World War II Infantry Anti-Tank Tactics

AvGordon L. Rottman

Häftad, Engelska, 2005

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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.

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Utgivningsdatum:2005-02-05
Mått:182 x 246 x 6 mm
Vikt:250 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Elite
Antal sidor:64
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Illustratör:Steve Noon, Steve (Illustrator) Noon
ISBN:9781841768427

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Gordon L Rottman entered the US Army in 1967, volunteered for Special Forces and completed training as a weapons specialist. He was assigned to the 7th Special Forces Group until reassigned to the 5th Special Forces Group in Vietnam in 1969–70. He was a Special Operations Forces Intelligence Specialist at the Army's Joint Readiness Center for 12 years, and is now a freelance writer, living in Texas.Steve Noon was born in Kent, UK, and attended art college in Cornwall. He has had a life-long passion for illustration and since 1985 has worked as a professional artist. As well as illustrating numerous Osprey titles, Steve has provided award-winning illustrations for renowned publishers Dorling Kindersley, where his interest in historical illustration began.

Innehållsförteckning

The tank threatEarly war anti-tank defense doctrineCharacteristics & 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 tacticsLate-war tank improvementsNew AT weapons and 'tank-hunter' tacticsSpecifics of national weapons and tactics: USA, Britain, Germany, USSR, JapanTables of weapons and capabilities