40M Nimród Tank Destroyer and Armoured Anti Aircraft Gun (Armour of the Royal Hungarian Army)

Originally designed as a tank destroyer, Nimrod became an anti aircraft vehicle instead with a few converted to troop carrier/ambulance.Much like the same publisher's volume on the Zrinyi, there's a short section of English only text & specs followed by over 100 pages of large fairly clear pictures that most of us have never seen with English captions.

This book discusses a rare antiaircraft weapon, the Nimrod Tank Destroyer and Antiaircraft Gun fielded by the Royal Hungarian Army and used on the Eastern Front during WWII. Lavishly filled with photos and tables, the book describes the evolution of the weapon system as a dual-use vehicle, for destroying enemy tanks and for engaging aircraft. They were based on the same Hungarian-made chassis as the army's light tank and so could keep up with the armored columns advancing into the USSR. The excellent license-built 40mm Bofors gun gave good service against enemy aircraft, as well as close troop support and the destruction thin-skin vehicles and even (thanks to its rapid-fire capability) light armor. However, it was clear that only larger-caliber guns could take on the KV-1s and the T-34s of the Red Army and after Stalingrad the weapon was retained as a mobile antiaircraft weapon, officially deployed in "autocannon companies."The only book I've ever seen on this topic, it only lacks one thing: first-hand accounts of the weapon in combat. The weapon system obviously did see combat and it would be interesting to learn how the crews felt about its effectiveness, how well it did against aircraft, how was it deployed against tanks... the book never quite goes there.

元となったスウェーデン「L-62対空自走砲」から「40m Nimród対空自走砲」の開発・運用・兵員輸送車の試作型（43m Lehel）開発までを、解説文に加え1ページ大の大判写真で紹介しています。4面図などの図版はありませんが、当時の素晴らしい写真満載です。第二次大戦のハンガリー軍装甲車両に関する資料は少ないだけに貴重な資料です。同じ出版社から「Zrínyi II自走砲」に関する物が出ていますが、写真の品質は後から出版された「40m Nimród対空自走砲」の方が上質で鮮明です。今後は、「Toldi」「Turan」や試作戦車「TASS」など、第二次大戦のハンガリー軍戦車に関する写真集の出版を希望します。主な内容開発・運用　９ページ諸元表　　　４ページ写真集　　　105ページ第二次大戦中のハンガリー軍装甲部隊に全体に関しては下記書籍があります。KAGERO：Hungarian Armored Forces in World War II (Photosniper)KAGERO：Operational History of the Hungarian Armoured Troops in World War II (Photosniper)同じ出版社からのZrínyi II自走砲に関する書籍です。Peko Pub：Zrínyi II Assault Howitzer: Armour of the Royal Hungarian Army

まず、ビーバーコーポレーション扱いの価格設定と比較し安価。但し、注文してから届くまで ほぼ二ヶ月を要しました。内容は、１ページにつき写真一枚という構成。解説文（英語）は数行程度にとどめて、できるだけ写真を大きくするというスタイル。拡大しすぎで不鮮明な写真もありますが、老眼にはありがたいです。というわけで、100枚程度の写真が載っております。この車輛の資料としては、高評価を与えるしかないでしょう。