Hitler"s allies tanks. Italy, Hungary, Romania, Finland, Bulgaria, Croatia, Slovakia

In World War II, the main ally of the Third Reich was the fascist Italy, whose armed forces were inferior only to the Wehrmacht. Mussolini had the second largest after the German tank park, although neither the design nor the weapons of tanks of the Duce met the requirements of the Eastern Front. The riveted buildings and towers, weak guns, an unreliable chassis - to fight against the "thirty -four" was a faithful suicide, but the Italians fought mainly in North Africa against the British, whose tanks in 1940-1941. They were no better. The second place among the allies of Germany both in terms of tanks and in the level of tank building was occupied by Hungary. Considering the Hungarians by the most faithful and persistent allies, the Nazis quite actively supplied them with modern armored vehicles (it was Hungary that became the only ally of the Reich, who received the Tiger heavy tanks) Tank building in Romania was limited and reduced to licensed production of foreign samples and the remake of obsolete or trophy tanks in self-propelled artillery attitudes. Finland independently and very actively replenished its troops with trophy combat vehicles of the Red Army of various types.
In the new book of the leading historian of armored vehicles you will find detailed information about all types of tanks, self -propelled guns, armored vehicles of Italy, Hungary, Romania, Finland, Bulgaria, Croatia and Slovakia. On their advantages and disadvantages, production and combat use. The publication is illustrated by hundreds of exclusive drawings and photographs