles, Army Motors, AirModeller, AFVModeller, Tamiya Model Magazine, Militaria XX Wieku, Armia, Militaries Vehiculares. Before this, I operated a hobby shop and collected military vehicles as my hobby. As to advice to others, be prepared for long hours, low pay, and being a lot of work in order to build this into something that can be relied on to put food on the table.

 

Best wishes,

David Doyle

[Corinthian]

David: A V-150 walkaround/in action book would be a best seller here in the Philippines, if made. (especially now that Hobby Boss and Trump have released V-150 / ASV-150 kits)

[Kenneth P. Katz]

My latest published piece. A book review in the US Air Force's professional journal.

[Doug Kibbey]

I've had the privilege to contribute to several works of recognized author David Doyle in his prolific endeavors, usually by means of contributing original period photos of the vehicles and operations being portrayed, and reviewing what he has in progress for accuracy by way of proofreading. Frequently my contributed images are included in the final work and twice he has been generous enough to feature my photos (indeed once, the actual vehicle I commanded) as the front cover art as an "artistic rendering" based on my original photographs. Examples include his "M113 APC in Vietnam" and and "M551 Sheridan In Action" , both Squadron/Signal Publications. These have been recent and very satisfactory works that I am proud to be associated with. Make no mistake, David is the author and others like myself are just contributors with original photographs and a practical background to put other material included into an accurate context based on our experience.

 

In other cases, I have contributed to the work of author Robert Burik in an "In Detail Special No. 7" on the National Training Center at Ft. Irwin California as a contributor of personal photographs over a period of years there and adding context to the meaning of what was being illustrated in the relevant sections.

 

Most recently and most ambitiously of all was the recent non-commercial publication of "2D Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment-Vietnam April 1971-March 1972" on which I am generously credited as co-author with Col. William M. Stokes,III. This is a 162pg. work representing contributions from ~200 (that we could reach) of the 1,500 troopers that served in that period with the proviso that it be a "non-commercial" work. A limited printing has been made and free distribution was to as many members of the unit in the time frame that could be found, surviving family members of those who were KIA's and those of troopers who "went on to Fiddler's Green" before we could get their copies to them. Copies have been also made available to certain predictable bona fide archives of military history and a select few former commanders and a couple of authors who have been consistently supportive by their own efforts at continuing the legacy of the 2/11th ACR in Vietnam in that period of a year after the Regiment had withdrawn and only one squadron remained (David Doyle, for example). It has an ISBN number of 978-1-61584-973-4 but is not available for sale at this time. The book is accompanied by a DVD slideshow of ~500 photos and images all contributed by members of the unit during the specified time frame (no "stock photography" etc.). These consist of original photographs taken by the troopers themselves, newspaper publications, and original drawings by the two authors to depict certain specific actions or concepts. Consideration is being given to how this might be made "public access" non-commercially after we are sure we have such survivors of the unit as can be found taken care of. Col. Stokes was the sqdn. CO during the period in question and I was but one of his junior NCO's commanding an AFV. It is truly a collective remembrance of activities during this period and not a personal memoir. It recognized the contributions of all the many members, Officers and Enlisted) that contributed to the operation of the unit in every capacity (since the unit swelled to 1,500 men and had a medical detachment, avionics department, maintenance and air cavalry troop assigned, as well as others. 2/11th ACR was a major command under TRAC (Third Regional Assistance Command). This is the single work with which I am most pleased to be associated. If it becomes available by "open access", I'll make that known here.

[capt_starlight]

Have never written anything for publication but have assisted (and been credited) for research and other assistance (proof reading, reading for accuracy of content, etc) for several publications on the Great War (seems to be my current area of fascination) on the Western Front and Middle East. Looking into Mespot now for another writer......

 

(And having seen this thread for the first time in many a year, I have already placed orders for some of the books if only coz of the quality of argument by the authors herein this forum)

Edited June 8, 2010 by capt_starlight

[JOE BRENNAN]

Tanknet itself is used as source for a published short article in the 'Ask Infoser' section of the magazine Warship International, No. 3 2010, p. 217 a section where readers send in short articles in answer to questions by other readers. This one is a follow up to a previous short item 'Japanese ex-Naval Coast Defense Guns' in a earlier issue. It's basically a cut and past of post 28 in the linked thread. Unfortunately, neither Tanknet nor the post author are credited.

 

http://208.84.116.223/forums/index.php?showtopic=23943&st=20

 

Joe

[Kenneth P. Katz]

My latest book review in ASPJ.

[RETAC21]

Spanish critique of Rich's "Cracking Hitler's Atlantic Wall: The 1st Assault Brigade Royal Engineers on D-Day"

 

Ya mencionaba que otro de los defectos del libro de Fletcher sobre el tanque Churchill es que casi no habla de las versiones epecializadas del mismo, como las llamadas "Hobart Funnies", todos aquellos vehiculos de asalto especializado para las unidades de zapadores o ingenieros blindados...

