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<li id="toc-North_African_theatre" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#North_African_theatre"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.3</span> <span>North African theatre</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-North_African_theatre-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Soviet_Union" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Soviet_Union"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.4</span> <span>Soviet Union</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Soviet_Union-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Pre-war" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Pre-war"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.4.1</span> <span>Pre-war</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Pre-war-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Wartime" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a 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class="vector-toc-numb">3.6.1</span> <span>Tank destroyers</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Tank_destroyers-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Japan" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Japan"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.7</span> <span>Japan</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Japan-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-China" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#China"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.8</span> <span>China</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-China-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-After_1945" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#After_1945"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>After 1945</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-After_1945-sublist" 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vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Emergence_of_guided_missiles"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.3</span> <span>Emergence of guided missiles</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Emergence_of_guided_missiles-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-NATO" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#NATO"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.4</span> <span>NATO</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-NATO-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Warsaw_Pact" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Warsaw_Pact"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.5</span> <span>Warsaw Pact</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Warsaw_Pact-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Vietnam_War" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Vietnam_War"> <div 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also</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-See_also-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle See also subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Theorists_and_practitioners" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Theorists_and_practitioners"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.1</span> <span>Theorists and practitioners</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Theorists_and_practitioners-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>Notes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" 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French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Guerre blindée" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guerra_acoirazada" title="Guerra acoirazada – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Guerra acoirazada" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EA%B8%B0%EA%B0%91" title="기갑 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="기갑" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guerra_corazzata" title="Guerra corazzata – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" 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For the vehicle, see <a href="/wiki/Lists_of_armoured_fighting_vehicles" title="Lists of armoured fighting vehicles">Lists of armoured fighting vehicles</a>. For the video game, see <a href="/wiki/Armored_Warfare" title="Armored Warfare">Armored Warfare</a>.</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">"Armored Brigade" redirects here. For the video game, see <a href="/wiki/Armored_Brigade_(video_game)" title="Armored Brigade (video game)">Armored Brigade (video game)</a>.</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Strong_Europe_Tank_Challenge_2018_(40964003420).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Strong_Europe_Tank_Challenge_2018_%2840964003420%29.jpg/220px-Strong_Europe_Tank_Challenge_2018_%2840964003420%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Strong_Europe_Tank_Challenge_2018_%2840964003420%29.jpg/330px-Strong_Europe_Tank_Challenge_2018_%2840964003420%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Strong_Europe_Tank_Challenge_2018_%2840964003420%29.jpg/440px-Strong_Europe_Tank_Challenge_2018_%2840964003420%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6016" data-file-height="4016" /></a><figcaption>A shooting contest 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/War%2C_northwest_gallery_-_Gari_Melchers%2C_artist._LCCN91480633_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-War%2C_northwest_gallery_-_Gari_Melchers%2C_artist._LCCN91480633_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="64" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/War%2C_northwest_gallery_-_Gari_Melchers%2C_artist._LCCN91480633_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-War%2C_northwest_gallery_-_Gari_Melchers%2C_artist._LCCN91480633_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/War%2C_northwest_gallery_-_Gari_Melchers%2C_artist._LCCN91480633_%28cropped%29.jpg/440px-War%2C_northwest_gallery_-_Gari_Melchers%2C_artist._LCCN91480633_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3691" data-file-height="1076" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:transparent;border-top:1px solid #aaa;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Military_history" title="Military history">History</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Prehistoric_warfare" title="Prehistoric warfare">Prehistoric</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ancient_warfare" title="Ancient warfare">Ancient</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medieval_warfare" title="Medieval warfare">Post-classical</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Medieval_fortification" title="Medieval fortification">castles</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Early_modern_warfare" title="Early modern warfare">Early modern</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Military_Revolution" title="Military Revolution">military revolution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pike_and_shot" title="Pike and shot">pike and shot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Napoleonic_weaponry_and_warfare" title="Napoleonic weaponry and warfare">napoleonic warfare</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Modern_warfare" title="Modern warfare">Late modern</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Industrial_warfare" title="Industrial warfare">industrial warfare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fourth-generation_warfare" title="Fourth-generation warfare">fourth-gen warfare</a></li></ul></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:transparent;border-top:1px solid #aaa;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Military" title="Military">Military</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Military_organization" title="Military organization">Organization</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Command_and_control" title="Command and control">Command and control</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Defense_ministry" class="mw-redirect" title="Defense ministry">Defense ministry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Army" title="Army">Army</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Navy" title="Navy">Navy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_force" title="Air force">Air force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marines" title="Marines">Marines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coast_guard" title="Coast guard">Coast guard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Space_force" title="Space force">Space force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_reserve_force" title="Military reserve force">Reserves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Regular_army" title="Regular army">Regular</a> / <a href="/wiki/Irregular_military" title="Irregular military">Irregular</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_rank" title="Military rank">Ranks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Standing_army" title="Standing army">Standing army</a> / <a href="/wiki/Militia" title="Militia">Militia</a></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><i>Specialties:</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rifleman" title="Rifleman">Rifleman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Staff_(military)" title="Staff (military)">Staff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Combat_engineer" title="Combat engineer">Engineers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_intelligence" title="Military intelligence">Intel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reconnaissance" title="Reconnaissance">Recon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medical_corps" title="Medical corps">Medical</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_police" title="Military police">Police</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_diving" title="Military diving">Diving</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_communications" title="Military communications">Comms</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aircraft_pilot" title="Aircraft pilot">Pilot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Political_commissar" title="Political commissar">Commissar</a></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><i>Land units:</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Infantry" title="Infantry">Infantry</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mechanized_infantry" title="Mechanized infantry">Mechanized</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armoured_fighting_vehicle" title="Armoured fighting vehicle">Armor</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cavalry" title="Cavalry">Cavalry</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Artillery" title="Artillery">Artillery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special_forces" title="Special forces">Special forces</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Signal_corps" title="Signal corps">Signal corps</a></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><i>Naval units:</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frogman" title="Frogman">Frogman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warship" title="Warship">Warships</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Submarine" title="Submarine">Submarines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aircraft_carrier" title="Aircraft