Tank Destroyers. Infantry Anti-tank Weapons of World War II

ALL ABOUT INFANTRY ANTI-TANK WEAPONS OF WORLD WAR II! In the encyclopedia of the leading military historian, the reader will find comprehensive information not only about serial and experimental grenades, anti-tank rifles, mines, flamethrowers, traps, but also about the development of infantry anti-tank tactics during combat operations and the birth of a new front-line specialty – tank destroyer. Although the main enemies of tanks on the battlefields of 1939–1945 were considered artillery, aviation, and the enemy's armored vehicles, no anti-tank defense could be effective without reliable infantry support. And on the queen of the fields, there was a vital need for its own close combat anti-tank means. Initially, the focus was on anti-tank rifles, mines, bundles of hand explosive grenades, and bottles with incendiary mixtures, but by the middle of World War II, sticky and magnetic cumulative grenades, hand-held and mounted anti-tank grenade launchers from bazookas to panzerfausts and the legendary faustpatrons were actively used, and by the end of the war, the first experimental samples of guided anti-tank weapons appeared. The publication is illustrated with unique drawings and photographs.