 

Bueno, este libro viene a llenar ese hueco, ya que Anderson ademas de explicar brevemente lo referente a la concepcion y gestacion de dichos vehiculos (ademas de los Sherman especializados como los "Crab") hace un trabajo amplisimo para llevar al lector al mismo dia "D" e ir analizando el desempeño de las unidaes equipadas con este tipo de vehiculos.

 

El formato del libro es impecable, siguiendo el estilo de "Armored Thunderbolts" de Zaloga, con bastantes fotos, diagramas y mapas, asi como tablas de organizcion y otras estadisticas.

 

Este libro me gusto mucho por los diversos "plus" que contiene, ya que ademas de lo ya indicado el autor se tomo el trabajo de hacer una excelente exposicion de las defensas alemanas en las playas del sector de la Commonwealth, algo que quiza no esta tan bien tratado en otras publicaciones supuestamente dedicadas a ello.

 

Anderson hace importantes clarificaciones, por ejemplo siempre ha estado presente la leyenda de que de haber habido "Hobart Funnies" en la playa Omaha el baño de sangre hubiera sido menor...

 

Segun Anderson la realidad es que Omaha misma era el peor lugar para un desembarco, y la disposicion de las defensas alemanas asi como el oleaje y otros factores que impidieron que los Sherman DD que iban a desembarcar lo hicieran, y los que lo consiguieron fueron abatidos sin mayor problema. Dadas las posiciones en que las armas y otras defensas antitanques estaban situadas era muy dificil que aun un tanque como el Churchill hubiera podido hacerlo mejor en esa playa.

 

Anderson tambein cuestiona la leyenda de la negativa norteamericana al uso de ese tipo de vehiculos como una decision tomada con el estomago, el problema mas bien estuvo relacionado con la poca disponibilidad de ese tipo de vehiculos especializados y mas aun, la formacion de unidades especializas al estilo de la 79 division blindada de Hobart.

 

El autor a trabajado por años en diversas organizaciones dedicadas al analisis de cuestiones de defensa y sabe su oficio, debo decir que Stackpole me esta sorprendiendo con libros como este, ya que ademas de ser un trabajo de calidad esta a muy buen precio.

 

Last icon sez all. To be found here: http://www.elgrancapitan.org/foro/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=1203&start=2880

 

 

 

 

[Tony Williams]

I have just finished reading through my book Rapid Fire: the Development of Automatic Cannon, Heavy Machine Guns and their Ammunition for Armies, Navies and Air Forces for the first time since it was published a decade ago. As a result, I have completely revised and updated the amendments page which I have been gradually adding to since publication. You can access the page here: http://www.quarry.nildram.co.uk/corrections.html

[Tiornu]

I have a new booklet from Nimble Books, Thunder in Its Courses: Essays on the Battlecruiser. It is now available on both sides of the Atlantic in Kindle/Nook form, and hard copies will be out within two weeks. Here's the promotional blurb:

 

Few subjects in naval history have elicited as much romance and disdain as the battlecruiser. And few subjects have gone so grossly misunderstood.

Fundamental errors regarding the battlecruiser’s origins and the technology of the times continue to distort hindsight, obscuring the historical context of these powerful, majestic ships. Thunder in Its Courses clears away the misconceptions, with essays establishing the basic facts of the capital-ship cruiser as well as thorny issues regarding individual designs.

Richard Worth writes for the Warship and Warship International journals. His book titles include In the Shadow of the Battleship, Raising the Red Banner (with Vladimir Yakubov), On Seas Contested (edited with Vincent P. O’Hara and W. David Dickson), and Fleets of World War II.

[Ken Estes]

I have my copyedited mss in hand for review, going into galleys by the end of the year with Oklahoma U Press for their Spring 2012 Cat: Into the Breach at Pusan: The 1st Provisional Marine Brigade in the Korean War. First contracted in 2002, it has been through the wringer quite a bit and now reads pretty well. I did only research on it before 2007, interrupted by a few other items. Anyway, it will raise a few eyebrows with some of the mythbusting, but my main effort was to achieve balance. As the UOP draft blub has it in part,

Estes describes the mobilization, organization, and operations of First Brigade during the first three months of American participation in the Korean War. Focusing on the battalions, companies, and platoons that faced the hardened soldiers of the North Korean army, he brings the reader directly to the battlefield. The story he reveals there, woven with the voices of soldiers and officers, is one of cooperation rather than interservice rivalry. At the same time, he clarifies differences in the organizational cultures of the U.S. Army and the Marine Corps.

Into the Breach at Pusan is scrupulously fair to both the army and the marines. Estes sets the record straight in crediting the Eighth Army with saving itself during the Pusan Perimeter campaign, but he also affirms that the army’s suffering would have been much greater without the crucial, timely performance of the First Provisional Marine Brigade.

 

At the same time, I have contracts with Helion (UK) for a print version of my e-book A European Anabasis (2003), which I have to revise by next summer, and Osprey for (at last) The U.S. M103 Heavy Tank, to be delivered by mid-2012. The challenge on the latter remains the 16,000 word text limit in the New Vanguard Series, compared to the 24K in their Warrior Series, my only other works with them.