carrier">Aircraft carriers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Landing_craft" title="Landing craft">Landing craft</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Auxiliary_ship" title="Auxiliary ship">Auxiliary ships</a></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><i>Air units:</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fighter_aircraft" title="Fighter aircraft">Fighters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bomber" title="Bomber">Bombers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Airborne_early_warning_and_control" title="Airborne early warning and control">Command</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Close_air_support" title="Close air support">Close air support</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Electronic-warfare_aircraft" title="Electronic-warfare aircraft">Electronic-warfare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reconnaissance_aircraft" title="Reconnaissance aircraft">Reconnaissance</a></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><i>Combat systems:</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fire-control_system" title="Fire-control system">Fire-control system</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fire-control_radar" title="Fire-control radar">Fire-control radar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Director_(military)" title="Director (military)">Director (military)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Combat_information_center" title="Combat information center">Combat information center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sonar" title="Sonar">Sonar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Radar" title="Radar">Radar</a></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><i>Historical:</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ship_gun_fire-control_system" title="Ship gun fire-control system">Ship gun fire-control</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gun_data_computer" title="Gun data computer">Gun data computer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Torpedo_Data_Computer" title="Torpedo Data Computer">Torpedo data computer</a></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><i>Development:</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basic_training" class="mw-redirect" title="Basic training">Basic training</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_exercise" title="Military exercise">Military manoeuvrers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Combat_training" class="mw-redirect" title="Combat training">Combat training</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:transparent;border-top:1px solid #aaa;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Battlespace" title="Battlespace">Battlespace</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li>Aerospace <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aerial_warfare" title="Aerial warfare">Aerial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Airborne_forces" title="Airborne forces">Airborne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Space_warfare" title="Space warfare">Space</a></li></ul></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Land_warfare" title="Land warfare">Land</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cold-weather_warfare" title="Cold-weather warfare">Cold-region</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Desert_warfare" title="Desert warfare">Desert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fortification" title="Fortification">Fortification</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jungle_warfare" title="Jungle warfare">Jungle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mountain_warfare" title="Mountain warfare">Mountain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Urban_warfare" title="Urban warfare">Urban</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Subterranean_warfare" title="Subterranean warfare">Subterranean</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tunnel_warfare" title="Tunnel warfare">Tunnel</a></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Naval_warfare" title="Naval warfare">Sea</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Amphibious_warfare" title="Amphibious warfare">Amphibious</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blue-water_navy" title="Blue-water navy">Blue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brown-water_navy" title="Brown-water navy">Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Green-water_navy" title="Green-water navy">Green</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Surface_warfare" title="Surface warfare">Surface</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Underwater_warfare" title="Underwater warfare">Underwater</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Seabed_warfare" title="Seabed warfare">Seabed</a></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cyberwarfare" title="Cyberwarfare">Cyber</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Information_warfare" title="Information warfare">Information</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:transparent;border-top:1px solid #aaa;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Weapon" title="Weapon">Weapons</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anti-aircraft_warfare" title="Anti-aircraft warfare">Air defence</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Armor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Artillery" title="Artillery">Artillery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barrage_(artillery)" title="Barrage (artillery)">Barrage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Biological_warfare" title="Biological warfare">Biological</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_camouflage" title="Military camouflage">Camouflage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cavalry" title="Cavalry">Cavalry</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Horses_in_warfare" title="Horses in warfare">Horses</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cavalry_tactics#Cavalry_in_modern_warfare" title="Cavalry tactics">Air cavalry</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chemical_warfare" title="Chemical warfare">Chemical</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conventional_warfare" title="Conventional warfare">Conventional</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyberweapon" title="Cyberweapon">Cyber</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Area_denial_weapon" title="Area denial weapon">Denial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Disinformation" title="Disinformation">Disinformation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Drone_warfare" title="Drone warfare">Drone</a> / <a href="/wiki/Military_robot" title="Military robot">Robot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Electromagnetic_warfare" class="mw-redirect" title="Electromagnetic warfare">Electromagnetic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Infantry" title="Infantry">Infantry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Loitering_munition" title="Loitering munition">Loitering</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Missile_defense" title="Missile defense">Missile</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martial_music" title="Martial music">Music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nuclear_warfare" title="Nuclear warfare">Nuclear</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Psychological_warfare" title="Psychological warfare">Psychological</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Radiological_warfare" title="Radiological warfare">Radiological</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Submarine_warfare" title="Submarine warfare">Submarine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Unconventional_warfare" title="Unconventional warfare">Unconventional</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:transparent;border-top:1px solid #aaa;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Military_tactics" title="Military tactics">Tactics</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"><a href="/wiki/List_of_military_tactics" title="List of military tactics">List of military tactics</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Air_combat_manoeuvring" title="Air combat manoeuvring">Aerial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Airlift" title="Airlift">Airlift</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Air_assault" title="Air assault">Air assault</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Airbridge_(logistics)" title="Airbridge (logistics)">Airbridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Airdrop" title="Airdrop">Airdrop</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anti-aircraft_warfare" title="Anti-aircraft warfare">Anti-aircraft</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anti-submarine_warfare" title="Anti-submarine warfare">Anti-sub</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anti-tank_warfare" title="Anti-tank warfare">Anti-tank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle" title="Battle">Battle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cavalry_tactics" title="Cavalry tactics">Cavalry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charge_(warfare)" title="Charge (warfare)">Charge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Counterattack" title="Counterattack">Counterattack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Counterinsurgency" title="Counterinsurgency">Counterinsurgency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Convoy" title="Convoy">Convoy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Defeat_in_detail" title="Defeat in detail">Defeat in detail</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Defensive_fighting_position" title="Defensive fighting position">Foxhole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Drone_warfare" title="Drone warfare">Drone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Envelopment" title="Envelopment">Envelopment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tactical_formation" title="Tactical formation">Formation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guerrilla_warfare" title="Guerrilla warfare">Guerrilla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naval_tactics" title="Naval tactics">Naval</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shock_and_awe" title="Shock and awe">Rapid dominance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Encirclement" title="Encirclement">Encirclement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Investment_(military)" title="Investment (military)">Investment</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Siege" title="Siege">Siege</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swarming_(military)" title="Swarming (military)">Swarm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Screening_(tactical)" title="Screening (tactical)">Screen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tactical_objective" title="Tactical objective">Tactical objective</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saturation_attack" title="Saturation attack">Target saturation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trench_warfare" title="Trench warfare">Trench</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Withdrawal_(military)" title="Withdrawal (military)">Withdrawal</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:transparent;border-top:1px solid #aaa;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Operational_level_of_war" title="Operational level of war">Operational</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Military_operation" title="Military operation">Military operation</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Special_operations" title="Special operations">Special</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operations_research" title="Operations research">Operations research</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Blitzkrieg" title="Blitzkrieg">Blitzkrieg</a></i></li> 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title="American English">American English</a>; <a href="/wiki/American_and_British_English_spelling_differences#-our,_-or" title="American and British English spelling differences">see spelling differences</a>), is the use of <a href="/wiki/Armoured_fighting_vehicle" title="Armoured fighting vehicle">armoured fighting vehicles</a> in <a href="/wiki/Modern_warfare" title="Modern warfare">modern warfare</a>. It is a major component of modern <a href="/wiki/Military_science" title="Military science">methods of war</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The premise of armored warfare rests on the ability of troops to penetrate conventional <a href="/wiki/Defense_(military)" class="mw-redirect" title="Defense (military)">defensive</a> lines through use of <a href="/wiki/Maneuver_warfare" title="Maneuver warfare">manoeuvre</a> by armoured units.