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Title: USAREUR: United States Army in Europe (Firepower Pictorial Specials 2000 Series) by Michael Jerchel ISBN: 9-6236191-1-1 Publisher: Marco Polo Import, Inc. Pub. Date: November, 1991 Format: Paperback List Price(USD): $13.98

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Average Customer Rating: 5 (1 review)

Rating: 5
Summary: More Pictures Than You Can Shake A Stick At
Comment: Concord makes picture books on many military topics, of which I own several. This book, USAREUR, is my favorite. It covers the U.S.Army troops in West Germany during the mid to late 1980's, and is chock full of fascinating photos of just about every vehicle they used, from tracked and wheeled ground vehicles to helicopters. Some reference is made to the various annual exercises these photos were taken of, and Jerchel includes two pages of text describing the major units in USARmy EURope up to the printing date of 1992. He even mentions the downsizing, many of these units being relocated or disestablished, and USAREUR is but a fraction of the size it used to be during the height of the Cold War.

The first series of pictures show various Army aircraft from medevac slicks to the Apache attack helo and even the OV-1 Mohawk. The next set are of the people, the soldiers themselves (I personally would have put them FIRST) and some weapons. Then civilian style trucks are covered, followed by the ubiquitous HMMWVs and heavier trucks. Color photographs are in the middle of the book, followed by the heaviest trucks. Then, we have some tracked engineer and electronic warfare vehicles and the towed GEMSS minelayer. Several pages of M113 series tracks follow, including the M163 Vulcan which were withdrawn shortly after this book went to press. Then various Bradleys from the plain vanilla to the A2 models, showing some dismounts to good effect. Then the tanks begin, with a page dedicated to the M60A3(TTS) which was withdrawn before the book was printed, then the mighty M1A1 Abrams (funny, no pictures of earlier models). Next are the recovery vehicles, M728 CEVs, bridgelayers, and two nice pictures of engineers with a ribbon float bridge. The book wraps up with field artillery and air defense systems like the HAWK and Patriot launchers. The one picture of Jerchel mugging it up while standing on an AVLB bridge is funny. He has a good eye with his camera, the photos in this book are shot with various and well proportioned angles and depict the subject well. The only thing I missed are photos of the units' home kasernes, many of which no longer exist as military bases.