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Panzer tactics: German small-unit armor tactics in World War II
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PANZER TACTICS
GERMAN SMALL-UNIT ARMOR TACTICS
IN WORLD WAR II
WOLFGANG SCHNEIDER
STACKPOLE
BOOKS
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Copyright © 2000 by J.J. Fedorowicz Publishing, Inc.
Published in 2005 by
STACKPOLE BOOKS
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All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof in any form or by
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be addressed to J.J. Fedorowicz Publishing, Inc., 104 Browning Boulevard, Winnipeg, MB, R3K OL7,
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FIRST EDITION
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Schneider, Wolfgang, Oberleutnant.
[Panzertaktik English]
Panzer tactics: German small-unit armor tactics in World War II/Wolfgang Schneider.- 1st ed.
p.cm.
ISB -13: 978-0-8117-3244-4
ISBN-I0: 0-8117-3244-4
1. Tank warfare. 2. Tanks (Military science)-Germany. 3. World War, 1939-1945-Tank warfare. I.
Title.
UG446.5.S32825613 2005
940.54'1343-dc22
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Publishers' Acknowledgements
iv
Editors' Notes
v
Introduction
vi
CHAPTER 1: Offensive Operations (Der Angriff)
1
CHAPTER 2: Defensive Operations (Die Verteidigung)
63
CHAPTER 3: Unit Movements (Der Marsch)
93
CHAPTER 4: Reconnaissance (Die Aufklarung)
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137
CHAPTER 5: Command and Control (Die Fiihrung)
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177
CHAPTER 6: Logistics and Maintenace (Die Logistik und Instandsetzung)
205
CHAPTER 7: Combined Arms Operations (Die Zusammenarbeit)
243
CHAPTER 8: Life in a Tank (Das Leben im Panzer)
291
CHAPTER 9: Training and Tank Gunnery
(Die Ausbildung und das PanzerschieBen)
323
CHAPTER 10: Armor Tactics-Today and Tomorrow
(Panzertaktik-heute und morgen)
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PUBLISHERS' ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
lent work in translating the text from the orig-
inal German.
We are also grateful to the indefatigable Jean
Restayn and Karl-Heinz Munch for providing many
photographs which enriched the text entries immea-
sureably.
We also wish to thank you, the reader, for pur-
chasing this book and all of you who have written us
with kind words of praise and encouragement. It
gives us the impetus to continue translating the best
available German-language books and produce
original titles. Our catalog of books can be viewed
on our web site at wwwJjfpub.mb.ca.
We look forward to your continued comments
and constructive criticism.
John Fedorowicz,
Mike Olive and Bob Edwards
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S pecial thanks to Fred Steinhardt for his excel-
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