<sup id="cite_ref-britannica.com_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-britannica.com-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Much of the application of armoured warfare depends on the use of <a href="/wiki/Tank" title="Tank">tanks</a> and related vehicles used by other supporting arms such as <a href="/wiki/Infantry_fighting_vehicle" title="Infantry fighting vehicle">infantry fighting vehicles</a>, <a href="/wiki/Self-propelled_artillery" title="Self-propelled artillery">self-propelled artillery</a>, and other <a href="/wiki/Combat_vehicles" class="mw-redirect" title="Combat vehicles">combat vehicles</a>, as well as mounted combat engineers and other support units.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Doctrine" title="Doctrine">doctrine</a> of armored warfare was developed to break the static nature of <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a> <a href="/wiki/Trench_warfare" title="Trench warfare">trench warfare</a> on the <a href="/wiki/Western_Front_(World_War_I)" title="Western Front (World War I)">Western Front</a>, and return to the 19th century school of thought that advocated manoeuvre and <a href="/wiki/Decisive_victory" title="Decisive victory">decisive battle</a> outcomes in <a href="/wiki/Military_strategy" title="Military strategy">military strategy</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-britannica.com_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-britannica.com-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886046785">.mw-parser-output .toclimit-2 .toclevel-1 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-3 .toclevel-2 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-4 .toclevel-3 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-5 .toclevel-4 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-6 .toclevel-5 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-7 .toclevel-6 ul{display:none}</style><div class="toclimit-3"><meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="World_War_I">World War I</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armoured_warfare&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: World War I"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Battle_of_Arras,_April-May_1917_Q6286.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/The_Battle_of_Arras%2C_April-May_1917_Q6286.jpg/220px-The_Battle_of_Arras%2C_April-May_1917_Q6286.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="174" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/The_Battle_of_Arras%2C_April-May_1917_Q6286.jpg/330px-The_Battle_of_Arras%2C_April-May_1917_Q6286.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/The_Battle_of_Arras%2C_April-May_1917_Q6286.jpg/440px-The_Battle_of_Arras%2C_April-May_1917_Q6286.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="634" /></a><figcaption>A British heavy tank during <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Modern armored warfare began during the <a href="/wiki/First_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="First World War">First World War</a> of 1914–1918. Strategists wanted to break the <a href="/wiki/Military_tactics" title="Military tactics">tactical</a>, <a href="/wiki/Operational_level_of_war" title="Operational level of war">operational</a> and <a href="/wiki/Military_strategy" title="Military strategy">strategic</a> <a href="/wiki/Stalemate" title="Stalemate">stalemates</a> forced on commanders on the <a href="/wiki/Western_Front_(World_War_I)" title="Western Front (World War I)">Western Front</a> by the effectiveness of entrenched defensive infantry armed with <a href="/wiki/Machine_gun" title="Machine gun">machine guns</a> – known as <a href="/wiki/Trench_warfare" title="Trench warfare">trench warfare</a>. Under these conditions, attacks usually advanced very slowly and incurred massive casualties. The developers of tanks aimed to return manoeuvre to warfare, and found a practical way to do so: providing caterpillar traction to machine guns allowing them to overcome trenches, while at the same time offering them armour protection against <a href="/wiki/Firearm#Types" title="Firearm">small arms</a> as they were moving. </p><p>Britain and France first developed tanks in 1915 as a way of navigating the <a href="/wiki/Barbed_wire" title="Barbed wire">barbed wire</a> and other obstacles of <a href="/wiki/No-man%27s_land" class="mw-redirect" title="No-man's land">no-man's land</a> while remaining protected from machine-gun fire. British <a href="/wiki/Mark_I_(tank)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mark I (tank)">Mark I tanks</a> first went into action <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Somme" title="Battle of the Somme">at the Somme</a> on 15 September 1916,<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but did not manage to break the deadlock of trench warfare. The first French employment of tanks, on 16 April 1917, using the <a href="/wiki/Schneider_CA1" title="Schneider CA1">Schneider CA</a>, also failed to live up to expectations. In the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Cambrai_(1917)" title="Battle of Cambrai (1917)">Battle of Cambrai</a> (November to December 1917) British tanks were more successful, and broke a German <a href="/wiki/Trench" title="Trench"> trenchline system</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Hindenburg_Line" title="Hindenburg Line">Hindenburg Line</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Despite the generally unpromising beginnings, the military and political leadership in both Britain and France during 1917 backed large investment into armoured-vehicle production. This led to a sharp increase in the number of available tanks for 1918. The <a href="/wiki/German_Empire" title="German Empire">German Empire</a>, on the contrary, produced only a few tanks, late in the war. Twenty German <a href="/wiki/A7V" title="A7V">A7V</a> tanks were produced during the entire conflict, compared to over 4,400 French and over 2,500 British tanks of various kinds. Nonetheless, World War I saw the first tank-versus-tank battle, during the <a href="/wiki/Second_Battle_of_Villers-Bretonneux" title="Second Battle of Villers-Bretonneux">Second Battle of Villers-Bretonneux</a> in April 1918, when a group of three German A7V tanks engaged a group of three British <a href="/wiki/Mark_IV_tank" title="Mark IV tank">Mark IV tanks</a> which they met accidentally. </p><p>After the final <a href="/wiki/German_spring_offensive" title="German spring offensive">German spring offensives</a> of 21 March to 18 July 1918, the Entente deployed tanks <i>en masse</i> at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Soissons_(1918)" title="Battle of Soissons (1918)">Battle of Soissons</a> (18 to 22 July 1918) and <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Amiens_(1918)" title="Battle of Amiens (1918)">Battle of Amiens</a> (August 1918), which ended the stalemate imposed by trench warfare on the Western Front, and thus effectively ended the war. </p><p>Tactically, deployment plans for armour during the war typically placed a strong emphasis on direct support for infantry. The tank's main tasks were seen as crushing barbed-wire and destroying machine-gun nests, facilitating the advance of foot soldiers. Theoretical debate largely focused on the question of whether to use a "swarm" of light tanks for this, or a limited number of potent heavy vehicles. Though in the Battle of Cambrai a large concentration of British heavy tanks effected a breakthrough, it was not exploited by armour. The manoeuvrability of the tank should at least in theory regain armies the ability to <a href="/wiki/Flanking" class="mw-redirect" title="Flanking">flank</a> enemy lines. In practice, tank warfare during most of World War I was hampered by the technical immaturity of the new weapon system, limiting speed, operational range, and reliability, and a lack of effective armoured tactics. </p><p>Strategic use of tanks developed only slowly during and immediately after World War I, partly due to these technical limits but also due to the prestige role traditionally accorded to horse-mounted cavalry. An exception, on paper, was the <a href="/wiki/Plan_1919" title="Plan 1919">Plan 1919</a> of the British Army's Colonel <a href="/wiki/J._F._C._Fuller" title="J. F. C. Fuller">J. F. C. Fuller</a>, who envisaged using the expected vast increase in armour production during 1919 to execute deep strategic penetrations by mechanised forces consisting of tanks and infantry carried by trucks, supported by aeroplanes, to paralyse the enemy command-structure.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Following the First World War, the technical and doctrinal aspects of armoured warfare became more sophisticated and diverged into multiple schools of doctrinal thought. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Interwar_period">Interwar period</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armoured_warfare&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Interwar period"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1920s">1920s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armoured_warfare&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: 1920s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:JFC_Fuller.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/JFC_Fuller.jpg/220px-JFC_Fuller.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="249" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/90/JFC_Fuller.