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  • Birthday 12/05/1963

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  1. I am wondering how antitank guns were assigned to defensive infantry formations in actual practice. Most (all?) WWII infantry divisions that I have read about included an antitank battalion, and I am not aware of any smaller infantry formations that included organic antitank guns (other than the late-war German Sturm company modeled in CMBB). Did the antitank battalion commander parcel out his guns to infantry regiments, battalions, or companies? And would such guns then be under the direct operational control of the infantry formation commander? Or did the AT battalion commander site all of his guns across the division's frontage with an eye to the most likely points of attack that were passable to armor? If command of the guns was divided, it would seem that there would be tremendous conflicts of interest about positioning, target selection, and engagement ranges. If these conflicts did occur, how would they typically be resolved?
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