WW2 Tanks and Ground Warfare By Max Brand
Tanks, artillery and small arms all played major roles for both the Allies and the Axis in the land warfare of World War II.
Tanks created a new way of fighting and evolved throughout the war. Tanks were heavily armored and powerful turret machine guns were mounted on the top.
The Soviet tank – T-34 – was one of the most impressive tank of WW2. It had an excellent basic design that survived the war with only one major change in armament, (76.2-mm to 85-mm main gun).
Many of the American soldiers were armed with semi-automatic weapons. The pistol was popular among infantry officers, tank crews and pilots.
It was very inaccurate and mostly used in close combat. The United States mainly used .45 caliber M1911 pistols and the Germans mainly used .38 caliber Walther. Light machine guns were used more in this …show more content…
The Germans converted their tanks to Mark III and IV medium tanks after the 1940 French campaign. But when the new generation T-34 and KV-1 tanks in Russia came during the year of 1941 that made the Germans want to have more armor and gunpower.
The third generation included Mark V The Panther and Mark VI The Tiger tanks.
In 1943, Germany manufactured only 5,966 tanks, as compared to 29,497 for the US, 7,476 for Britain, and an estimated 20,000 for the Soviet Union.
Germany successfully used the Blitzkrieg tactic also called the lightning war against Poland on September 1939, Denmark in April 1940, Norway in April 1940, Belgium in May 1940, the Netherlands in May 1940, Luxembourg in May 1940, France in May 1940, Yugoslavia in April 1941, and Greece in April 1941. Germany did not defeat Great Britain, because they were protected from ground attack by the English Channel and the Royal Navy. The principle was to “Strike by surprise, strike fast and strike
Tanks, artillery and small arms all played major roles for both the Allies and the Axis in the land warfare of World War II.
Tanks created a new way of fighting and evolved throughout the war. Tanks were heavily armored and powerful turret machine guns were mounted on the top.
The Soviet tank – T-34 – was one of the most impressive tank of WW2. It had an excellent basic design that survived the war with only one major change in armament, (76.2-mm to 85-mm main gun).
Many of the American soldiers were armed with semi-automatic weapons. The pistol was popular among infantry officers, tank crews and pilots.
It was very inaccurate and mostly used in close combat. The United States mainly used .45 caliber M1911 pistols and the Germans mainly used .38 caliber Walther. Light machine guns were used more in this …show more content…
The Germans converted their tanks to Mark III and IV medium tanks after the 1940 French campaign. But when the new generation T-34 and KV-1 tanks in Russia came during the year of 1941 that made the Germans want to have more armor and gunpower.
The third generation included Mark V The Panther and Mark VI The Tiger tanks.
In 1943, Germany manufactured only 5,966 tanks, as compared to 29,497 for the US, 7,476 for Britain, and an estimated 20,000 for the Soviet Union.
Germany successfully used the Blitzkrieg tactic also called the lightning war against Poland on September 1939, Denmark in April 1940, Norway in April 1940, Belgium in May 1940, the Netherlands in May 1940, Luxembourg in May 1940, France in May 1940, Yugoslavia in April 1941, and Greece in April 1941. Germany did not defeat Great Britain, because they were protected from ground attack by the English Channel and the Royal Navy. The principle was to “Strike by surprise, strike fast and strike