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="304" data-file-height="344" /></a><figcaption>J. F. C. Fuller</figcaption></figure> <p>During the 1920s, a very limited number of tanks were produced. There were however, important theoretical and technical developments. Various British and French commanders who had contributed to the origin of the tank, such as <a href="/wiki/Jean_Baptiste_Eug%C3%A8ne_Estienne" title="Jean Baptiste Eugène Estienne">Jean Baptiste Eugène Estienne</a>, <a href="/wiki/B._H._Liddell_Hart" title="B. H. Liddell Hart">B. H. Liddell Hart</a> and <a href="/wiki/J._F._C._Fuller" title="J. F. C. Fuller">J. F. C. Fuller</a>, theorised about a possible future use of independent armoured forces, containing a large concentration of tanks, to execute deep strategic penetrations. Especially Liddell Hart wrote many books about the subject, partly propagating Fuller's theories. Such doctrines were faced with the reality that during the 1920s the armoured vehicles, as early <a href="/wiki/Road_transport" title="Road transport">road transport</a> in general, were extremely unreliable, and could not be used in sustained operations. Mainstream thought on the subject was more conservative and tried to integrate armoured vehicles into the existing infantry and cavalry organisation and tactics. </p><p>Technical development initially focussed on the improvement of the suspension system, transmission and engine, to create vehicles that were faster, more reliable and had a better range than their WW I predecessors.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> To save weight, such designs had thin armour plating and this inspired fitting small-calibre high-velocity guns in turrets, giving tanks a good antitank capacity.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Both France and Britain eventually built specialised infantry tanks, more heavily armoured to provide infantry support, and cavalry tanks that were faster and could exploit a breakthrough, seeking to bring about defeat of the enemy by severing his lines of communication and supply, as cavalry had done during the previous century. </p><p>The British were the first to create a larger fully mechanised unit when the <a href="/wiki/War_Office" title="War Office">War Office</a> sanctioned the creation of the <a href="/wiki/Experimental_Mechanized_Force" title="Experimental Mechanized Force">Experimental Mechanized Force</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which was formed on 1 May 1927, under infantry Colonel R. J. Collins, after Fuller (was) refused the function. Its sub-units were entirely mobile and consisted of reconnaissance <a href="/wiki/Tankette" title="Tankette">tankettes</a> and <a href="/wiki/Armored_car_(military)" title="Armored car (military)">armoured cars</a>, a battalion of forty-eight <a href="/wiki/Vickers_Medium_Mark_I" title="Vickers Medium Mark I">Vickers Medium Mark I</a> tanks, a motorised machine-gun battalion, a mechanised artillery regiment, which had one battery of fully tracked self-propelled <a href="/wiki/Birch_gun" title="Birch gun">Birch guns</a> capable of acting as conventional or anti-aircraft artillery, and a motorised company of field engineers.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The unit carried out operations on <a href="/wiki/Salisbury_Plain" title="Salisbury Plain">Salisbury Plain</a> and was observed by the other major nations, the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a>, <a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">Germany</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a>. Although its performance was recognised, it was disbanded in 1928. </p><p>In 2022, Kendrick Kuo, assistant professor at the U.S. <a href="/wiki/Naval_War_College" title="Naval War College">Naval War College</a>, argued that the British army, under budget and over-stretched during the interwar period, pursued innovation recklessly by betting on the combat effectiveness of armoured units operating with little infantry or artillery support. Doing so led to its initial setbacks in <a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#North_African_theatre">North Africa</a> during the Second World War.<sup id="cite_ref-Kuo2022_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kuo2022-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>All major European states (with the exception of Germany that was forbidden to possess armoured vehicles under the <a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Versailles" title="Treaty of Versailles">Treaty of Versailles</a>), the US, and Japan, would create their own experimental mechanised forces during the late 1920s, many using either French or British vehicle designs or even directly purchased vehicles, but largely borrowing from both to develop their own doctrines. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1930s">1930s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armoured_warfare&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 1930s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Tukhachevsky.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Tukhachevsky.png/220px-Tukhachevsky.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="285" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Tukhachevsky.png/330px-Tukhachevsky.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Tukhachevsky.png/440px-Tukhachevsky.png 2x" data-file-width="1474" data-file-height="1912" /></a><figcaption>Mikhail Tukhachevsky</figcaption></figure> <p>During the 1930s, political tensions between the world powers quickly increased. The <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a> and France began to rearm in the early thirties. In the Soviet Union, the mechanisation of the armed forces was part of a massive general industrialisation programme, the successive <a href="/wiki/Five-year_plans_of_the_Soviet_Union" title="Five-year plans of the Soviet Union">Five Years Plans</a>, and the country soon had more tanks than the rest of the world combined, thousands of them being produced per year. In this period, before the rise to power of the Nazi Party in Germany, German officers were sent to observe and participate in development of armoured doctrine in the USSR. <a href="/wiki/Red_Army" title="Red Army">Red Army</a> and German experts collaborated in developing the use of tanks based on second generation vehicles with turreted main weapons, and experimenting to design different chassis configurations and drive trains. One important acquisition for the Red Army turned out to be the purchase of a T3 chassis, using the <a href="/wiki/Christie_suspension" title="Christie suspension">Christie suspension</a>, from US designer <a href="/wiki/John_Walter_Christie" class="mw-redirect" title="John Walter Christie">John Walter Christie</a>, which served as the basis of the Soviet <a href="/wiki/BT_series" class="mw-redirect" title="BT series">BT series</a> of fast tanks.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Red Army tactics were influenced by the theoretical works of Marshal <a href="/wiki/Mikhail_Tukhachevsky" title="Mikhail Tukhachevsky">Mikhail Tukhachevsky</a> who advocated "large scale tank warfare" as part of the <a href="/wiki/Deep_battle" class="mw-redirect" title="Deep battle">deep battle</a> doctrine.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In France, the second largest tank producer, mechanisation was motivated by a need to compensate for severe manpower shortages due to a collapsed birth rate during World War I. This led to the development of a vast range of specialised armoured vehicles, not just tanks but also <a href="/wiki/Armored_car_(military)" title="Armored car (military)">armoured cars</a>, <a href="/wiki/Self-propelled_gun" class="mw-redirect" title="Self-propelled gun">self-propelled guns</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mechanised_artillery" class="mw-redirect" title="Mechanised artillery">mechanised artillery</a>, armoured tractors, armoured supply vehicles, armoured artillery observation vehicles, armoured command vehicles, <a href="/wiki/Half-track" title="Half-track">half-tracks</a>, and fully tracked <a href="/wiki/Armoured_personnel_carrier" title="Armoured personnel carrier">armoured personnel carriers</a>. As the mechanisation progressed, slowly the French armour doctrine began to reflect the increased capacity, evolving from direct infantry support, to independent breakthrough and eventually envelopment with the Infantry, and to deep strategic exploitation with the Cavalry.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite the increase in tank numbers, in all countries financial constraints prohibited a full mechanisation of the entire armed ground forces. Necessarily, most of the divisions still consisted of infantry that was not even motorised. As a result, tanks tended to be allotted to special armoured units, where the limited and expensive expert maintenance and training capacity could be concentrated. Only the Soviet Union had enough tanks to equip an organic tank battalion in each infantry division. Nevertheless, France was the first to create large armoured units: in 1934 two Mechanised Corps were formed of 430 tanks each.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In July 1935, in France the 4th Cavalry Division was transformed into the <i><a href="/wiki/1st_Light_Mechanized_Division_(France)" title="1st Light Mechanized Division (France)">1e Division Légère Mécanique</a></i>, the first French armoured division of the Cavalry. In Germany, after the <a href="/wiki/Nazi_Regime" class="mw-redirect" title="Nazi Regime">Nazi Regime</a> started open rearmament in March 1935, on 15 October 1935 three <i><a href="/wiki/Panzer_division" class="mw-redirect" title="Panzer division">Panzerdivisionen</a></i> were formed. Though some tank brigades were part of the Cavalry or Infantry arm, most German tanks were concentrated into a special branch, from 1936 called the <i><a href="/wiki/Panzerwaffe" title="Panzerwaffe">Panzerwaffe</a></i>. The precise interpretation of this phenomenon has proven controversial among military historians. Traditionally, it has been seen as part of a "<a href="/wiki/Blitzkrieg" title="Blitzkrieg">Blitzkrieg</a> strategy" of swift world conquest by means of armoured forces. Later it has been argued, among others by <a href="/wiki/Karl-Heinz_Frieser" title="Karl-Heinz Frieser">Karl-Heinz Frieser</a>, that the German army in the 1930s did not even possess an explicit Blitzkrieg tactical doctrine, let alone strategy. This would have been reflected by the relatively unimpressive rate of tank production and development.<sup id="cite_ref-Frieser_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Frieser-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the 1930s the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a> gave priority to the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force" title="Royal Air Force">Royal Air Force</a> and <a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a>. The <a href="/wiki/British_Army" title="British Army">British Army</a> began the conversion of its cavalry from horse to tanks and all but a few regiments were fully converted by 1939. The <a href="/wiki/1st_Armoured_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="1st Armoured Division (United Kingdom)">British 1st Armoured Division</a> was formed, as the "Mobile Division", in November 1937. </p><p>Before the <a href="/wiki/Second_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Second World War">Second World War</a> actual use of armoured fighting vehicles was limited. Both sides used Italian, German and Soviet tanks during the <a href="/wiki/Spanish_Civil_War" title="Spanish Civil War">Spanish Civil War</a> but these proved to be vulnerable to antitank guns due to their thin armour. Traditionalist elements within the Red Army used this to diminish the influence of proponents of mechanisation.