The Anti-Tank Rifle
The emergence of the tank in World War I led to the development of the first infantry weapons to defend against tanks. Anti-tank rifles became commonplace in the inter-war years and in the early campaigns of World War II in Poland and the Battle of France, which saw renewed use in the form of the British .55in Boys anti-tank rifle - also used by the US Marine Corps in the Pacific. The French campaign made it clear that the day of the anti-tank rifle was ending due to the increasing thickness of tank armour.Nevertheless, anti-tank rifles continued to be used by the Soviets on the Eastern Front with two rifles, the 14.5mm PTRS and PTRD, and wer…
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Weitere Autoren: Shumate, Johnny (Illustr.) / Gilliland, Alan (Illustr.)
- ISBN: 978-1-4728-1724-2
- EAN: 9781472817242
- Produktnummer: 25072339
- Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
- Seitenangabe: 80 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 14'051 KB
- Auflage: 1. Auflage
Über den Autor
Steven J. Zaloga received his BA in History from Union College and his MA from Columbia University. He has worked as an analyst in the aerospace industry for over three decades, covering missile systems and the international arms trade, and has served with the Institute for Defense Analyses, a federal think tank. He is the author of numerous books on military technology and military history, with an accent on the US Army in World War II as well as Russia and the former Soviet Union. He currently lives in Maryland.
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