The Painter's Guide to World War Two Camouflage combines descriptions of the most important schemes and techniques of the American British; French; German; Italian; Japanese; Russian and other navies into one neat document. Written for model ship builders; The Painter's Guide provides the answers to "What paint colors should I use and in what patterns should they be applied?" The measures and schemes described in this volume may be applied successfully to ship models of all scales; but particularly to models in the 1:2400; 1:1200; and 1:700 scale range. The Painter's Guide to World War Two Naval Camouflage has been prepared by Patrick Hreachmack; a noted ship miniature modeler. Pat has extensively researched color matches with the manufacturers and camouflage authorities and has produced over one hundred and twenty drawings to illustrate the many schemes he describes.
#2523856 in Books Arms Armour 1997-03Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 10.25 x 7.75 x .75l; #File Name: 1854093932190 pages
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Good Overview of 1812 weapons and equipment used on the ContinentBy Michael ReeseGood book on all phases of the Napoleonic War Armies. Only weak link is on uniforms with no color plates; but that subject takes volumes. For weapons; their use and effectiveness; this is a good book. Recommend0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Five StarsBy D. CampbellGreat reference book1 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Good source of information for British and French weapons; limited or no data for other armiesBy Mikhail BarkovskiyIt should be noted; that the book is limited mostly to the British and French weapons and equipment; providing little information on the Austrian and Prussian weapons and equipment; and very few on the Russian - accompanied literally with only 4 line drawings.It is evident; than in 1979 (when the book was first published) Author had no access to the Russian sources; and had to relay upon the foreign; mostly British. Thus; several mistakes should be pointed out.It seems to be doubtful that all Russian infantry firearms were of so poor design (p 22) that to overrun the quality problem government had to import firearms (from Britain and Austria). The reason for that was mainly the low production capacity of the Russian armories; insufficient to cover needs of the growing army during the emergency period. Thus; 60 000 British muskets; purchased in 1804 (on the eve of the 3rd anti-French Coalition) were in fact not "distributed as rewards to deserving soldiers" but to whole regiments for the purpose of uniformity (after 1811 all British muskets were collected in 3rd and 14th infantry divisions). The quality of the new-produced Russian firearms (formerly inferior to Western) was improved greatly up to 1812 (due to investments in Tula and Sestroretsk armories) and from that time had become comparable to other European arms. The last pattern; introduced during the period - M1808 smooth-bore musket (actually; copied from the French AN IX) had all parts and details interchangeable with other muskets of the same pattern. Due to the improved quality service life of firearms had been extended to 40 years.It is true that Russian army of the period used firearms of 40 different calibers. But; in fact; this caused no logistic problem; since each regiment had bullet molds for its muskets (new weapons were delivered from the factory together with fitting molds) and each soldier had been issued with paper and powder to produce cartridgesBoth Russian other ranks swords (hangers) - M1798 and M1807 had curved blades; not "straight" (p 30).There is some misinterpretation as to General Kutaisov's (Chief of Artillery; Russian 1st Western Army; 1812) order; stating that "The artillery must be prepared to sacrifice itself...Fire your last charge of canister at point-blank range! A battery which is captured after this have inflicted casualties on the enemy which will more thank compensate for the loss of the guns" (p 71). It should be remembered that this order had been issued in specific moment and atmosphere literally on the day before the decisive battle of Borodino. Such action does not reflect the regular practice; and was not required under 1812 "Regulation for the Artillery" written by Kutaisov himself. Moreover; tsar in his rescript to Kutuzov had forbidden rewarding officers who would lose guns during the battle!Being a modeler; I think this book is lacking good quality line drawings showing all patterns of regulation firearms and edged weapons of ALL fighting armies of the period. But if you are enthusiast for military history and Napoleonic era - this title is worth reading.
