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The Panzer IV must be one of the tanks that was modified the most during the course of World War Two and now Kagero Publishing has released a book that should be of interest to the fans of the Panzer Kampf Wagon IV.

There is nothing for me to add here really other than to provide the text supplied by Kagero Publishing which should give an indication of how good this book should be.

MINITOPCOLORS 32
Pz.Kpfw. IV family
Marek Jaszczołt, Jacek Pasieczny, Sławomir Zajączkowski

A big decal sheet with 1:72, 1:48 and 1:35 individual and national markings for 11 Pz.Kpfw. IV tanks and 5 other vehicles built around the Panzer IV hull. The decal sheet was printed by Cartograf. Each painting scheme is depicted on beautifully drawn colour profile and described in the 20 page guidebook with English and Polish text. The selection contains the following vehicles:
- Pz.Kpfw. IV Ausf. F2 (G) coded 1233 of III./Pz.Rg.24, 24th Panzer Division, southern Russia, summer 1942,
- Pz.Kpfw. IV Ausf. F2 (G) coded B11 of Pz.Rgt.29, 12th Panzer Division, Ssinjawino, Russia, spring 1943,
- Pz.Kpfw. IV Ausf. G coded 623 of II./Pz.Rgt.15, 11th Panzer Division, the battle of Kursk, Russia, July 1943,
- Befehlswagen IV Ausf. G coded 055 of Stab/SS-Pz.Rgt.1, 1st SS Panzer Division LSSAH, tank commander: SS-Ostubaf. Joachim Peiper, Zhitomir area, Ukraine, November 1943,
- Pz.Kpfw. IV Ausf. H/J coded 715 of the 7th company, II./Pz.Rgt. Hermann Göring, 1st Fallschirm-Panzer-Division Hermann Göring, Italy, spring 1944,
- Pz.Kpfw. IV Ausf. H/J coded 511 of II./Pz.Rgt. Großdeutschland, tank commander: Oblt. Hans-Joachim Jung, the battle of Târgu Frumos, Romania, April-May 1944,
- Pz.Kpfw. IV Ausf. H coded 813 and named ‘Germaine’ of II./Pz.Rgt.26, 26th Panzer Division, Lanuvio area, Italy, May 1944,
- Pz.Kpfw. IV Ausf. H coded 821 and named ‘Gisela’ of an unknown unit, Eastern Front, 1944,
- Pz.Kpfw. IV Ausf. H coded 531 of II./Pz.Rgt.16, 116th Panzer Division, Normandy, August 1944,
- Pz.Kpfw. IV Ausf. J coded 732 of II./SS-Pz.Rgt.3, 3rd SS Panzer Division Totenkopf, Warsaw, early August 1944,
- Sturmpanzer IV coded 8 of Stu.Pz.Abt. 217, Aachen area, autumn 1944,
- Panzer IV/70 (A) coded 223 of II./Pz.Rgt. Großdeutschland attached to the Führer-Begleit-Brigade, Trier, Germany, January 1945,
- Sturmgeschütz IV coded 214 of an unknown unit, Eastern Front, winter of 1944-1945,
- Pz.Kpfw. IV Ausf. J coded 831 of II./ Pz.Rgt.31, 5th Panzer Division, Königsberg area, East Prussia, March 1945,
- Panzer IV/70 (V) coded 522 of an unknown unit, Germany, May 1945,
- Befehlswagen Panzer IV/70 (V) coded 101 of s.H.Pz.Jg.Abt. 655, Oldenburg, Germany, May 1945.