A couple of titles that have been on my shelves a long time and still referred to occasionally:

"German Artillery of World War Two", Ian Hogg, Arms & Armour Press, London, 1975.
"German Half-Tracked Vehicles of World War Two" John Milsom, Arms & Armour Press, London 1975. (Unarmoured halftracks)
"Encyclopedia of German Tanks of World War Two", Peter Chamberlain and Hilary Doyle, Silverdale Books, London 2000 (originally published by Cassell, 1978). (Armoured halftracks)

There are many more, but those should get you started. May be OOP, but try Amazon or Abebooks.

Go to the library.
Do a search on their computer of what books they can get you from other libraries.

It’s a huge subject. What sort of half-track (cargo, tractor, personnel, armoured, early, late, SP weapons)? What sort of artillery (infantry guns, howitzers, medium, heavy, anti-tank, anti-air, early, late)?

Do you want text, pictures, drawings, details, service use, development?

Books that cover the whole range probably won’t cover any one of them in much depth.

A recent publication that does a good overview of the panzer types used by the Germans, that also includes a nice-sized section on self-propelled guns, armored semi-track vehicles and armored cars, and some support vehicles is 'The Complete Guide to German Armored Vehicles" plus it is rather cheap ($35 US).
It is written and published by David Doyle and is available from his website

David Doyle Books

It lacks field and anti-tank guns themselves as it concentrates on vehicles but it might help with some of the half-tracks and is useful on its own merits as well.

Panzer Tracts may be helpful to your research.
http://www.panzertracts.com/

Try looking them up on ebay by type of German half tracks that you are interested in.

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The last book you mentioned is expensive if you ask me, almost 80 euro or so.
Are you sure that it is worth that amount of money?

The last book you mentioned is expensive if you ask me, almost 80 euro or so.
Are you sure that it is worth that amount of money?

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A couple of titles that have been on my shelves a long time and still referred to occasionally:


"Encyclopedia of German Tanks of World War Two", Peter Chamberlain and Hilary Doyle, Silverdale Books, London 2000 (originally published by Cassell, 1978). (Armoured halftracks)

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Thank you for your reply and your suggestions.
I couldn't find the second title on Amazon.de/nl but I did find the other titles.
The last book you mentioned is expensive if you ask me, almost 80 euro or so.
Are you sure that it is worth that amount of money?

You've chosen a very wide subject.
Not sure what you mean by guns. Artillery? AT guns? Rifles?
The Panzertracts titles are the best available.
The old Waffen Arsenal titles are worhtwhile getting as well.

https://www.librarything.com/series/Waffen-Arsenal

Another title to investigate, although it is more specialized than what you've said you want is _Scouts Out_.

If you are on Facebook check out a blog site there entitled:

"German Halftrack and Softskin Research"



Also a website called "Achtung Panzer!"

http://www.achtungpanzer.com

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The last book you mentioned is expensive if you ask me, almost 80 euro or so.
Are you sure that it is worth that amount of money?

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I didn't pay anything like that for mine. Mine is softback with a cover price of £20 and I'm sure I didn't pay that; I think I got it in a cheap bookshop. Having said that, as I said I've had them a long time so they may be OOP. There are always booksellers at military fairs and re-enactments, it's worth haunting them.

EoGT is now pretty old and even the second edition was basically a reprint which Hilary was unable to update with the new data that had come to light since.

That was some time ago so it won’t be reflective of what is now known.

Panzer Tracts and Nuts & Bolts tend to be my starting points, although the Spielberger books are also good. A lot of books (on many subjects but particularly German kit) are rehashed by authors and publishers keen to have a piece of the market but who have not done much if any original research. Hence they repeat old myths and thus perpetuate them.