Military vehicles - Czech Republic: books - history and models

Czechoslovak Armored Cars in the First World War and Russian Civil War

This highly illustrated volume covers the variety of armored cars used by Czech forces during World War I, and the Russian Civil War, as well as its post-WWI use in Italy and Slovakia.
Along with details of armored car design, manufacturers, construction, and variants, the book covers Czech armored unit formations and their extensive operational use during the First World War. Special sections cover vehicle camouflage and markings, technical specifications, and uniforms and biographies of noted personalities.

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Czechoslovak Armored Fighting Vehicles, 1918-1948

This book presents for the first time a complete and accurate picture of their development, organization and operational use before and during the war.

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Skoda Heavy Guns - 24 cm Cannon, 38 cm Howitzer, 42 cm Howitzer and Gasoline-electric Trains

This book explores the history of Skoda Works, the second largest arms manufacturer in Europe, and its heavy artillery: the 24 cm Cannon, the 38 cm Howitzer, and the 42 cm Howitzer.
It also covers the guns that were uniquely transported by Austro-Daimler gasoline-electric trains, designed by Ferdinand Porsche.

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Legendární Praga V3S

In this book you will find a detailed description of the state of motorization in Czechoslovakia after the Second World War, the history of the development of the Prague V3S, a complete overview of the truck's tactical and technical data.
The core of the book, however, is a unique and to this extent unpublished catalog of individual military applications of this vehicle. The Praga V3S served in all parts of the Czechoslovak army and the number of variants is really high: mobile workshops, rescue vehicles, anti-aircraft double cannon, rocket launcher, de-icing unit for airfields, water treatment, decontamination car, mobile military club, field kitchen or mobile dental office.

The variants are clearly divided into twelve chapters, each of which briefly lists its development, purpose, classification, overview of individual components of the set and its crew. Everything is complemented by a number of photographs and technical drawings, which in most cases are published for the first time.

In the attachments you will find further technical data, an overview of the system of military marking of vehicles, a short discussion of a modified version for road traffic, the considered successors of the Prague V3S and color photographs of preserved vehicles.
Thanks to the long-term and systematic work of the author in military archives, all lovers of historic vehicles and military equipment receive a publication that (with more than 152 described variants) is unparalleled in Czech motoring literature. .

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