Seek, strike, and destroy: U.S. Army tank destroyer doctrine in World War II |
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Page 19 - Certainly it is poor economy to use a $35,000 medium tank to destroy another tank when the job can be done by a gun costing a fraction as much.
Page 43 - the separate tank destroyer arm is not a practical concept on the battle-field. Defensive anti-tank weapons are essentially artillery. Offensively, the best way to beat the tank is a better tank.
Page 43 - I believe that the doctrine of an offensive weapon to 'slug it out
Page 82 - Hugh M. Cole, The Lorraine Campaign, US Army in World War II: The European Theater of Operations (1950; reprint, Washington, DC: Historical Division, US Army, 1981), 222—25.
Page 82 - Martin Blumenson, Breakout and Pursuit, US Army in World War II: The European Theater of Operations (1961; reprint, Washington, DC: Office of the Chief of Military History, US Army, 1970), 461; Armored School, "Employment...
Page 24 - For individual tank destroyers, offensive action consists of vigorous reconnaissance to locate ' hostile tanks and movement to advantageous positions from which to attack ,. ^ . the enemy by fire. Tank destroyers avoid "slugging matches...
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Page 10 - May, at whicli time he was assigned to duty with the Operations and Training Division, G-3, of the War Department General Staff in Washington, DC In 1926 Captain Allen became aide to Major General Dennis E. Nolan, then deputy chief of the War Department General Staff. In this capacity Allen accompanied General Nolan to three posts : Fort Hamilton, New York ; Fort Hayes. Ohio, in 1927; and Governors Island.