A new book from Osprey Publishing, a leading plastic scale model publications. Panzerjäger vs KV-1 is the 46th book in the Duel series. Written by Robert Forczyk and illustrated by Ian Palmer and Peter Dennis, it contains a wealth of information on Operation Barbarossa, especially during 1941-1942 period.
On the Soviet side, based upon lessons from the Spanish Civil War, the Red Army decided to develop a heavy “breakthrough” tank to smash enemy infantry defenses. This resulted in the KV-1 and KV-2 tanks, introduced in 1939. At the start of Operation Barbarossa, both these tanks were virtually invulnerable to the weapons of the Panzerjäger and demonstrated their ability to overrun German infantry on several occasions. This advantage gave the Red Army a window of opportunity between the fall of 1941 and the spring of 1942 to use their heavy tanks to repel the German invasion in a series of desperate counteroffensives. Yet the window of Soviet advantage was a narrow one and the duel between the Soviet KV heavy tanks and German Panzerjäger had a major impact upon the struggle for the strategic initiative in 1941-42.
Source : Osprey Publishing via AFV News
The book is available now in Paperback, conatining 80 pages. It is also available in e-book format. I am sure you can find it at your favorite local hobby shop, or you can order it direct from Osprey website or Amazon.com. Below are the links for Amazon listing that I found. They are availabe in Paperback and Kindle edition, both are at the time of this post writing in pre-order status.
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