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 (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.

Table of Contents

The tank threat · 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 Feb 05 2005
Format Paperback
Edition 1st
Extent 64
ISBN 9781841768427
Imprint Osprey Publishing
Illustrations 64 b/w; 8 col
Dimensions 248 x 184 mm
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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