502 Abteilung ABT750 SPOILS OF WAR VOL. 2 is a fascinating English-language documentary book, published in softcover and consisting of 132 richly illustrated pages. This publication is a rare and extremely valuable source of knowledge about the war spoils of the Iraqi army during the Gulf War conflict in 1991. The second volume of the series focuses on detailed documentation of military equipment captured by coalition forces after the rapid defeat of Iraqi units during Operation Desert Storm, encompassing a modern conflict period attributed to the final years of the Cold War.

Thanks to an extremely extensive photographic collection from veterans and private collectors, this publication is an invaluable reference base for both military modellers and historians interested in twentieth-century military affairs. The photographs show an extraordinary variety of equipment: Soviet T-72 and T-55 tanks, BMP and BTR armored personnel carriers, infantry fighting vehicles, reconnaissance vehicles, self-propelled guns, and anti-aircraft systems, all of which belonged to the Iraqi army—a country that mostly used Soviet-manufactured weapons and refitted Western vehicles.

The abandoned military equipment was gathered in the so-called Kuwaiti Theater of Operations (KTO) or in huge scrapyards in Saudi Arabia before being transported to the United States or the United Kingdom for research and exhibition purposes. An additional asset of the book are interviews with veterans involved in the photographic documentation process, enriching the publication with eyewitness accounts and unique anecdotes.

• Product category: modelling literature, military album
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 132
• Historical period: Gulf War, Cold War, years 1990–1991
• Detailed documentation of Iraqi army vehicles: tanks, IFVs, combat vehicles, and self-propelled artillery
• Superbly illustrated photographs and technical descriptions
• Excellent source of ideas for plastic modellers and diorama creators
• Product of Abteilung 502 publishing – high quality printing and rich content

The book Spoils of War Vol. 2 is particularly recommended for advanced and intermediate-level modelers seeking inspiration and precise source publications for realistic recreation of early 1990s Iraqi army equipment, as well as for military history enthusiasts and collectors. The level of difficulty for using the included reference materials is rated at 2/5 – the publication also remains accessible to those just beginning their adventure with military modeling.

This offered title is a key to authentic details and unique historical equipment paint schemes – a versatile and essential tool in the library of every modeler or researcher of contemporary conflict history.