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Tukhachevsky himself was executed in 1937. Nevertheless, during the <a href="/wiki/Soviet-Japanese_Border_Wars" class="mw-redirect" title="Soviet-Japanese Border Wars">Soviet-Japanese Border Wars</a> of 1938 and 1939, the Soviet forces tested modern armoured warfare tactics. <a href="/wiki/General" class="mw-redirect" title="General">General</a> <a href="/wiki/Georgy_Zhukov" title="Georgy Zhukov">Georgy Zhukov</a> in the summer of 1939 combined mass tank manoeuvres with artillery and air attacks, to defeat the <a href="/wiki/Japanese_Imperial_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Japanese Imperial Army">Japanese Imperial Army</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Battles_of_Khalkhin_Gol" title="Battles of Khalkhin Gol">Battles of Khalkhin Gol</a> at <a href="/wiki/Nomonhan" title="Nomonhan">Nomonhan</a> in <a href="/wiki/Mongolia" title="Mongolia">Mongolia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Partly as a result of the experiences in Spain, the Soviet Union began the development of a new generation of medium and heavy tanks, sporting much stronger armour and armament.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="World_War_II">World War II</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armoured_warfare&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: World War II"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Poland">Poland</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armoured_warfare&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Poland"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In their <a href="/wiki/Invasion_of_Poland" title="Invasion of Poland">Invasion of Poland</a> during September 1939, German forces applied a narrow cooperation between large armoured units – of the <i>Panzerwaffe</i> and the Cavalry – and "active" infantry divisions to break the Polish defensive lines and pursue the defeated enemy forces. The more limited and dispersed Polish armoured units were quickly destroyed. The Red Army, <a href="/wiki/Soviet_invasion_of_Poland" title="Soviet invasion of Poland">invading the east of Poland</a>, also deployed armoured divisions. At the time, the swift collapse of the Polish army was seen as the result of an armoured Blitzkrieg. However, later it has been argued that the campaign was largely an instance of the classical nineteenth century German concept of the "Annihilation Battle", in which the role of deep strategic armoured penetrations was limited.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="France">France</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armoured_warfare&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: France"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the wake of the Polish campaign, during the <a href="/wiki/Phoney_War" title="Phoney War">Phoney War</a> French, British and German tank production sharply increased, with both western allies out-producing Germany. However, the Anglo-French coalition proved unable to match the Germans in the number of armoured divisions, as it was impossible to quickly raise such large units. Though the French possessed a superior number of tanks, often better armoured and armed, half of these were allotted at army-level to independent <i>Bataillons de Chars de Combat</i> ("battle tank battalions") for infantry support.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In early 1940, the German command had concluded that it could not win a war of attrition and embarked on a high-risk strategy. They approved the <a href="/wiki/Manstein_Plan" class="mw-redirect" title="Manstein Plan">Manstein Plan</a>, envisaging an advance through the <a href="/wiki/Ardennes" title="Ardennes">Ardennes</a> by the main mass of German infantry divisions, spearheaded by seven armoured divisions, while the main mobile French reserve consisting of three Cavalry armoured divisions (<i>Divisions Légères Mécaniques</i> or Mechanised Light Divisions) – the only armoured units organised on the lines of the German armoured divisions – would be lured into the <a href="/wiki/Low_Countries" title="Low Countries">Low Countries</a> by a feint attack with a lesser force, including three armoured divisions. In May 1940, during the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_France" title="Battle of France">Battle of France</a>, the German feint resulted in a number of undecided armour engagements, among them the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Hannut" title="Battle of Hannut">Battle of Hannut</a>, the largest tank battle fought until that date. At the same time, German motorised infantry west of the Ardennes forced the crossings over the river <a href="/wiki/Meuse" title="Meuse">Meuse</a>, assisted by massive <a href="/wiki/Carpet_bombing" title="Carpet bombing">carpet bombing</a> of the crossing points. In the original plan, the armoured divisions were again supposed to closely cooperate with the infantry divisions. In reality, armour commanders like <a href="/wiki/Erwin_Rommel" title="Erwin Rommel">Erwin Rommel</a> and <a href="/wiki/Heinz_Guderian" title="Heinz Guderian">Heinz Guderian</a> immediately broke out of the bridgeheads, initiating a drive towards the <a href="/wiki/English_Channel" title="English Channel">English Channel</a>, which was reached within a week. The French reserve of four Infantry armoured divisions, the <i>Divisions cuirassées</i>, lacked sufficient strategic mobility to prevent this. The strategic envelopment surrounded the Belgian army, the <a href="/wiki/British_Expeditionary_Force_(World_War_II)" title="British Expeditionary Force (World War II)">British Expeditionary Force</a> and the best French troops. It led to the <a href="/wiki/Evacuation_of_Dunkirk" class="mw-redirect" title="Evacuation of Dunkirk">Evacuation of Dunkirk</a> and the ultimate fall of France in operation <i><a href="/wiki/Fall_Rot" title="Fall Rot">Fall Rot</a></i>. </p><p>The spectacular and unexpected success not only caused a sudden change in the global <a href="/wiki/Geostrategic" class="mw-redirect" title="Geostrategic">geostrategic</a> situation, gaining Germany a position of <a href="/wiki/Hegemony" title="Hegemony">hegemony</a> on the European continent, but also seemed to vindicate the theories of Fuller and Liddell-Hart. Confronted with the undeniable potential of armoured manoeuvre warfare, from the summer of 1940 onwards the armed forces of all surviving major powers adapted their tactical doctrine, unit organisation, strategic planning and tank production plans. According to Frieser, this was even true for Germany itself, that only now officially adopted Blitzkrieg tactics.<sup id="cite_ref-Frieser_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Frieser-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="North_African_theatre">North African theatre</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armoured_warfare&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: North African theatre"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the deserts of North Africa, the British developed the alternative approach of combining the armoured, infantry and artillery together to form a 'balanced, combined arms team'. The <a href="/wiki/10th_Italian_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="10th Italian Army">10th Italian Army</a> of Maresciallo (Marshal) <a href="/wiki/Rodolfo_Graziani" title="Rodolfo Graziani">Rodolfo Graziani</a>, being ill-armed and inadequately led, soon gave way to this approach by the Commonwealth troops of the British <a href="/wiki/Western_Desert_Force" title="Western Desert Force">Western Desert Force</a>. </p><p>The arrival of the German <i><a href="/wiki/Afrika_Korps" title="Afrika Korps">Afrika Korps</a></i> under command of <i><a href="/wiki/General_der_Panzertruppe" title="General der Panzertruppe">General der Panzertruppe</a></i> <a href="/wiki/Erwin_Rommel" title="Erwin Rommel">Erwin Rommel</a> highlighted the weaknesses of the British approach: the small number of infantry and artillery in each armoured division was sufficient when attacking the immobile and uncoordinated Italian troops, but against the highly mobile, well-coordinated German units, the undermanned Commonwealth formations were proving inadequate. <sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2015)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Between 1941 and 1942, the Allies struggled in armoured battles in the North African desert due to improper tactics; in particular, running armoured formations into opposing anti-tank positions; however, they achieved some notable successes at <a href="/wiki/Operation_Crusader" title="Operation Crusader">Crusader</a>, <a href="/wiki/First_Battle_of_El_Alamein" title="First Battle of El Alamein">1st Alamein</a> and under Montgomery finally achieved decisive victories, in particular at the <a href="/wiki/Second_Battle_of_El_Alamein" title="Second Battle of El Alamein">Second Battle of El Alamein</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2015)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>In 2022, Kendrick Kuo, assistant professor at the U.S. Naval War College, wrote that due to factors emanating from the <a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#1920s">interwar period</a>, the British army in North Africa initially operated their armoured units with little infantry or artillery support. Meanwhile, the Germans had integrated their armour with mechanised infantry and artillery. Only after undoing their misplaced emphasis on armour were the British able to restore their combat effectiveness.<sup id="cite_ref-Kuo2022_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kuo2022-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Soviet_Union">Soviet Union</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armoured_warfare&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Soviet Union"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Deep_operation" title="Deep operation">Deep operation</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Pre-war">Pre-war</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armoured_warfare&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Pre-war"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Much of the Red Army development in tank use was based on the theoretical work carried out by such officers as <a href="/wiki/Tukhachevsky" class="mw-redirect" title="Tukhachevsky">Tukhachevsky</a> and <a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Triandafillov" title="Vladimir Triandafillov">Triandafillov</a> in the mid to late 1930s. This was as part of the two-directioned concepts, one being infantry-centred "broad front" and the other being a "shock army".<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>While the infantry based part of the doctrine demanded "powerful tanks" (heavy tanks armed with infantry guns and machineguns) and "tankettes" (light, often amphibious tanks with machineguns), the shock army demanded "manoeuvre tanks" (fast tanks with medium guns) used in conjunction with motorised forces and "mechanised cavalry" that would operate in depth as "strategic cavalry" combined with nascent airborne troops. These ideas culminated in the "PU-36" or the 1936 Field Service Regulations. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Wartime">Wartime</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armoured_warfare&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Wartime"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Char_T-34.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Char_T-34.jpg/220px-Char_T-34.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Char_T-34.jpg/330px-Char_T-34.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Char_T-34.jpg/440px-Char_T-34.