World War II Infantry Anti-Tank Tactics

World War II Infantry Anti-Tank Tactics
ISBN-10
1841768421
ISBN-13
9781841768427
Category
History
Pages
64
Language
English
Published
2005-02-05
Publisher
Osprey Publishing
Author
Gordon L. Rottman

Description

The battlefield interaction between infantry and tanks was central to combat on most fronts in World War II (1939-1945). 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.

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