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6th South African Armored Division
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Posted: Saturday, March 20, 2010 - 01:00 PM UTC
Jim Rae reviews Camouflage & Markings of the 6th South African Armored Division 1943-45, a new book from the Polish publishing house, Model Centrum, authored by William Marshall.

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Posted: Saturday, March 20, 2010 - 01:11 PM UTC
Thanks Jim, this book looks far more interesting than I had thought prior to reading your review. the camo schemes are really eye catching. think i'll try one of those
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Posted: Saturday, March 20, 2010 - 09:25 PM UTC
Thanks for the comments As to markings, I mentioned this to Johann Lexell of Bison Decals the other day and they're looking at the possibility of doing some South African markings..
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Posted: Saturday, March 20, 2010 - 09:44 PM UTC
It's great top see Commonwealth units getting covered in more detail. I only hvae two of their books at present both of which are of very high quality.

Another one for the buy list.

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Posted: Saturday, March 20, 2010 - 10:21 PM UTC
I like this series of books and if this is anything like the one on New Zealand Armour then it'll be pretty good.

Jim Does it have any photos showing the big Stowage box some of the South African Shermans carried on their Glacis plate?
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Posted: Saturday, March 20, 2010 - 10:26 PM UTC

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Jim Does it have any photos showing the big Stowage box some of the South African Shermans carried on their Glacis plate?


3 images of Sherman IIAs + 2 of Sherman Vs
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Posted: Saturday, March 20, 2010 - 11:37 PM UTC

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Jim Does it have any photos showing the big Stowage box some of the South African Shermans carried on their Glacis plate?


3 images of Sherman IIAs + 2 of Sherman Vs


Thanks Jim
It's going on the list
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Posted: Tuesday, April 06, 2010 - 07:03 PM UTC
Thanks for the review, Jim.

It may be interesting to note that the author is a member of Armorama. His callsign is 'mechinf'. (Not to be confused with my callsign Mech_Inf )

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