Pocket Battleships of the Deutschland Class: Warships of the KriegsmarineThe warships of the World War II era German Navy are among the most popular subject in naval history with an almost uncountable number of books devoted to them. However, for a concise but authoritative summary of the design history and careers of the major surface ships it is difficult to beat a series of six volumes written by Gerhard Koop and illustrated by Klaus-Peter Schmolke. Each contains an account of the development of a particular class, a detailed description of the ships, with full technical details, and an outline of their service, heavily illustrated with plans, battle maps and a substantial collection of photographs. These have been out of print for ten years or more and are now much sought after by enthusiasts and collectors, so this new modestly priced reprint of the series will be widely welcomed.??This volume covers the three ships of a design so revolutionary that it defied conventional categories. Deutschland (later renamed LÙtzow), Admiral Scheer and Admiral Graf Spee were simply termed panzerschiffe (armoured ships) by the Germans, but they were known to their opponents by the far more evocative term Pocket Battleships. |
Contents
Foreword | 6 |
Introduction | 7 |
Data | 14 |
Armour | 20 |
Armament | 24 |
Fire Control and Radar | 31 |
Machinery | 32 |
Refits | 36 |
Scale Plans | 39 |
Panzerschiff Deutschland | 44 |
Panzerschiff Admiral Scheer | 121 |
Panzerschiff Admiral Graf Spee | 171 |
Conclusions | 217 |
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Pocket Battleships of the Deutschland Class: Deutschland/Lützow, Admiral ... Gerhard Koop,Klaus-Peter Schmolke No preview available - 2014 |
Common terms and phrases
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