Universal carrier pulling a 17pdr.....HOW? Arnhem

[Alex van de Wetering]

Some of you asked about the book I mentioned at the start of the this thread. Sorry if my post was a bit misleading, but the book will not centre around Allied artillery (there already is a book on that subject), but will focus on the German part in Market Garden.

Marcel Zwarts is the author. Marcel already did a small book on German units at Arnhem for Concord publications a long time ago, but this new book will be published under his own name . It will describe the German units involved and will cover in detail the vehicles and contraptions they used in the fight, including maps and sketches describing fight on street level and info on the Allied "enemy" they faced.

As German sources for info are limited, Marcel also studied allied sources and that's where the story of the 17pdr's pulled by carriers comes in. New info has been uncovered that gives a great view of each specific troop, members, battle locations etc. of 17pdr's and 6pdrs.
Some of this info will be included in the book, but as it's a bit out of the scope for the book, the remaining info will be made available in PDF format for those interested (and if the contributors of the info agree on it's publication)

There is no release date for the book yet; as you know these specalised books are often written in spare time and Marcels book is no exception.


Alex