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Time to get new books. I've been playing SPWAW quite a bit recently, and was wondering what's a good book for an overview on Armored Fighting Vehicles and a good book on the military small arms of WWII.

Loving the game, just looking for more information on the hardware that I keep getting blown up.

I have a book named: The complete Encyclopedia of Weapons of world War II
edited by Chris Bishop
ISBN 1894102223

As a general background book it provides a reader with a first look.
For more detail you need to go elsewhere.

But if you want a single reference for every weapon from pistol to batleship this is a good place to start. Interestingly, there are some glaring ommissions to the complete encyclopedia like the Bf109 but no book is 'complete' is it?

Considering niche markets are rife with titles in low volume print runs, I won't sugest a specific title, but rather a specific source.

SPWaW deals with specific vehicle details down to the nuts and bolts level of fussy level nitpicking. I rarely find details of this sort outside of a well stock model shop actually.

Thus, my advice, a visit to the best model shop in your area is in order. My most impressive hardware literature all came from visits to model shops, not book stores.