![]() That's an event that occurred, but does that count as a battle? Would that be tank vs tank and infantry, even if the infantry merely keep their heads down and call for something that can do the job?Īnd even if you want specific, Proper Noun battles - like Second El Alamein - you'll immediately not find any strictly tank vs tank battles. For instance, a German probing attack on the twin villages in the Ardennes - the captain of the American infantry calls for some tank destroyers, a handful arrive and knock out some of the German tanks, and the Germans withdraw. I don't think you'll find specific numbers because the war was just so enormous that you wouldn't even know what to count. You wouldn't necessarily see a straight force of tanks fighting tanks, except as part of a larger engagement (for that matter, you wouldn't see straight tanks fighting infantry, either - one or the other would likely have artillery, the infantry would need some kind of anti-tank weapon themselves, such as field guns).īut as I said, it depends on the scope of "battles". The tank battles of North Africa, such as Crusader, were as much tank vs anti-tank, or tank and anti-tank vs tank and artillery, or some combination. ![]() The largest tank battle in history was at Kursk (or rather, a series of battles collectively called the Battle of Kursk), but even that had several million infantry, artillery, and necessary support. I've just finished reading Alex Kershaw's Liberator, and before that was Beevor's Ardennes, and they both paint clear pictures of combined arms warfare. You're going to find the occasional instance, sure, but you're more likely to see tank and infantry vs tank and infantry. I guess the first starting point is to define a battle - because if you're after, you know, "The Battle of the Bulge" or a specific one like that, versus an engagement on Hill 380 or a "regular" kind of skirmish, that changes the scope of the question.īut I think you're asking the wrong question, as far as tank vs tank or tank vs infantry. Previous AMAs | Previous Roundtables Featuresįeature posts are posted weekly. May 25th | Panel AMA with /r/AskBibleScholars Please Subscribe to our Google Calendar for Upcoming AMAs and Events To nominate someone else as a Quality Contributor, message the mods. Our flaired users have detailed knowledge of their historical specialty and a proven record of excellent contributions to /r/AskHistorians. Please Read and Understand the Rules Before Contributing. Report Comments That Break Reddiquette or the Subreddit Rules. Serious On-Topic Comments Only: No Jokes, Anecdotes, Clutter, or other Digressions. ![]() Provide Primary and Secondary Sources If Asked. Write Original, In-Depth and Comprehensive Answers, Using Good Historical Practices. Questions should be clear and specific in what they ask, and should be able to get detailed answers from historians whose expertise is likely to be in particular times and places. Nothing Less Than 20 Years Old, and Don't Soapbox. Be Nice: No Racism, Bigotry, or Offensive Behavior.
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