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panzeroperations: Crusader Anti-Aircraft Tank

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Armored Warfare in World War II. July 20, 2015. Crusader III A/A Mk I. The Mk I variant was armed with a 40mm Bofors A/A gun. At the Armoured Fighting Vehicle School in Dorset. March 25, 1942. Crusader III AA Mk II/III. The Mk II/III variants were armed with twin 20mm Oerlicon A/A guns. The photo was taken one day after D-Day. The tank belonged to the 22. A Sherman and a Crusader A/A tank of the 27. On July 18, 1944. A Sherman dozer and Crusader A/A tank of the 2. Fife and Forfar Yeomanry. June 29, 1944.

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panzeroperations: Creully, June 1944

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Armored Warfare in World War II. July 22, 2015. Creully, June 1944. A Sherman “Crab” flail tank in Creully on 15 June 1944. The church of St. Martin nowadays. In front of the church there is a WWI memorial. Creully is a commune in Normandy. Conseil Régional de Basse-Normandie/Archives Nationales du CANADA, via Wikimedia Commons. Ikmo-ned, GFDL or CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Romain Bréget, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Doctrine - Tactics and Training. III Abt. GD. S Pz-Abt. 501. Panzers on...

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panzeroperations: German Defense Tactics Against Russian Breakthroughs: The Spoiling Attack

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Armored Warfare in World War II. July 11, 2014. German Defense Tactics Against Russian Breakthroughs: The Spoiling Attack. Continuing with German defense tactics against Russian breakthroughs we will examine the spoiling attack. The spoiling attack, if successful, can disrupt the enemy’s offensive plan. But if it fails a significant portion of the defender’s reserve will be lost and his position will worsen considerably. Thus only an experienced commander can take that risk. Historical Study. 1951. The P...

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panzeroperations: Cooperation of German Infantry and Tanks

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Armored Warfare in World War II. July 10, 2015. Cooperation of German Infantry and Tanks. On US Army's “ Tactical and Technical Trends No. 31”. We read about a German method of tank-infantry cooperation. Five medium tanks are drawn up in line and immediately behind them two armored troop-carrying vehicles carrying nine men each, armed with automatic weapons. The center tank leads off, followed by the remaining four tanks moving in pairs; bringing up the rear are the two armored troop-carrying vehicles.

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panzeroperations: Churchill Crocodile

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Armored Warfare in World War II. July 23, 2015. The flame-throwing Churchill Mk IV. Tank had a flame nozzle replacing its hull-mounted BESA machine gun which was repositioned in the turret. Fuel for the flame was carried in an armored trailer behind, consumption being four gallons per second. Each burst of fire lasted around a second. Tongues of flame could be projected up to 120 yards. The Churchill Crocodile tank. A close up of the armored trailer. Another view of the Crocodile. Menzies (Sgt), No 2 Arm...

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panzeroperations: German Comments on Allied Tanks

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Armored Warfare in World War II. July 7, 2015. German Comments on Allied Tanks. A critical study of French, British, Russian and American tanks was published on 27 June 1943. In the German weekly newspaper “. Das Reich”. A translation of the “. 8220;The French have produced a number of unmaneuverable but thickly armored. 8220;The French still have, from the period shortly after the first World War, a. Tanks only in the form of immobile freight shipments not yet unloaded in the combat zones. 8220;This cri...

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panzeroperations: Ferdinands at Kursk

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Armored Warfare in World War II. May 2, 2014. Operation “Zitadelle”. Was planned as a pincer attack, with Fourth Panzer Army forming the southern jaw and Model’s Ninth Army the northern one. Model’s Army was furnished, for that operation, with a new and powerful Armored Fighting Vehicle; the Ferdinand. The letter “N” stands for Noak,. The Battalion commander’s name. SdKfz 184 “Ferdinand” – Technical data. 35 km per hour. 200 mm (7,87 in). 80 mm (3,15 in). One 8,8 cm Pak 43/1L/71. The Regiment was destine...

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panzeroperations: Mokra - September 1, 1939

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Armored Warfare in World War II. November 27, 2014. Mokra - September 1, 1939. XVI Armeekorps (mot.) contained two panzer divisions, the 1. And two infantry divisions. The 4. Panzer-Division was commanded by Generalmajor Georg-Hans Reinhardt. The Division Ia was Major (i.G.) Freiherr von Schleinitz. The main elements of the Division were:. Panzer-Brigade, CO: Generalmajor Max von Hartlieb. Panzer-Regiment, CO: Oberst Heinrich Eberbach. Panzer-Regiment, CO: Oberstleutnant Hermann Breith. Polish 37mm A/T g...

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panzeroperations: T-17E1 Staghound

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Armored Warfare in World War II. October 26, 2014. The Staghound was a US made armored car. It was armed with a 37mm gun and two machine guns. It was used by the British army under the Lend-Lease Agreement. British troops liberating Brussels on 4 September 1944. In Italy on 13 July 1944. In Normandy on 26 July 1944. In Normandy on 27 July 1944. Crossing the Seine river in Elbeuf on 28 August 1944. In Ghent on 8 September 1944. A Staghound with Lulu mine detecting equipment. In Gudow on 2 May 1945. S Pz-A...