7814 ASSAULT: Journal of Armored & Heliborne Warfare Vol. 14
various authors ISBN 962-361-119-6
48 pages, 151 color photos, 1/35 scale plan

This book contains these articles:

1) Swabian Lance 2004
This article covers a Full Training Exercise of principally the 9th/12th (Prince of Wales's) Royal Lancers, the FTX taking place in the southern German region known as "Schwabische Alb". As such, there are a number of photos of some of the 110 tracked and 75 wheeled British vehicles involved as they visited German farmers' properties or thundered through deep Swabian forests! Vehicles included are Scimitars, Spartans, Samsons, and Strikers, as well as wheeled Fox NBC vehicles.

2) Exercise Gulf 2005
France and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) forged a defense agreement in 1995 after the France's military support during the first Gulf War. Exercise Gulf 2005 took place in the UAE, involving the French 2nd Armored Brigade, and the UAE's 3rd Armored Brigade, as well as maritime components. Actions involved French and Emirati LeClercs operating side by side in the desert. The highlight of this article must surely be the photojournalist's access to UAE LeClercs and BMP-3s, vehicles which are rarely, if ever, photographed in action.

3 ) Schwarzer Panther ("Black panther")
This was a Combined Arms Live Fire Exercise involving the German Panzerbrigade 21 "Lipperland" in December 2004. As an OPFOR made an assault, the Leopard 2A6s, PAH-1A1 Bo-105P helicopters and other vehicles of "Lipperland" maneuvered to defeat the attack. The author has captured a number of different weapon systems in some superb photos, including the Leopard 2A6, Marder 1A3, the Fennek armed recce vehicle, Dingo, PzH 2000, Bergepanzer 2A2, Biber AVLB, and the M548A1G Skorpion. This collection of photos represents an inspiring variety of German military vehicles in the field.

1/35 scale profile of Leopard 2A6