Military Tuesday : German WWII Atlantic Wall Bunker Photobook PDF
© Jakko Westerbeke
I have never been particularly interested in old fortifications – having always regarded them as ugly constructions of steel and concrete until I looked through this PDF by Jakko Westerbeke about the German bunkers on Walcheren, in the Dutch section of the Altantikwall built during WWII to defend the coastline of German- occupied Europe from an Allied naval invasion.
© Jakko Westerbeke
I didn’t realize that so much thought went into the design and construction of these ugly-looking bunkers – a testament to German throughness and engineering – features like the color-coded airways, the simple yet effective escape mechanism and the ingenious entrance design which allowed defenders to fire at enemies attempting to breach the bunker but not vice versa.
© ACE Models
ACE Models’ T-55 ‘Enigma’ model kit cover art.
Jakko Westerbeke has also compiled photos and data on selected tanks like the Iraqi up-armored ‘Enigma’ variants of the T-55 (above), the Russian IS-2 heavy tank introduced late in WWII, and my favourite one on the WWI Whippet medium tank (below). While the incredible level of close-up detail is certainly an eye-opener, they should prove more useful to those scale modellers craving absolute realism than to casual armor enthusisasts.
© Jakko Westerbeke
Each book comprises of a quick introduction and history of the subject accompanied by clear photos with detailed captions and 3D models to indicate the part of the subject that was photographed.
Download these photobooks from Jakko Westerbeke’s site.
MORE @ THE DOWNLOAD MUNKEY:
ACE Armoured Vehicle Scale Model Boxart
The Book of Tanks
Official US Army Photos & Factsheets of Modern US Infantry Weapons and Equipment
Free Military History Books from Focal Point Publications
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Now, *that* was an impressive and historically enlightening post. Bravo Roys!
Never knew you would be interested in this kind of stuff
Is it the bunkers or the tanks?