Germany had a hugely successful range of assault guns, tank destroyers, and tank hunters, which were developed during the ...

Key point: Tank-destroyers also taught the Army not to over-specialize. There was no need for multiple classes of tanks that were strong in one respect and weak in another. During the 1940s, the U ...

Tanks were usually involved in any invasion in the European theatre during World War II. The German Panzer Is and IIs spearheaded the invasion of Poland, while the later Panzer IIIs and IVs were ...

The third platoon of the 614th Tank Destroyer Battalion, equipped with towed guns, won a Distinguished Unit Citation for beating back a German infantry counterattack after losing three of its four ...

However, the German forces started using their assault guns as tank destroyers when their inventory ran low, fitting 75 mm anti-tank guns to the StuG IIIs, along with the 75mm Howitzer already ...

S/Sgt. Choate’s tank destroyer, the only weapon available to oppose the German armor, was set afire by 2 hits. “Ordering his men to abandon the destroyer, S/Sgt. Choate reached comparative safety.