December 2014 releases

Maciej · December 2, 2014

Dear LSM members and visitors,

Four new books will be published by Kagero in December 2014. The following titles will be available after 15 December

PHOTOSNIPER No. 16
AMX-30 Family
M.P. Robinson

96 pages,
14 painting schemes
263 photos

The AMX-30 was used as the basis for a range of armoured vehicles that have seen extensive service in the French army and elsewhere. In this Photosniper, which completes the study of the AMX-30 series by M.P. Robinson, the stories of France’s specialized artillery and engineer variants are explained. The AMX-30D recovery vehicle, the GCT and Au-F1 series of self-propelled guns, the AMX-30R Roland and AMX-30SA Shahine antiaircraft missile launchers, the AMX-30 Bitube DCA antiaircraft tank, the AMX-30H Bridgelayer and the EBG armoured engineers vehicle are all covered in text and photographs. France’s comprehensive rebuilding programs that resulted in the development of the Au-F1TA, of the improved EBG versions and of sophisticated mine clearing versions of the AMX-30B2 in the decades since the end of the Cold War are also described. This work is an excellent reference for the modeler with over 180 photos; these include examples chosen from GIAT’s archives, photos of vehicles in everyday service, vehicles seen on the parade ground and in the desert wastes of Iraq.

Available in preorder in Kagero’s webshop

The German Cruiser Admiral Hipper

about 80 pages
• 120 renders
• 1 × double B2 sheet with scale drawings
• Gloss coated paper
• Format (sizes): A4 (210x297 mm)
• Booklet binding

Available in preorder in Kagero’s webshop

Monographs No. 58
Kawasaki Ki - 61 Hien/ Ki - 100
Leszek A. Wieliczko

116 pages,
18 painting schemes
105 archive photos
19 pages A4 sheet of scale drawings
2 double A2 sheet with drawings

The Kawasaki Ki-61 Hien or Type 3 Fighter remains to this day one of the most recognizable Japanese fighters of the World War II era. What makes Hien unique is the powerplant – it was the only mass-produced Japanese fighter powered by an inline, liquid cooled engine. The Ki-61 began to arrive at the frontlines in large numbers in the summer of 1943 and took part in battles over New Guinea and later over the Philippines and Okinawa, as well as in the defense of the Japanese Home Islands. In total over 3,000 examples of various Ki-61 variants and derivatives were built. The Ki-100, a Ki-61-II Kai airframe mated to the Mitsubishi Ha-112-II radial engine, entered service towards the end of the war.