Re: Starting to build a tank [TANKS]

[Rodolphe GREMEAUX <r.gremeaux-at-wanadoo.fr>]

Hi there,

Do you know if there are some free online books (.pdf or .doc)
about tank tactics ? I mean real life tactics

You may write one book down because of the rules and the front hit rule,
  tactics aren't the same, I think.

Rodolphe


Steve Edwards a écrit :
> Steve Tyng wrote:
> 
>> I have tactics.  Maybe I'll write a book someday like Rommel, wait a
>>
>> minute, he lost didn't he?  ;-)
>>  
>>
> 
> Depends on how you define "lost."
> 
> Rommel's defeat at El Alamein was more a result of intelligence (the 
> British has been reading his mail for weeks, and knew exactly what 
> Rommel was doing and where he was doing it) and lack of supply (for all 
> it's "noteworthiness," the Afrika Corps was on a shoestring budget and 
> most of what little supplies did come their way wound up on the bottom 
> of the Mediterranean). Add to that, Monty had something like a 2-4 to 1 
> advantage in tanks and artillery when the battle started, plus air 
> superiority.
> 
> In spite of all this, Rommel held off Monty for four days before 
> retreating.
> 
> I don't consider that a loss for Rommel, or a win for Monty -- credit 
> goes to the Royal Air Force and Navy, and the code breakers at Bletchley 
> Park.
> 
> "Rommel... you magnificent bastard... I READ YOUR BOOK!"
>                - George C. Scott as Gen. George S. Patton, Jr.
> 
>    - Steve "and don't forget Heinz Guderian" Edwards
> 
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