Seek, Strike, and Destroy - US Army Tank Destroyer Doctrine in World War II : Leavenworth Papers Number 12 [Twelve, XII]

Edité par Combat Studies Institute / US Army Command and General Staff College, Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas, 1985

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Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas: Combat Studies Institute / US Army Command and General Staff College, 1985. 7" wide by 9.75" tall. Light cover soil. Illustrated with photos and diagrams. From the rear cover: "Following the German conquest of France in 1940, the U.S. Army found itself without a doctrine, organization, or weapon capable of defeating a wholesale mechanized attack. Consequently, at the direct instigation of the Chief of Staff, General George C. Marshall, Lieutenant General Lesley J. McNair founded an antitank quasi-arm in 1941. This force, the 'tank destroyers,' combined an aggressive doctrine, an elite spirit, and highly mobile, heavily gunned weapons. On the battlefields of World War II, however, tank destroyers were unequal to the task of neutralizing German armor. Their aggressive doctrine played into the hands of the German panzer divisions, which employed highly integrated combined arms tactics. The tank destroyers were also outgunned by the heavy German tanks that appeared in the last three years of the war. Therefore, the original tank destroyer doctrine was largely abandoned in the field, where the tank destroyers continued to perform a variety of less ambitious missions. This Leavenworth Paper provides a case study in the formulation of doctrine, with emphasis being given to the conceptual flaws that marred the tank destroyer program and the corrective measures that were implemented in the field to alleviate these flaws. This study concludes with the argument that any comprehensive antitank doctrine, then and now, must embrace the principles of combined arms warfare in order to be effective." Chapter notes. Bibliography. Original printed wraps. Keywords: Military art and science, tactics, US Army history . Softcover. Very Good condition. v, 92pp .…

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Titre
Seek, Strike, and Destroy - US Army Tank Destroyer Doctrine in World War II : Leavenworth Papers Number 12 [Twelve, XII]
Auteur
Gabel, Christopher R. (Ph.D.)
Éditeur
Combat Studies Institute / US Army Command and General Staff College, Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas
Année de publication
1985
État de l'article
Very Good condition
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Paperback
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Military History / Military Science

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