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World War II Infantry Anti-Tank Tactics
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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.
Table of Contents
Early war anti-tank defense doctrine
Characteristics & capabilities of AT weapons: AT rifles, AT rocket launchers, AT hand and rifle grenades, AT hand mines, improvised weapons (e.g. 'Molotov cocktails')
Infantry AT tactics
Late-war tank improvements
New AT weapons and 'tank-hunter' tactics
Specifics of national weapons and tactics: USA, Britain, Germany, USSR, Japan
Tables of weapons and capabilities
Product details
Published | Aug 20 2013 |
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Format | Ebook (Epub & Mobi) |
Edition | 1st |
Extent | 64 |
ISBN | 9781472805188 |
Imprint | Osprey Publishing |
Illustrations | 64 b/w; 8 col |
Series | Elite |
Short code | ELI 124 |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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