World War II US Armored Infantry Tactics

✍ Scribed by Gordon Rottman, Peter Dennis

• Publisher: Osprey Publishing
• Year: 2009
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 68
• Series: Elite 176
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This is not a complete review because the book has not been finished. Much of the first half covers unit organization and composition.

✦ Table of Contents

COVER......Page 1
CONTENTS......Page 5
INTRODUCTION......Page 6
The armored division......Page 10
Combat Commands......Page 14
Armored infantry regiments and battalions......Page 17
Battalion Headquarters & Headquarters Company......Page 19
Rifle companies......Page 20
Service Company......Page 25
Weapons......Page 28
The halftrack......Page 29
TACTICS: THEORY AND CAPABILITIES......Page 32
Armored infantry training......Page 34
Movement formations......Page 37
Tank/armored infantry deployment......Page 38
The squad and platoon......Page 39
Missions: the rifle company......Page 43
The armored infantry battalion......Page 46
The armored infantry regiment......Page 47
Fire support......Page 48
PRACTICE: TANK-INFANTRY COORDINATION......Page 50
Tank-infantry communications......Page 56
Dismounted company action without armor......Page 57
Tank-infantry team clearing a town......Page 59
ASSESSMENTS & CONCLUSIONS......Page 63
SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 65
INDEX......Page 66
COVER......Page 68

✦ Subjects

Военные дисциплины;Оружие и военная техника;Osprey Elite;