 

So, no rest for the wicked!

Edited September 18, 2011 by Ken Estes

[sunday]

I have my copyedited mss in hand for review, (...)

 

Congratulations!

[istvan47]

at last here i am.

 

I have recently started to write a fair amount of books. In the beginnings i've wrote some stuff in internet, but nowadays i am the father of a chain of books couvering combat aicraft. The first was the F-104 (196 pages), then there was the EF-2000 (144), probably the first book on the subject. Later it was the Tornado, 196 pp, and finally, another book, 'tutti gli aerei del Re', 312 pg, couvering all the italians aicraft of the WWII.

[Tony Williams]

Just to let you know that the latest effort by Max and myself is now on sale.

 

From the publishers: http://www.crowood.com/details.asp?isbn=9781847972934&t=Sub-Machine-Gun—The-development-of-sub-machine-guns-and-their-ammunition-from-World-War-1-to-the-present-day

 

From amazon.com: http://www.amazon.com/Sub-Machine-Gun-Development-Ammunition-Present/dp/1847972934/ref=sr_1_8?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1308392135&sr=1-8

 

From amazon.co.uk: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sub-machine-Gun-Development-Ammunition-Present/dp/1847972934/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1308392220&sr=1-1

 

[Leo Niehorster]

Congraulations. Looks like a fine effort.

Good luck.

[Przezdzieblo]

Last year I wrote an article about US experimental smoothbore tank guns and fin stabilized ammunition programme (1951-1965).

This year there are two articles about UK armour technology development: first covers late II World War to mid Cold War period (1942-1964) and it is devoted mostly to advanced spaced arrays with growing threat of shaped charge weapons in mind; the second is about years 1964-1976 and it is a attempt to collect data about Chobham armour - and it is about to be printed.

All articles are in Polish (with some simple English summary, sorry), published in "Przegląd Historyczno-Wojskowy" ("Military History Review" 2/2010, 3/2011 and 4/2011). The second of mentioned above articles could be found in PDF file on Military Center of Civic Education site; direct link here.

Edited November 29, 2011 by Przezdzieblo

[Tony Williams]

Hmm - I hadn't thought about articles.

 

Just in case anyone's interested, the full list of my books, articles and conference presentations is here: http://www.quarry.nildram.co.uk/AGW%20pubs.htm

 

The most recent one, on Future Infantry Small Arms, is here: http://www.quarry.nildram.co.uk/future%20small%20arms.htm

[Ken Estes]

Into the Breach at Pusan has been released and promo material is out. UOP did a splendid job of production, very enjoyable to work with them.

 

http://www.oupress.com/Portals/0/documents/bookflyers/sp12flyerscolor/estes-ItBaP-42548-flyer.pdf

 

 

Osprey now has M103 Heavy Tank 1950–74 in production in their New Vanguard series, but I don't know if it will be out in Fall or Spring.

[Kenneth P. Katz]

Excellent. I look forward to both books.

 

Into the Breach at Pusan has been released and promo material is out. UOP did a splendid job of production, very enjoyable to work with them.

 

http://www.oupress.com/Portals/0/documents/bookflyers/sp12flyerscolor/estes-ItBaP-42548-flyer.pdf

 

 

Osprey now has M103 Heavy Tank 1950–74 in production in their New Vanguard series, but I don't know if it will be out in Fall or Spring.

[RETAC21]

Into the Breach at Pusan has been released and promo material is out. UOP did a splendid job of production, very enjoyable to work with them.

 

http://www.oupress.c...42548-flyer.pdf

 

 

 

Excellent read, recommended, unfortunately limited to an small piece of a largely unknown war, Ken Estes should now aim to cover the remaining gaps until 1953

 

Ken being Ken, the book is both readable and entertaining, with a fair numbers of myths being thoroughly busted.

[Kenneth P. Katz]

The first edition of my B-52 book sold out and the greatly expanded second edition was just released.

 

http://www.squadron.com/ItemDetails.asp?item=SS50207 (hard cover)

http://www.squadron.com/ItemDetails.asp?item=SS10207 (softcover)

[Ken Estes]

Into the Breach at Pusan has been released and promo material is out. UOP did a splendid job of production, very enjoyable to work with them.

 

http://www.oupress.c...42548-flyer.pdf

 

 

 

Excellent read, recommended, unfortunately limited to an small piece of a largely unknown war, Ken Estes should now aim to cover the remaining gaps until 1953

 

Ken being Ken, the book is both readable and entertaining, with a fair numbers of myths being thoroughly busted.

 

Thanks much, RETAC, but I am glad you are not my slavedriver boss!

[ShotMagnet]

For you who have published on the Kindle thingle-dingle:

 

What is an appropriate conversion rate between USD, franc, DM, and lira?

 

 

 

Shot

[RETAC21]

???

 

Franc, DM and Lira are now Euros (still...)

[ShotMagnet]

Kindle asked me for a conversion to the currencies identified. Hence the question.

 

 

Shot