World War II Infantry Anti-Tank Tactics

Informationen zum Autor Gordon L. Rottman, illustrated by Steve Noon Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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

• Authors: gordon Rottman, Gordon L Rottman, Gordon L. Rottman, Rottman Gordon L.
• Assisted by: Ramiro Bujeiro (Illustration), Steve Noon (Illustration), Noon Steve (Illustration)
• Publisher: Osprey Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.02.2005
• EAN: 9781841768427
• ISBN: 978-1-84176-842-7
• No. of pages: 64
• Dimensions: 186 mm x 250 mm x 8 mm
• Series: Elite; Elite
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book; 1940 bis 1949 n. Chr., Europäische Geschichte, Geschichte allgemein und Weltgeschichte, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Security (National & International), Militär- und Verteidigungsstrategie, Moderne Kriegsführung, HISTORY / Military / Strategy, HISTORY / Military / Weapons, HISTORY / Military / Pictorial, Warfare & defence, Second World War, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), Military and defence strategy, Modern warfare, c 1940 to c 1949