Model Centrum Progres

Established as Progres in 2001 and absorbed by Model Centrum in 2004, Model Centrum Progres is located in Warsaw, Poland. Run by an aerospace engineer who loves military vehicles and scale modeling, Model Centrum Progres had collected a truly international spectrum of authors and contributors, ranging from New Zealand to the UK and from Canada to South Africa, each of them experts in their respective fields. Backed by an experienced technical and graphics staff and the outstanding abilities of the modern local printing industry, Model Centrum Progres publish four series of books: Armor PhotoGallery, Armor PhotoHistory, Armor Color Gallery and Specials.

Camouflage & Markings of German Armor in Italy Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 80
ISBN: 9788360672358
Pub Date: 28 May 2022
Series: Armor Color Gallery
Illustrations: 147 b&w photos, 3 color photos; 18 full color plates of artwork
Description:
Compared to the fighting in Northwest Europe or the epic battles in the Soviet Union, the battles for the possession of the Italian peninsula seem to seem to pale in insignificance. The Allies regarded it as a side-show and the men that fought there were often referred to as the ‘D-Day Dodgers’. The Germans must have regarded it similarly judging by what forces they sent to Italy.
South African Air Force Fighter Colors Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 88
ISBN: 9788360672334
Pub Date: 04 Jan 2021
Series: Warplane Color Gallery
Illustrations: 95 b&w photos, 20 full color plates of artwork
Description:
Once the East African Campaign was concluded, some of the SAAF Fighter Squadrons, operating in Ethiopia and Sudan, moved north to Egypt to partake in the campaign in Palestine and the Desert War. 1 Squadron operated Hawker Hurricanes, while 2 Squadron operated the American built P-40 Tomahawks. 4 Squadron also transisioned to Egypt and soon joined 2 Squadron, flying the Curtiss P-40 Tomahawk.
Camouflage and Markings of Axis Armor in the Balkans Campaigns 1940–1941 Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 72
ISBN: 9788360672310
Pub Date: 30 Mar 2019
Series: Armor Color Gallery
Illustrations: 25 full-color plates and 142 b&w photos
Description:
Published as a companion volume to ACG #14 Camouflage and Markings of Commonwealth and Greek Armor in the Balkans Campaigns April – May 1941, this is an authoritative guide to the armor deployed by the Axis in the Balkans during 1940 and 1941, particularly some of the lesser known operations. Starting with the Hungarian annexation of North Transylvania from Romania, it moves through to the Italian invasion of Greek-controlled Epirus in Albania, and ultimately the Axis attack on Yugoslavia followed by the German invasion of continental Greece and the island of Crete. To put together this book the author has collected a remarkable set of photographs from public and private archives in Hungary, Italy, Croatia, Slovenia, Serbia, Poland, Australia, the UK and US as well as Germany.
RRP: £29.95
South African Air Force Fighter Colors Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 80
ISBN: 9788360672303
Pub Date: 31 Oct 2018
Series: Warplane Color Gallery
Illustrations: 23 full-color plates and 112 b&w photos
Description:
In the early stages of World War Two, the Italian Forces in Abyssinia, East Africa, consisting of 200,000 troops and nearly 400 aircraft constituted a grave threat to Kenya and the Sudan. To meet this threat three South African Air Force (SAAF) fighter squadrons were deployed to East Africa to counter the attacking Italian Air Force. The three squadrons operated mostly old and antiquated bi-planes in the form of Hawker Furies, Gloster Gauntlets and Gloster Gladiators.
German Railway Gun Leopold Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 56
ISBN: 9788360672242
Pub Date: 08 Apr 2015
Series: Armor PhotoGallery 12R
Illustrations: 224 colour photos, 31 b/w photos, fold-out sheet o
Description:
Technical/historical background by the Dutch expert, illustrated with 31 b&w period photos and a selection of 224 detailed walkaround photographs highlighting in color all exterior and interior details of the World's only preserved K5(E) railway guns: Ausf. C from the US Ordnance Museum, Aberdeen, USA and Ausf. D from the Musee du Mur de l'Atlantique, Audinghen, France.