Topic summary
Anti-tank
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Anti-tank warfare.
Tactics
Anti-tank tactics developed rapidly during the war, but along different paths across armies, depending on the threats they faced and the technologies they could produce. Very little development took place in the UK because weapons available in 1940 were judged adequate for engaging Italian and German tanks during most of the North African Campaign. Its experience, therefore, failed to influence the US Army's anti-tank doctrine before 1944. From 1941, German anti-tank tactics developed rapidly after being surprised by previously unknown Soviet tank designs, prompting the introduction of new technologies and tactics. The Red Army also faced a new challenge in anti-tank warfare after losing most of its tank fleet and a considerable portion of its anti-tank-capable cannons.