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" /></a><figcaption>A T-34-85 tank on display at the <i><a href="/wiki/Mus%C3%A9e_des_Blind%C3%A9s" title="Musée des Blindés">Musée des Blindés</a></i> in April 2007</figcaption></figure> <p>At the start of the Second World War much of the Red Army, including its armoured forces, was in transition and recovering from the <a href="/wiki/Great_Purge" title="Great Purge">1937 repression of the officer corps</a>. The Red Army ignored the lessons from <a href="/wiki/Nomonhan" title="Nomonhan">Nomonhan</a>, which had been successfully conducted by General <a href="/wiki/Zhukov" class="mw-redirect" title="Zhukov">Zhukov</a>, and relied instead on lessons from politically selected officers who were veterans of the <a href="/wiki/Spanish_Civil_War" title="Spanish Civil War">Spanish Civil War</a>. The result was a poor showing during the <a href="/wiki/Winter_War" title="Winter War">Winter War</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Red Army tank fleet was extremely large, consisting of some 24,000 vehicles, but many were obsolete or unfit for service due to difficulties with supplying spare parts and lack of qualified support staff. </p><p>One important development took place shortly before the war, which influenced Soviet armoured doctrine and tank design for a decade: the creation of the <a href="/wiki/T-34" title="T-34">T-34</a>. Developed on the <a href="/wiki/Christie_suspension" title="Christie suspension">Christie suspension</a> chassis and using <a href="/wiki/Sloped_armour" title="Sloped armour">sloped armour</a> for the first time, the T-34 proved a shock to the German forces in the first <a href="/wiki/German_encounter_of_Soviet_T-34_and_KV_tanks" title="German encounter of Soviet T-34 and KV tanks">German encounter of Soviet T-34 and KV tanks</a>. The T-34 had an excellent combination of mobility, protection and firepower. <sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2015)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Using wide tracks, the T-34 was also able to negotiate terrain in difficult weather conditions, something that persistently dogged the German designs. <sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2015)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Assessing the success of the German <a href="/wiki/Blitzkrieg" title="Blitzkrieg">Blitzkrieg</a> strategy, operational methods and tactics, the Red Army concluded that it should return to the use of operational methods developed before the war, so the <a href="/wiki/Army_(Soviet_Army)#Tank_and_mechanised_armies" class="mw-redirect" title="Army (Soviet Army)">Tank Armies</a> were eventually created. <sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2015)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> To complement the T-34, heavy tanks, self-propelled artillery, and tank destroyers were also designed.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2015)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The Red Army's armoured forces were used in concentrations during all <a href="/wiki/Strategic_operations_of_the_Red_Army_in_World_War_II" title="Strategic operations of the Red Army in World War II">strategic operations of the Red Army in World War II</a>, initiated under strict secrecy and using the Principle of Surprise.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Furthermore, to improve the fighting capabilities of armoured units, all heavy and medium tanks are to be commanded by officers and crewed by NCOs.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Germany">Germany</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armoured_warfare&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Germany"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In Germany, in-depth research through theoretical approaches, wargaming and exercises developed a confidence within the <i><a href="/wiki/Panzertruppe" class="mw-redirect" title="Panzertruppe">Panzertruppe</a></i> itself (and political support by Hitler) in the armoured formation as the key battlefield formation – although this view was before 1940 not shared by the other Arms of Service.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2015)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> A key part of this doctrine was improved communications by having radios in all tanks, although this ideal suffered from technical limits as most tanks had receiver sets only.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2015)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1976-071-36,_Polen,_an_der_Brahe,_deutsche_Panzer.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1976-071-36%2C_Polen%2C_an_der_Brahe%2C_deutsche_Panzer.jpg/220px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1976-071-36%2C_Polen%2C_an_der_Brahe%2C_deutsche_Panzer.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="149" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1976-071-36%2C_Polen%2C_an_der_Brahe%2C_deutsche_Panzer.jpg/330px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1976-071-36%2C_Polen%2C_an_der_Brahe%2C_deutsche_Panzer.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1976-071-36%2C_Polen%2C_an_der_Brahe%2C_deutsche_Panzer.jpg/440px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1976-071-36%2C_Polen%2C_an_der_Brahe%2C_deutsche_Panzer.jpg 2x" data-file-width="796" data-file-height="540" /></a><figcaption>Heinz Guderian (right edge) guiding an armoured force in Poland</figcaption></figure> <p>At the outbreak of World War II, the German armoured forces benefited from a much more profound and more flexible training than that of the Allies on the tactical and operational level. German tanks operated while directed by radio communication, which allowed tank commanders to take greater advantage of the manoeuvrability of their vehicles.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Even after the <a href="/wiki/Invasion_of_Poland" title="Invasion of Poland">conquest of Poland</a>, "Blitzkrieg" was not defined on the strategic level. Guderian and von Manstein devised a strategy that entailed what later would be seen as the essence of Blitzkrieg: concentrated panzer divisions performing swift deep penetrations. This strategy was not initially accepted by German High Command. Nevertheless, the final <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_France#Fall_Gelb_(Case_Yellow)" title="Battle of France">plans for the invasion of France</a> in 1940 hinged on the element of a <i>Schwerpunkt</i> at Sedan, and was assigned to such forces. The great success of this operation led to Blitzkrieg being integrated with strategic planning for the rest of the war. </p><p>German tanks could carry with them enough fuel and supplies to go almost two hundred kilometers, and enough food to last three to nine days.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This relative independence from supply lines proved effective, and allowed them to advance on critical targets much faster and without hesitation. Another factor was the ability of commanders to make strategic decisions in the field and without much consultation with their headquarters, the orders of which were often simply ignored. A prime example is <a href="/wiki/Erwin_Rommel" title="Erwin Rommel">Erwin Rommel</a>'s lead-from-the-front approach while commanding <i>7.Panzer-Division</i> which allowed him a flexible response to the battlefield situation, an instance of the <i><a href="/wiki/Auftragstaktik" class="mw-redirect" title="Auftragstaktik">Auftragstaktik</a></i> (reliance on subordinates to make their own decisions).<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The effect of German <i>Panzer</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'s</span> speed, mobility, and communication shocked the French, and ultimately were the deciding factors in the battle. It overcame their inferiority in armour and armament relative to the main French materiel such as the <a href="/wiki/Char_B1" title="Char B1">Char B1 <i>bis</i></a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The superior tactical and operational praxis, combined with an appropriate strategic implementation, enabled the Germans to defeat forces superior in armour (both quantitatively and qualitatively) in the battles of 1940,<sup id="cite_ref-:1_28-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but just as Blitzkrieg became a deliberate military doctrine, in 1941,<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2015)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> it ultimately failed on the eastern front, though initially attaining spectacular successes. </p><p>Before the war, <a href="/wiki/Heinz_Guderian" title="Heinz Guderian">Heinz Guderian</a> had in his <i>Achtung–Panzer!</i> propounded a thorough mechanisation of the German forces. By 1942, increased AFV-production allowed a fuller implementation of this ideal. Now extensive armoured combined arms team could be formed, distinct from a purely <a href="/wiki/Infantry" title="Infantry">infantry</a> or <a href="/wiki/Cavalry" title="Cavalry">cavalry</a> formation.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The panzer divisions integrated tanks with <a href="/wiki/Mechanized_infantry" title="Mechanized infantry">mechanised infantry</a> (riding in <a href="/wiki/Halftracks" class="mw-redirect" title="Halftracks">halftracks</a> to be protected from small-arms fire while being transported) and <a href="/wiki/Self-propelled_artillery" title="Self-propelled artillery">self-propelled artillery</a> (howitzers fitted on a tank chassis).<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2015)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> This allowed the panzer division to become an independent combat force, in principle able to overcome the problems of attaining a <a href="/wiki/Breakthrough_(military)" title="Breakthrough (military)">breakthrough</a> against entrenched enemy infantry, equipped with large numbers of antitank-guns, with the potential to completely halt tank assaults inflicting devastating losses to armoured units without infantry support.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, much of the AFV production was increasingly diverted away from the <i>Panzertruppe</i>. The Artillery formed its own <span title="German-language text"><span lang="de" style="font-style: normal;"><a href="/wiki/Sturmgesch%C3%BCtz" title="Sturmgeschütz">Sturmgeschütz</a></span></span> units and infantry divisions were given their own <i><a href="/wiki/Panzerj%C3%A4ger" title="Panzerjäger">Panzerjäger</a></i> companies. Despite lowering their formal organic strength, from the summer of 1943 onwards, the armoured divisions were structurally short of tanks. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="United_States">United States</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armoured_warfare&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: United States"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:United_States_World_War_II_Tank_Battalion_November_1944_Structure.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/United_States_World_War_II_Tank_Battalion_November_1944_Structure.png/500px-United_States_World_War_II_Tank_Battalion_November_1944_Structure.png" decoding="async" width="500" height="366" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/United_States_World_War_II_Tank_Battalion_November_1944_Structure.png/750px-United_States_World_War_II_Tank_Battalion_November_1944_Structure.