Tank Spotter’s Guide

Great small format book with lots of information & excellent diagrams/images of each tank covered.Not encyclopedic but covers the key vehicled from WW1 to the current era upto ~ 2010.

This guide is concise,comprehensive while revealing many insights into the effectiveness(or not) of a particular vehicle . It covers vehicles from the first tanks of WW 1 to 2003.A great buy at a low price!

Pardon the pun in the title but the reason I bought this book (already being aware of the quality of Osprey publications) was to remind me of a visit several years ago to the splendid Bovington Tank Museum with its collection of around 150 exhibits. The condition of the book was good as new and the illustrations well executed, with various regimental and armoured division colours described. Although on occasion there was a lack of information on technical specification this did not detract from the usefulness of this book. Afterall there exist many volumes of specifications but the illustrations in The Tank Spotters Guide bring these incredible machines to life.

Not expensive but very poor. Whereas Dorling Kindersley will offer different views (their tanks book is a stunner for less than £20), Osprey have commissioned an artist to go onto the web and do a single view (left to right) profile drawing per tank. Utterly disappointing for any money. If Captain Mainwaring relied on this, his Dad's Army platoon would have been wiped out on the first contact with a Panzer.Osprey you are much better than this.Avoid

I have been able to identify all the tanks that have rumbled towards me after purchasing this. It was either buy this, remain ignorant, or move away from North Korea. On balance, it was safest and cheapest to buy the book. I am very satisfied.