• Contact

  • Newsletter

  • About us

  • Delivery options

  • Prospero Book Market Podcast

  • Hetzer vs SU-76M: Hungary 1945

    Hetzer vs SU-76M by Samsonov, Peter;

    Hungary 1945

    Series: Duel; 149;

      • GET 13% OFF

      • The discount is only available for 'Alert of Favourite Topics' newsletter recipients.
      • Publisher's listprice GBP 15.99
      • The price is estimated because at the time of ordering we do not know what conversion rates will apply to HUF / product currency when the book arrives. In case HUF is weaker, the price increases slightly, in case HUF is stronger, the price goes lower slightly.

        7 639 Ft (7 275 Ft + 5% VAT)
      • Discount 13% (cc. 993 Ft off)
      • Discounted price 6 646 Ft (6 329 Ft + 5% VAT)

    7 639 Ft

    db

    Availability

    Not yet published.

    Why don't you give exact delivery time?

    Delivery time is estimated on our previous experiences. We give estimations only, because we order from outside Hungary, and the delivery time mainly depends on how quickly the publisher supplies the book. Faster or slower deliveries both happen, but we do our best to supply as quickly as possible.

    Product details:

    • Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)
    • Date of Publication 18 December 2025
    • Number of Volumes Paperback

    • ISBN 9781472866103
    • Binding Paperback
    • No. of pages80 pages
    • Size 248x184 mm
    • Weight 454 g
    • Language English
    • Illustrations Colour illustrations throughout, including profiles, technical drawings, battlescene artworks, maps and photographs.
    • 700

    Categories

    Short description:

    A noted authority examines the roles played by Germany's Hetzer tank destroyer and the Soviet SU-76M self-propelled gun during the battle for Hungary in 1945.

    More

    Long description:

    A noted authority examines the roles played by Germany's Hetzer tank destroyer and the Soviet SU-76M self-propelled gun during the battle for Hungary in 1945.

    During World War II, Germany and the Soviet Union soon found that their light tanks were obsolete; while their small guns were no longer useful against the enemy's armoured vehicles, the chassis allowed for installation of a larger gun at the cost of a rotating turret. Keen to utilize existing technology, Germany and the Soviet Union approached this challenge differently. While the Germans turned their PzKpfw 38(t) tank into a tank destroyer, first the open-topped Marder III and then the fully enclosed Jagdpanzer 38(t), nicknamed the 'Hetzer', the Soviet designers turned the T-70 light tank into an infantry support gun capable of engaging enemy armour, its open-topped fighting compartment adding communication with accompanying infantry.

    In this study, leading armour expert Peter Samsonov's insightful analysis is complemented by specially commissioned artwork and mapping alongside carefully selected archive and present-day photographs, revealing the origins, development and combat performance of these two types at war. Both were widely employed amid the tank battles of early 1945, as Soviet forces reached deep into Hungary and the Axis armies mounted one last counter-offensive on the Eastern Front, Operation Spring Awakening.

    More

    Table of Contents:

    Introduction
    Chronology
    Design and Development
    The Strategic Situation
    Technical Specifications
    The Combatants
    Combat
    Statistics and Analysis
    Aftermath
    Glossary
    Bibliography
    Index

    More