MMP Books have announced the publication of Magyar Steel -the story of Hungarian armour operations during World War II. Covering, for the first time in English a little known area of non German Axis armour, this book will be of interest to military history buffs, Axis modellers and other modellers looking for a bit of a challenge.

Magyar Steel is published by Mushroom Model Publications. More known for their aircraft publications Magyar Steel is the second book in their Green series which covers AFVs and other military vehicles. (The first in the series Codename Swallow covered Shermans at Alamein)
The book covers the formation of the Hungarian 1st Field Armoured Division, the operational history of Hungarian Armoured units in WW 2 and the history of the Hungarian Armour industry and vehicles in WW 2.

The book is illustrated with wartime photographs, colour photographs of surviving Hungarian AFVs of the period, colour plates, showing camouflage and markings, and line drawings.

Written by Csaba Becze and illustrated by Mariusz Filipiuk, Magyar Steel, No 4101 is 84 pages long (24 in colour) in A4 format on high quality glossy paper with a soft cover. The ISBN number is 978-8389450296
Available from MMP Books through their online shop, price £15

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