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New book on Red Army WW2

Tony Barton

Tony Barton

Company Commander
I hope I'm not duplicating anyone else's post , but i haven't noticed this one being reviewed here yet.

The Soviet Soldier of World War Two, by Phillippe Rio, from Histoire et Collections. ISBN978-2-35250-100-8

The latest in the large format books from H&C, covering the major combatants of WW2, entirely made up of photos of real uniforms and equipment , posed on live models.
There are also a lot of original unseen photos of Soviet soldiers.

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Long overdue , this kind of study of the Red Army is really welcome. We have had a couple of such already from Crowood and others , but this volume covers some new ground, and is particularly good on the texture and colour of ordinary soldiers uniforms and equipment .
Previous books have inevitably tended to show surviving dress uniforms, because they are more easily obtainable by collectors, but this one concentrates on the Frontline .

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Anyone interested in making Red Army figures needs this book. I completed my collection of 1/6th Red soldiers some time back ….. or so I thought until I bought this.
Oh Dear , I feel a greatcoat coming on…

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Just ordered it on amazon and will be here by the 14th of Oct. My new neighbor is a missionary and goes to Russia. The next time he goes he says to give him a shopping list of what I want. He says there are surplus stores over there that he can get just about anything. This will give me a good look at what I want.
Thanks, GB
 
Thanks Tony for your review.


Usually, H&C books are great sources of info, I supose because are, a reorganized review of Militaria magazine articles, not all, but in part
 
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