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News in from Squadron Signal Publications are two new In Action series books for your reading enjoyment.

Squadron Signal Publications has sent in news of two new books for your reference needs. The first is a book on the Pz.Kpfw.38(t), and the second covers the M3 Gun Motor Carriage. Both books are available in both soft and hard cover.

SS12052 PZ.KPFW.38(T) VARIATIONS In Action (Softcover) $18.95
SS52052 PZ.KPFW.38(T) VARIATIONS In Action (Hardcover) $28.95
Kliment. The tank that has gone down in history as the Pz.Kpfw.38(t) was originally christened the LT vz. 38 or 'Light Tank model 38' by its Czechoslovak manufacturers before World War II. Intended for the Czechoslovak armed forces, its early models were also supplied to Sweden, Iran, Peru, and Switzerland, and saw action during the 1941 conflict between Peru and Ecuador. But like the Czech lands themselves, the tank and its industrial producers were seized by Nazi Germany when Hitler's forces took over the Central European country on the eve of World War II. Pressed into German service, the Pz.Kpfw.38(t), as the vehicle was renamed, became one of the most widely used Czechoslovak fighting vehicles. The Pz.Kpfw.38(t) saw extensive action during Germany’s invasions of Poland in 1939 and France in 1940. The tank accounted for a significant part of the armored units that poured across the Soviet frontier on 22 June 1941. The excellent chassis was later used as a basis for tank hunters, self-propelled artillery, and antiaircraft vehicles, and in the last year of the war for a Jagdpanzer 38 'Hetzer.' Illustrated with more than 186 photographs, detailed line drawings and color profiles; 80 pages.
ISBN 978-0-89747-726-0 Softcover / ISBN 978-0-89747-725-3 Hardcover

SS39002 M3 GM CARRIAGE Detail In Action (Softcover) $18.95
SS79002 M3 GM CARRIAGE Detail In Action (Hardcover) $28.95
Doyle. In the early days of World War II, the US Army developed many specialized vehicles based on the standard US halftrack chassis. One such vehicle, the M3 Gun Motor Carriage, was engineered to be a self-propelled antitank gun, melding the venerable 75mm 1897A4 cannon - the famed 'French 75' - with the then-modern halftrack chassis built by Autocar. The ever-increasing armor protection of German tanks combined with advances in fully-tracked tank destroyers led the Army to eschew the vehicle after limited use in Europe, notably in Sicily. The US Marines, however, used the vehicle in several campaigns in the Pacific, where the Marines brought the canon to bear on comparatively thin Japanese armor as well as bunkers. Chronicles the development and combat use of the M3 Gun Motor Carriage through vintage photos, as well as thoroughly documenting the only fully restored example in existence through an additional full-color images. Illustrated with 237 photographs; 80 pages.
ISBN 978-0-89747-728-4 Softcover / ISBN 978-0-89747-727-7 Hardcover

Armorama would like to thank Gary Newman at MMD Holdings for the update.