Ever since the author, Neil Stokes, tantalized us with advance News of this book, many of us have been waiting in anticipation for details of this, a MAJOR reference source for the Soviet KV Tank. Here they are...

KV – Technical History and Variants

The book is written by Neil Stokes and published by AirConnection, Canada

For those who require it, the book carries the ISBN 978–0–9781091–2–7

More than four years in the making, the book is in hardcover format with 560 A4-sized pages. Included in the book are 350 black-and-white photographs and over 300 drawings including 50 pages of 1:35 scale drawings and 12 pages of color profiles.

The book covers all major variants and sub-variants including the KV-1, KV-1S, KV-85, KV-2, KV-8 and SU-152. It draws upon wartime Soviet documents and technical manuals, factory archive material and other primary source references to provide the most in-depth treatment of the KV series ever published.

The majority of the photographs come from private sources and less than 10% have been previously published. They include rarely seen top views, interior photographs of the KV-1 and SU-152, along with previously unpublished photographs providing glimpses of the turret interior on the KV-2.

The book is expected to be available at the end of April, 2010.

The recommended retail price is $129.99 Canadian dollars.

Trade and personal inquiries for the Americas and Asia/Pacific should be directed to AirConnection (LINK) and those for Europe should be directed to AJ-Press AJ-Press (LINK)

As an added bonus, a website has been created containing modeling-related information including kit reviews, lists of available after-market products and tweaks lists. By utilizing the web site to complement the book, the author and publisher can more easily include information about new kits and after-market products as they become available. The website can be seen:

HERE (LINK)

My thanks to Neil for providing us with the detailed information on this welcome release!