Heiner F. Duske has announced that the next volume in the acclaimed Nuts and Bolts series will be on sale from 15 May 2015. The new book will cover the medium half track, the Sd.Kfz.7 - 8 ton Zugkraftwagen.

The new volume will feature the usual very comprehensive Nuts and Bolts recipe of history, technical and deployment details, photos of the vehicle in action, plan drawings, colour profiles, colour photos of surviving examples, and finally photos and description of some models, which in this case appear to have been provided by Tony Greenland and Vinnie Brannigan.

• English and German text
• 184 pages
• 334 photos (169 historic, 32 model, 133 modern)
• 80 blueprints
• 20 camouflage schemes, tactical markings, table of organsisation (KStN)
• 29.90€ from the Nuts and Bolts website and usual resellers.

From the Nuts and Bolts website:

One of the most interesting military vehicle developments of the German Reichswehr and Wehrmacht was without doubt the halftrack tractors. Basing on experiences from the First World War the development started at the end of the 1920’s. From the six types of un-armoured halftrack vehicles (1 tonne / 3 tonne / 5 tonne / 8 tonne / 12 tonne/ 18 tonne) developed from the early years and beginning in 1930, the main vehicle was the 8 ton halftrack Sd.Kfz. 7. This vehicle, which served in many differing deployments, and which had the highest production numbers, was produced from 1935 – 1945. Dr. Nicolaus Hettler, who has already described the halftrack vehicles 18 tonne Sd.Kfz.9 (N&B 12) / 12 tonne Sd.Kfz.8 (N&B 16) und 3 tonne Sd.Kfz.11 (N&B 20), continues these series with the halftrack 8 tonne Sd.Kfz.7 (N&B 34).