Apache Posted February 8, 2001 Share Posted February 8, 2001 I have been recommended Infantry Attacks by Rommel re infantry tactics. Can anyone recommend something on tank tactics (german). I am aware of Panzer Leader and Achtung Panzer but AFAIK the first is biography of Guderian and the latter is on the development of panzergruppe etc. as oppsed to actual tactical usage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Mayer Posted February 8, 2001 Share Posted February 8, 2001 Off the top of my head, Thomas L. Jentz's two-volume set Panzertruppen: The Complete Guide to the Creation & Combat Employment of Germany's Tank Force, covering 1939-42 and 1943-45 (Vols. 1 & 2) has a lot of excerpts from after action reports and field tactical briefings and training stuff. He's also got a book on Tiger tactics, which I don't have, and one on tactics in the early part of the war in North Africa, which I do have (and it's pretty good for German and British stuff in the Western Desert). I'm sure there are others, but I don't have my resources with me at the moment.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasper Posted February 9, 2001 Share Posted February 9, 2001 Why don't you see if some of the stuff posted on the sites listed below might help. They're free! ------------------ Check out http://www.geocities.com/funfacts2001/ or http://hyperion.spaceports.com/~funfacts/ for military documents written during WWII. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Los Posted February 9, 2001 Share Posted February 9, 2001 One of the best is "Panzertaktik:German small unit armor tactics" by Wolfgang Schneider. Nothing but good details on tactics, many pictures maps and illustrations too. Published by JJ Fedorowicz. You canget it at Amazon or their site. http://www.jjfpub.mb.ca/ Los Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Five Posted February 9, 2001 Share Posted February 9, 2001 The Amry's FM 17-12 is unclassified and you can probably find a copy on the net, maybe even a digital copy of the whole thing. It's the standard for basic platoon tactics. The bottomline is that tanking is tanking. As far as CM is concerned (what it can simulate) basic tank tactics are all you really need. This is not a slam on CM since it is not primarily a tank simulator. Until CM allows you to control turrets and set more specific orders simple tactics seem to work best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apache Posted February 9, 2001 Author Share Posted February 9, 2001 Thanks folks - will check them out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henri Posted February 10, 2001 Share Posted February 10, 2001 "Tanks Tactics 1941-45", by Kenneth Macksey explains British tank tactics with illustrations and a few AARs. Henri Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hussar Posted February 10, 2001 Share Posted February 10, 2001 I have a copy of FM 17-12 "Tank Gunnery" that I picked up in a secondhand bookshop (here in Australia) years ago. Good stuff although a bit modern (1964) for WWII. Well written for an Army manual, not all were !!. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Five Posted February 18, 2001 Share Posted February 18, 2001 Yeah the 17-12 as it is usually called is actually the 17-12-1 and it has a second manual the 17-12-2 that would not do you much good as far as CM is concerned. The 17-12-1 is a little bigger than a novel in size and the 17-12-2 is more like a graphic novel in size, so don't be fooled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Duquette Posted February 18, 2001 Share Posted February 18, 2001 I second the "Panzertaktik: German small unit armor tactics" by Wolfgang Schneider. Great text, Great photos, excellent collector book, it’s a real pleasure to leaf through this book. However it is rather expensive for the casual tactician You might try THE NAFZIGER COLLECTION. It has reprinted several field WWII field manuals that would probably be of interest to you. Check out: http://home.fuse.net/nafziger/books.html <UL TYPE=SQUARE>AMERICAN TANK COMPANY TACTICS (FM 17-32); SOVIET ARMORED TACTICS IN WORLD WAR WWII; GERMAN PANZER TACTICS IN WORLD WAR II. Each of these reprints is about $20.00. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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