More Info On German Antitank Units and Tactics

More information about German Antitank Units and Tactics taken from a report in 1942.

The following WWII military report on German antitank units and tactics was originally published in Tactical and Technical Trends, No. 10, Oct. 22, 1942.

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Also the German Balanced Antitank Protection with a look at the German anti tank guns.

The following U.S. military intelligence report on German antitank weapons and tactics is reproduced from Tactical and Technical Trends, No. 5, August 13, 1942.

In conclusion, the German Army has developed a system of balanced antitank protection which complements its system of antiaircraft protection. All units from the company to the division have an all-around "cubic space" (three-dimensional) protection against the greatest threats of modern warfare, the tank and the airplane.

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Just a little bit more and I promise not to take up all of your valuable summer days with boring reading of a subject that you have read about a million times over.

Well with all of the talk about tactic's and anti tank units. It wouldn't be right not to take a close look at the German Anti Tank weapons.

The following is an article from the November 1944 issue of the Intelligence Bulletin on German antitank weapons of World War II. The report covers all types of antitank weapons used by the German military in WWII including traditional antitank guns, antiaircraft guns, self-propelled guns, and infantry weapons such as the Panzerfaust and Panzerschreck.

[DISCLAIMER: The following text is taken from the U.S. War Department Intelligence Bulletin publication. As with all wartime intelligence information, data may be incomplete or inaccurate. No attempt has been made to update or correct the text.

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Excellent info!