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Hogg's "German Artillery of WWII" which details the guns and their ammunition used by the German Army (and SS).

Any details? Best I can find is https://www.abebooks.com/first-edition/CIOS-File-XXVII-Hanomeg-Hanover-SINTERED/30766581961/bd Doing it...

The Germans really don't want an artillery war. They're almost out of copper for driving bands.

It wasn't in the original plot for A Blunted Sickle, but sort of grew out of the discussion on the thread. Off the top of my head the...

It isn't just a foothold. It contains one of the biggest ports in the world at the time (Rotterdam) and a bridgehead across the Rhine...

It is not a particularly blinkered strategy if one assumes that Germany can't win a prolonged war so marshalling all resources at the...

Essentially the wing sweep adds in loads of new and really nasty characteristics, particularly around stalling. These took a long time...

More to the point they had pressing business in France. The Dutch need a big enough speed bump that the Germans can't take them on the...

The 3" 20cwt is a close relative of the eventual 77mm HV (modified projectiles with the same case, a longer barrel and I'm not sure what...

That's the only other one I picked up on - Infantry expecting to hold in place against an armoured attack for a period of time until...

More a case of The Whale Has Tracks?

And yet myself, I await the day when Astrodragon just goes "Please see A Blunted Sickle, but the British Tanks are better" with eager...

Well, not 100%. The Archer was a 17pdr gun on a Valentine chassis, and they built quite a few. By the time it entered service (late...

One thing I've learned from writing it (and the associated reading) is that finishing the war in 1943 is really hard. If Germany doesn't...