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mm MILITARY
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NEW VANGUARD
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SrURMGESCHUrZ II & IV 1942-45
IIIL\RY DOYLE & TO?\IJE:\TZ .\IIKE FULLER PETER S·\RSO:"i
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SERIES EDITOR' LEE JOHNSON
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STURMGESCHUTZ III & IV 1942-45
WRITTEN BY HILARY DOYLE AND TOM JENTZ
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COLOUR ARTWORK BY MIKE FULLER AND PETER SARSON
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