Tank destroyer battalion (United States)
The tank destroyer battalion was a type of military unit used by the United States Army during World War II. The unit was organized in one of two different forms—a towed battalion equipped with anti-tank guns, or a mechanized battalion equipped with armored self-propelled guns. The tank destroyer units were formed in response to the German use of massed formations of armored vehicles units early in WWII. The tank destroyer concept envisioned the battalions acting as independent units that would respond at high speed to large enemy tank attacks. In this role, they would be attached in groups or brigades to corps or armies. In practice, they were usually individually attached to infantry divisions. Over one hundred battalions were formed, of which more than half saw combat service. The force was disbanded shortly after the end of the war when the concept had been shown to be militarily unsound.
Haitian newspaper reporters with a tank from the 608th Tank Destroyer Battalion.
The M3 Gun Motor Carriage (M3 GMC), which mounted a 3-inch gun on a half track, was the first effective mobile US tank destroyer.
A M10 of the 701st TD Battalion advancing along a mountain road, in an example of the broken terrain common in Italy
M10 tank destroyer in action near Saint-Lô, June 1944.
Armoured warfare or armored warfare, is the use of armoured fighting vehicles in modern warfare. It is a major component of modern methods of war. The premise of armoured warfare rests on the ability of troops to penetrate conventional defensive lines through use of manoeuvre by armoured units.
A shooting contest between Leopard 2A6 tanks during the Strong Europe Tank Challenge in 2018
British heavy tank of World War I
J. F. C. Fuller
A T-34-85 tank on display at the Musée des Blindés in April 2007