Description

The battlefield interaction between infantry and tanks was central to combat on most fronts in World War II. The first 'Blitzkrieg' campaigns saw the tank achieve a new dominance. New infantry tactics and weapons – some of them desperately dangerous – had to be adopted, while the armies raced to develop more powerful anti-tank guns and new light weapons. By 1945, a new generation of revolutionary shoulder-fired AT weapons was in widespread use. This book explains in detail the shifting patterns of anti-tank combat, illustrated with photographs, diagrams and colour plates showing how weapons were actually employed on the battlefield.

Product details

Published Aug 20 2013
Format Ebook (PDF)
Edition 1st
Extent 64
ISBN 9781472805416
Imprint Osprey Publishing
Illustrations 64 b/w; 8 col
Series Elite
Short code ELI 124
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

Author

Gordon L. Rottman

Gordon L. Rottman entered the US Army in 1967, vol…

Illustrator

Steve Noon

Steve Noon was born in Kent, UK, and attended art…

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