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Tank destroyers. The brilliant WWII idea that didn’t always work in battle

As tanks grew tougher and battlefields moved faster, armies needed something more flexible than static anti-tank guns. The ...
Military Times

With his track ablaze, this soldier found a way to destroy an enemy tank

Staff Sgt. Clyde Choate was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions defending a German tank attack during WWII. (Source: Military Times Hall of Valor) By the time the United States entered World ...
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Inside a German WW2 Tank Destroyer with Historian James Holland

'Inside a German WW2 Tank Destroyer with Historian James Holland' James Holland investigates the mighty 'Jagdpanther', a German tank destroyer of WWII. The German Jagdpanther armoured vehicle was ...
The National Interest

The US Army’s World War II Tank-Destroyers: Waste of Time or Wonder Weapon?

During the 1940s, the U.S. Army developed a special weapon to counter the tanks of the German Wehrmacht. Most of these vehicles had the hull of a Sherman tank and a turret with a long-barrel cannon.
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The Army’s World War II Panzer Killers Were The Real Deal

Here’s What You Need to Remember: The tank-destroyer force was the Army’s response to the wild successes of German armor in Poland and France in 1939 and 1940. Panzer divisions would concentrate more ...