subtitle - A wargamers' guide to the Western Desert Campaign 1940-1942

Book including miniatures rules for wargames in the North African desert during WW2.

From the publisher's description;

...contents include a summary of the actual campaign, illustrated with numerous maps, plus technical specifications for the vehicles, tanks, guns and aircraft used. Further chapters cover terrain, communications, visibility, navigation, firing tank and anti-tank guns, 'brewing up', air operations, the Long Range Desert Group, minefields and supply. There are also appendices on British and Axis armored formations, recognition silhouettes, armor penetration tables and the construction of various wargaming aids.

Part of a set of five books published in the 1970's.

Tank Battles in Miniature 1: A wargamers' guide to the Western Desert Campaign 1940-1942 (see http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/27022/tank-battles-in-miniature-1)
Tank Battles in Miniature 2: A wargamer's guide to the Russian Campaign 1941 - 1945 (http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/35490/tank-battles-in-miniature-2-a-wargamers-guide-to-t)
Tank Battles in Miniature 3: A wargamer's guide to the North-West European Campaign 1944-1945 (see http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/31423/tank-battles-in-miniature-3)
Tank Battles in Miniature 4: A wargamer's guide to the Mediterranean Campaigns 1943 - 1945 (see http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/35491/tank-battles-in-miniature-4-a-wargamers-guide-to-t)
Tank Battles in Miniature 5: A wargamer's guide to the Arab-Israali wars since 1948 (see http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/18474/tank-battles-in-miniature-5-a-wargamers-guide-to-t)

Each book sets out the key military events, summarises the equipment and organisations used by the combatants, incoroprates brief technical stats and then provides a series of rules for playing armour, skirmish and air games with miniatures, normally on a 1:1 scale.