Tiger 1 Heavy Tank 1942–45 (New Vanguard)

Another excellent book from Osprey. Covers this tank in detail, without getting bogged down in unnecessary numbers or information. A very fun, informative read.

A+++

fantastic detail, utterly absorbing. everything you wanted to know about the Tiger tank

I love the factual and historical books that are printed and distributed by Osprey Publishing.That being said, I do not like the change in their binding process. I have many older publications by Osprey Publishing. They have the pages folded and sewn to provide book quality binding.Unfortunately, things have changed. They now cut the pages and hold them together with glue. After a few reading the pages start falling out. I am very disappointed. I will no longer order Osprey Publishing books sight unseen. I need to inspect them to see if they have the newer binding and, if they do, I will NOT buy their book.

Good book

The authors do a good job of introducing the Tiger I and provide some hard to find technical details about the tank and the units that used it.Readers of Osprey books are usually familiar with the New Vanguard series. All of the books are 48 pages long and provide succinct summaries of a given weapon or vehicle class. The quality the series is very uneven. Some books are excellent, others rather poor. This one ranks among the higher quality titles.The book is more or less divided into 4 sections: Design and production of the Tiger, service modifications, tactical assessment, and operational history. Each section is very well done. In particular, in the service modifications, the authors chronologically list most of the major cosmetic and structural changes to the Tiger; this information will be invaluable to modelers, or to readers who really like to study Tiger photos. Under the operational history, each unit that used the Tiger is listed, along with a great deal of information about which Tigers were used and when (e.g., in some case the range of serial numbers used by a unit are listed). These histories are useful, but of necessity short.Obviously in 48 pages you can’t cover everything. In this case, the authors have omitted eyewitness accounts, after action reports, and first person experiences with the Tiger. Many will find this a significant omission. However, if you accept it for what it is, the book will still be of great use to WW2 or armor enthusiasts. Readers wanting more personal information about the Tiger will have to look elsewhere, perhaps Egon Kleine’s book. Another minor issue with the book is that the authors can be rather technical. The text is filled with terms like Prismen-spiegelkuppel and Nahverteidungswaffe. However, the meaning of most (but not all) of these terms is explained.Overall, I can strongly recommend this book to readers wanting to learn some basics about the Tiger, modelers, and people looking for a handy go-to Tiger reference. For its size, it is a very useful book.As a side note, other reviewers commented on finding numerous typos and grammatical errors in the book. I did not notice this. The book was initially published in 1993, and my version was the 2000 Military Bookclub Edition. Perhaps they corrected these problems between editions.

A great alternative to the expensive foreign imports today. Good information and color plates.

good

This book is part of a collection. Contains lots of thecnical data. Very well structured.

Great book good picts also and drawings very nice

A very in-depth look at the tiger 1, with some nice photos of the tank in action and a lot of technical information for the historian.

A mine of info about the Tiger. The colored plates are great inspiration for modelers.

great little book and good to carry around easily