Rolls-Royce Armoured Car: 1915-44 (all models) (Owners' Workshop Manual)

Very nice overview of this iconic armored car - hardcover, full color throughout, high quality printing. Many color photos of preserved examples. A truly definitive book on this type is waiting to be written, but this is about as good as it gets for the time being.

The Rolls Royce {RR} Silver Ghost was built from 1907 - 1925. This is the model {more than any other} produced by company that deserves "The Best Car in the World" moniker that was the company's [unoffical} slogan for most of the 20th century. The 1st World War created the unlikely circumstance where a high quality/cost luxury car chassis was translated into a supremely reliable, quiet, adaptable and durable armored fighting vehicle that this excellent Vanguard volume details in a concise, lucid and highly readable manner. Luxury car chassis such as the Silver Ghost were sold without a body - so each Armored shell for a RR chassis was a semi-customized and individual effort. This vehicle was very expensive to build but it's quality and long service record show that Britain got it's "money's worth" for them ! This book gives a complete history of the RR armored car design,specifications, various model development, upgrading/moderization and the numerous military/colonial campaigns that it participated in between 1915 and 1941. BUT some of them would remain in service right thru the end of World War 11 - a remarkable run !! France, Gallipoli, Iraq, Africa, Egypt, Libya, Ireland, India - the Rolls Royce Armoured Car was a design that was adaptable for use thru- out the Brtish Empire and it's protectorate and client states. The used copy that I recently received thru the Amazon Web Site was in excellent condition. This 46 page volume packs a lot of information and is an excellent value and I give it between a 4 and 4 1/2 star rating.

There haven't been too many books on the Rolls-Royce armored car; this book redresses that imbalance. The quality of the paper and printing is excellent as are the many photos of the armored car in service. There are color pictures of two restored cars. The only negative I can find is that the book is geared more for the automotive crowd. It is not quite the walk-around needed by modelers where every aspect is photographed in detail . Still, that is a minor quibble for an overall excellent book.

Book arrived on time and in perfect condition.

Osprey Publisher are great at providing a quick and informed look at a military subject. This is how I usually start deeper research on a subject. Great for Modellers.

Although I'm not totally obsessed with armored fighting vehicles (although my interest level IS growing), I've really enjoyed Haynes' tank manuals so far. I recently re-read their Tiger tank manual, and was impressed by how detailed and well-rounded it was. Having gotten hooked on the author's "tank chats" on The Tank Museum's YouTube page, I was looking forward to another David Fletcher/Haynes/Tank Museum collaboration. The result is kind of a missed opportunity. The big problem with this book is that it's terribly unbalanced. For a "workshop manual," it's rather short on the hardcore technical details I've come to expect from this series. Sans introduction and index, this book is 147 pages long. Of that, a whopping 83 pages are devoted to a lengthy potted history of the vehicle, which is essentially a blow-by-blow account of the many operations they participated in. The first few chapters are interesting enough for military history buffs, but have been recounted endlessly elsewhere. The second half fares better, but is obviously a bit pressed for space. There are some excellent technical diagrams and descriptions, some interesting photographic walkthroughs of vehicle maintenance (checking the engine oil, starting the engine, etc.), and a chapter on restoring "Sliabh na mBan," which was escorting Michael Collins when he was ambushed and killed. Unfortunately, the technical descriptions are rather skimpy when compared with those in Haynes' other tank manuals. For all the talent involved, this book is kind of disappointing. Like other Haynes titles, it has plenty of excellent photographs of restored vehicles, and plenty of "in action" shots, which should come in handy for modelers. As a hardware geek, it's merely decent. Haynes has published some solid books this year, but they're yet to hit it out of the park.

The book was interesting and opened a huge range of questions, like Norperforce. I am interested in history and have travelled in Persia enough to be fascinated. I would have like larger pictures and also some line diagrams and dimensions. Colour pictures where possible, would really make it outstanding as a coffee table book. The main failing is the British one of only being interested Rolls-Royce, and not the continuation into vulgar Ford (Fordson) vehicles, which where the same bodies but different chassis. I realise that the potential subject is absolutely vast and there need to be some limits and the book is good and the author certainly "knows his onions".

An excellent addition to the series.

Great reference

An authoritatively-written and well-presented book on a subject about which little is known even within the Rolls-Royce enthusiast movement. The excellent illustrations and informative captions are capped off by several colour drawings by Henry Morshead of various types of Rolls-Royce armoured car. Perhaps the best of these is the centre-spread, cutaway drawing that evokes pleasant memories of the work of L. Ashwell Wood in the 'Eagle' comic paper of yesteryear. This book is highly recommended to anyone interested in the history of Rolls-Royce cars and/or armoured fighting vehicles.

Testo esauriente, ma poche immagini a sostegno di un mezzo soggetto a molte piccole modifiche. Scarna la parte relativa alla seconda guerra mondiale. Avrei preferito un maggior approfondimento sull'impiego in Nord Africa nei primi mesi del conflitto.

Livre en langue anglaise bien conçu sur l 'historique de cette fameuse automitrailleuse, détails et variantes. J 'utilise ce livre comme documentation maquettiste. Je conseil , bon rapport qualité prix.

安価であり将来的に無くなりそうな資料が手に入りました。もう少し車内のマニュアル的ページを期待しましたが値段を考えれば上出来です。