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/United_States_World_War_II_Tank_Battalion_November_1944_Structure.png/1000px-United_States_World_War_II_Tank_Battalion_November_1944_Structure.png 2x" data-file-width="4100" data-file-height="3000" /></a><figcaption>Structure of a U.S. tank battalion in November 1944. Each battalion had 53 M4 Sherman medium tanks and 17 M5 Stuart light tanks. Heavy armoured divisions had 6 battalions (318 M4 Tanks, 102 M5 Tanks) while light armoured divisions had 3 (159 M4 Tanks, 51 M5 Tanks). Many U.S. infantry divisions had a permanent tank battalion attached during the length of the war in Europe.</figcaption></figure> <p>Though the U.S. had established the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Tank_Corps" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Tank Corps">Tank Corps</a> in World War I using French <a href="/wiki/Renault_FT" title="Renault FT">Renault FT</a> light tanks and <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">British</a> <a href="/wiki/Mark_V_tank" title="Mark V tank">Mark V and Mark V*</a> heavy tanks,<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and some officers like <a href="/wiki/Dwight_D._Eisenhower" title="Dwight D. Eisenhower">Dwight D. Eisenhower</a> and <a href="/wiki/George_S._Patton,_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="George S. Patton, Jr.">George S. Patton, Jr.</a> emerged from that war initially as avid proponents of continuing and developing an American armoured force, the rapid reduction of the forces and apathy and even antipathy towards funding and maintaining armed forces in the inter-war years led to relative stagnation of armoured doctrine in the United States. <a href="/wiki/Adna_R._Chaffee,_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="Adna R. Chaffee, Jr.">Adna R. Chaffee, Jr.</a>, virtually alone, advocated for the future of armoured warfare and the development of appropriate training, equipment and doctrine during the late 1920s through the 1930s. </p><p>The United States Army regarded the <a href="/wiki/French_Army" title="French Army">French Army</a> as the best army in Europe,<sup id="cite_ref-Zaloga_Armored_Thunderbolt_p._13_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Zaloga_Armored_Thunderbolt_p._13-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and consequently the U.S. Army frequently copied French uniforms (the American Civil War) and aeroplanes. Only when France was rapidly overrun in 1940 did the U.S. Army become "shocked"<sup id="cite_ref-Zaloga_Armored_Thunderbolt_p._13_32-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Zaloga_Armored_Thunderbolt_p._13-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> into re-thinking the influences by the perceived actions of German tanks in the 1939 <a href="/wiki/Invasion_of_Poland" title="Invasion of Poland">Polish Campaign.</a> Its Armored Combat Arm was not created until 1940 when the Armored Force was born on 10 July 1940, with the Headquarters, Armor Force and the Headquarters, <a href="/wiki/I_Armored_Corps" class="mw-redirect" title="I Armored Corps">I Armored Corps</a> established at <a href="/wiki/Fort_Knox" title="Fort Knox">Fort Knox</a>. On July 15, 1940, the 7th Cavalry Brigade (Mechanised) became the <a href="/wiki/1st_Armored_Division_(United_States)" title="1st Armored Division (United States)">1st Armored Division</a>; the 7th Provisional Tank Brigade, an infantry tank unit at <a href="/wiki/Fort_Benning" class="mw-redirect" title="Fort Benning">Fort Benning</a>, became the <a href="/wiki/2nd_Armored_Division_(United_States)" title="2nd Armored Division (United States)">2nd Armored Division</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Tank Battalion was established at <a href="/wiki/Fort_George_G._Meade" class="mw-redirect" title="Fort George G. Meade">Fort Meade</a>, Md., and a small <a href="/w/index.php?title=Armored_Force_School&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Armored Force School (page does not exist)">Armored Force School</a> was also established. </p><p>Under this doctrine, U.S. tank crews of both armoured divisions and GHQ tank battalions were taught to fight tanks in tank on tank engagements. Armoured force personnel during and after the war criticised the infantry for using the GHQ tank battalions assigned to infantry divisions strictly as infantry support. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:American_tank_firing.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/American_tank_firing.jpg/220px-American_tank_firing.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="149" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/American_tank_firing.jpg/330px-American_tank_firing.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/American_tank_firing.jpg/440px-American_tank_firing.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3651" data-file-height="2480" /></a><figcaption>M10 tank destroyer in action near <a href="/wiki/Saint-L%C3%B4" title="Saint-Lô">Saint-Lô</a>, June 1944</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Tank_destroyers">Tank destroyers</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armoured_warfare&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Tank destroyers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The U.S. <a href="/wiki/Combined_arms" title="Combined arms">combined arms</a> team included air support, artillery, engineers, and a tank component supplemented by <a href="/wiki/Tank_destroyer" title="Tank destroyer">tank destroyers</a> formed into independent <a href="/wiki/Tank_destroyer_battalion_(United_States)" title="Tank destroyer battalion (United States)">tank destroyer battalions</a>. The latter is most closely identified with the Chief of Army Ground Forces, <a href="/wiki/Lesley_J._McNair" title="Lesley J. McNair">Lesley J. McNair</a>. Having studied the early German successes McNair came under the belief that U.S. forces would be faced with fast moving enemy forces who would seek to bypass, isolate and reduce U.S. forces in a replay of the Fall of France. <sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2015)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> To stem the flood of marauding panzers, fast moving powerfully armed tank destroyer battalions were created to be held back and used in the counter-attack. </p><p>It was also calculated that U.S. interests would be better served by large numbers of reliable (<i>battle-worthiness</i>) medium tanks rather than a smaller number of unreliable<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> heavy tanks.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2015)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> It was decided therefore to slow the production of the U.S. heavy tank designs such as the <a href="/wiki/M26_Pershing" title="M26 Pershing">M26 Pershing</a> and concentrate resources on mass-producing the <a href="/wiki/M4_Sherman" title="M4 Sherman">M4 Sherman</a> and tank destroyers such as the <a href="/wiki/M18_Hellcat" title="M18 Hellcat">M18 Hellcat</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2015)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>To be able get into position to counter-attack, the tank destroyers had to be fast. To achieve the desired mobility and agility from the engines available the armour protection was sacrificed, a measure of protection coming from being nimble and hopefully from being able to knock out the enemy before they could get a shot in. Although they usually had guns of either 75 mm or 76 mm calibre (the <a href="/wiki/M36_tank_destroyer" title="M36 tank destroyer">M36</a> used a 90mm calibre gun), the tank destroyer units were issued with the ancestor of the modern <a href="/wiki/Armour-piercing_discarding_sabot" title="Armour-piercing discarding sabot">armour-piercing discarding sabot</a>, rounds which made their guns much more powerful than a simple comparison of calibres would suggest. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Japan">Japan</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armoured_warfare&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Japan"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Japanese doctrine was mainly French in concept but with some purely Japanese elements. Due to Japan's naval priorities in <a href="/wiki/Warship" title="Warship">warship</a> construction<sup id="cite_ref-Zaloga_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Zaloga-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and inter-service feuds (the marine branch of the <a href="/wiki/Imperial_Japanese_Navy" title="Imperial Japanese Navy">IJN</a> favoured all-around protective armour) <a href="/wiki/Imperial_Japanese_Army" title="Imperial Japanese Army">IJA</a> tanks were lightly armoured. As with most armour during the 1930s, the main guns were small in calibre: 37 mm<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> for their <a href="/wiki/Type_95_Ha-Go" class="mw-redirect" title="Type 95 Ha-Go">Type 95</a> light tanks and 47 mm for the <a href="/wiki/Type_97_Chi-Ha" class="mw-redirect" title="Type 97 Chi-Ha">Type 97</a> medium tank, but this was sometimes compensated by a high muzzle velocity. The IJA's use of tanks in China exemplifies its doctrine: <a href="/wiki/Light_tanks" class="mw-redirect" title="Light tanks">light tanks</a> were used for scouting or acted as mobile infantry support, while <a href="/wiki/Medium_tank" title="Medium tank">medium tanks</a> supported the infantry and assaulted deeper objectives, but did not fight en masse. </p><p>In 1939, the Japanese Army engaged <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet</a> armour at <a href="/wiki/Nomonhan" title="Nomonhan">Nomonhan</a>. During the three-month-long war, Japanese armour had shown their weakness against Soviet tanks; and the resulting Japanese defeat prompted a series of complaints by the Imperial Army to incorporate improvements in future Japanese armour. This is the primary reason IJA tanks were not as successful while being used with IJA tactics. The tank forces of the U.S. Army consisted of the <a href="/wiki/M2_Light_Tank" class="mw-redirect" title="M2 Light Tank">M2A4</a> and <a href="/wiki/M3_Stuart" title="M3 Stuart">M3 Stuart</a> light tanks up until 1941,<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> although these vehicles were five years <i>newer</i> than the 1935 built <a href="/wiki/Type_95_Ha-Go" class="mw-redirect" title="Type 95 Ha-Go">Type 95</a>'s, the IJA and U.S. light tanks were comparable to each other, and seemingly performed well for their respective forces during jungle combat operations; during their phase of World War II.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As with all armour, maintenance was a continuous challenge; especially in tropical environments. When IJA and SNLF (Imperial marines) tanks did clash with the enemy they were quickly destroyed by concealed anti-tank guns or overwhelming numbers of hostile tanks. Japan was a naval power, and concentrated its production on warships, thus placing a low priority on armoured vehicle development,<sup id="cite_ref-Zaloga_35-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Zaloga-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> its tanks becoming quickly obsolete during the later years of the war. A number of designs that were equal to heavier foreign types were on the drawing board at the beginning of the war, but would only be built in small numbers towards the end, being placed in reserve, to be deployed for the defence of Japan itself. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="China">China</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armoured_warfare&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: China"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Tanks_in_the_Chinese_Army#Sino-Japanese_conflict_–_World_War_II" class="mw-redirect" title="Tanks in the Chinese Army">Tanks in the Chinese Army during World War II</a></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_China_(1912%E2%80%931949)" title="Republic of China (1912–1949)">Republic of China</a>'s <a href="/wiki/National_Revolutionary_Army" title="National Revolutionary Army">National Revolutionary Army</a>'s <a href="/wiki/200th_Division_(National_Revolutionary_Army)" title="200th Division (National Revolutionary Army)">200th Division</a> was the country's only mechanised division during the war. The 200th used pre-war tanks acquired from Italy, Germany, and the Soviet Union. <sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2011)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="After_1945">After 1945</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armoured_warfare&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: After 1945"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Indo-Pakistani_wars">Indo-Pakistani wars</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armoured_warfare&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Indo-Pakistani wars"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Indo-Pakistani_wars_and_conflicts" title="Indo-Pakistani wars and conflicts">Indo-Pakistani wars and conflicts</a></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-Expand_section plainlinks metadata ambox mbox-small-left ambox-content" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="[icon]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/20px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/30px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/40px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="44" data-file-height="31" /></a></span></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs expansion</b>. You can help by <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Armoured_warfare&action=edit&section=">adding to it</a>. <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">September 2019</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Arab–Israeli_wars"><span id="Arab.E2.80.93Israeli_wars"></span>Arab–Israeli wars</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armoured_warfare&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Arab–Israeli wars"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The conflict between Arab nations in the East Mediterranean region and Israel in particular would serve to become a testing ground for development in armoured warfare during the decades of the Cold War. Both sides in the Arab–Israeli series of conflicts made heavy use of tanks and other armoured vehicles due to the practicality of tanks in the desert environment these conflicts largely took place in. </p><p>During the <a href="/wiki/1956_Suez_War" class="mw-redirect" title="1956 Suez War">1956 Suez War</a> and <a href="/wiki/Six-Day_War" title="Six-Day War">Six-Day War</a> (1967), Israeli armoured units typically had the advantage, mainly due to good tactics and <a href="/wiki/Unit_cohesion" title="Unit cohesion">unit cohesion</a>. </p><p>Conversely, the <a href="/wiki/Yom_Kippur_War" title="Yom Kippur War">Yom Kippur War</a> (1973) illustrated the problems that can arise if armoured and infantry units do not work closely together. <a href="/wiki/Israel" title="Israel">Israeli</a> tanks, operating independently in large numbers, were decimated by Egyptian anti-tank teams, well-distributed amongst regular infantry, and often equipped with new, first-generation portable <a href="/wiki/Anti-tank_guided_missile" title="Anti-tank guided missile">anti-tank guided missiles</a>. This is an extreme example but exemplifies what has been fairly thoroughly documented since the Second World War: tanks and infantry work best by taking advantage of each other's strengths and combining to minimise the weaknesses. </p><p>In many conflicts, it was usual to see infantry riding on the back of tanks, ready to jump off and provide support when necessary. Unfortunately, the design of many modern tanks makes this a dangerous practice. The <a href="/wiki/Turboshaft" title="Turboshaft">turboshaft</a>-powered <a href="/wiki/M1_Abrams" title="M1 Abrams">M1 Abrams</a>, for example, has such hot exhaust gas that nearby infantry have to be careful where they stand. Tanks can also be very vulnerable to well aimed <a href="/wiki/Artillery" title="Artillery">artillery</a>; well-coordinated air support and <a href="/wiki/Counter-battery_fire" title="Counter-battery fire">counter-battery</a> artillery units can help overcome this. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Emergence_of_guided_missiles">Emergence of guided missiles</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armoured_warfare&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Emergence of guided missiles"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>While attempts to defeat the tank were made before and during the Second World War, through the use of conventional high velocity <a href="/wiki/Anti-tank" class="mw-redirect" title="Anti-tank">anti-tank</a> artillery, this proved increasingly difficult in the post-war period due to increased armour protection and mobility of tanks. </p><p>In response, the Soviet Union, the country with the largest armoured fleet in the world, strove to incorporate some anti-tank capability into almost every infantry weapon. By the 1960s, Soviet defense scientists were designing portable <a href="/wiki/Anti-tank_guided_missile" title="Anti-tank guided missile">anti-tank guided missiles</a>. These new weapons were to be either carried by infantry, or fired from the newly developed <a href="/wiki/BMP-1" title="BMP-1">BMP-1</a> infantry fighting vehicle. They were in use with Soviet forces before the end of the decade. </p><p>In 1973, the Israeli Army failed to anticipate the importance of these new weapon systems. Hundreds of <a href="/wiki/AT-3_Sagger" class="mw-redirect" title="AT-3 Sagger">AT-3 Sagger</a> man-portable anti-tank guided missiles (ATGMs), supplied to <a href="/wiki/Egypt" title="Egypt">Egypt</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a> and could be operated by infantry without having extensive training, inflicted heavy losses on the Israeli armoured formations. Since then, ATGMs have played an important role within the Israeli Army, having developed advanced domestic-made versions (<i>see</i> <a href="/wiki/Spike_(missile)" title="Spike (missile)">Spike/Gil</a> missile), which have been widely exported throughout the world. </p><p>In the recent <a href="/wiki/2006_Lebanon_War" title="2006 Lebanon War">2006 conflict with Hezbollah</a>, while Israeli infantry were able to easily defeat opposing ATGM teams, tanks operating on their own suffered several hits from the latest advanced Russian tandem-warhead types (such as the <a href="/wiki/9M133_Kornet" title="9M133 Kornet">Kornet</a>). This highlighted that tanks operating solely, in the era of ATGMs, are extremely vulnerable. </p><p>Responding to the serious tank losses suffered against Hezbollah, <a href="/wiki/Rafael_Advanced_Defense_Systems" title="Rafael Advanced Defense Systems">Rafael Advanced Defense Systems</a> in cooperation with <a href="/wiki/Israel_Aircraft_Industries" class="mw-redirect" title="Israel Aircraft Industries">Israel Aircraft Industries</a> developed a missile defence system for tanks, called <a href="/wiki/Trophy_(countermeasure)" title="Trophy (countermeasure)">Trophy</a>, to intercept and destroy anti tank missiles.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The system was successfully deployed in combat on March 1, 2011, when it intercepted an anti tank missile during an engagement on the <a href="/wiki/Gaza_City" title="Gaza City">Gaza</a> border.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="NATO">NATO</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armoured_warfare&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: NATO"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During the <a href="/wiki/Cold_War" title="Cold War">Cold War</a>, <a href="/wiki/NATO" title="NATO">NATO</a> assumed armoured warfare to be a dominant aspect of conventional ground warfare in Europe. Although the use of light tanks was largely discontinued, and heavy tanks were also mostly abandoned, the medium tank design evolved into heavier models due to increase in armour and larger sized main weapon resulting in the <a href="/wiki/Main_battle_tank" title="Main battle tank">main battle tank</a> (MBT) which came into existence, combining most of the different types of tanks during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>. </p><p>For the most part the NATO armoured doctrine remained defensive, and dominated by use of nuclear weapons as deterrence. Although most NATO nations began the Cold War period with a large number of U.S.-designed tanks in their fleets, there was a considerable degree of disagreement on the design of future MBTs among the NATO major nations. Both the U.S. and Germany experimented with, but abandoned the missile-armed <a href="/wiki/MBT-70" title="MBT-70">MBT-70</a>. The <a href="/wiki/M26_Pershing" title="M26 Pershing">M26 Pershing</a> basic design of the United States would evolve until the <a href="/wiki/M60_Patton" class="mw-redirect" title="M60 Patton">M60</a><sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> main battle tank was replaced with the gas-turbine powered <a href="/wiki/M1_Abrams" title="M1 Abrams">M1 Abrams</a> in the 1980s. The British Army also retained a World War II tank design, the <a href="/wiki/Centurion_tank" class="mw-redirect" title="Centurion tank">Centurion</a>, which proved to be highly successful and was not fully replaced until the 1970s. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/West_Germany" title="West Germany">West German</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Bundeswehr" title="Bundeswehr">Bundeswehr</a></i> decided to develop their own tank in the 1960s, and in the 1970s produced the <a href="/wiki/Leopard_1" title="Leopard 1">Leopard I</a>, which was a somewhat lighter design, conforming to German doctrine that emphasised speed over protection. From the same initial collaborative project as the Leopard I, the French series of <a href="/wiki/GIAT_Industries" class="mw-redirect" title="GIAT Industries">AMX</a> tanks also emphasised manoeuvre over protection. By the 21st century, most advanced western main battle tanks were built around powerful engines, large 120 mm guns and <a href="/wiki/Composite_armour" title="Composite armour">composite armour</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Warsaw_Pact">Warsaw Pact</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armoured_warfare&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Warsaw Pact"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Soviet_big_7.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Soviet_big_7.jpg/220px-Soviet_big_7.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Soviet_big_7.jpg/330px-Soviet_big_7.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Soviet_big_7.jpg/440px-Soviet_big_7.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="2253" /></a><figcaption>Warsaw Pact "Big Seven" threats</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Czechoslovakian_OT-62B.JPEG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Czechoslovakian_OT-62B.JPEG/220px-Czechoslovakian_OT-62B.JPEG" decoding="async" width="220" height="145" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Czechoslovakian_OT-62B.JPEG/330px-Czechoslovakian_OT-62B.JPEG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Czechoslovakian_OT-62B.JPEG/440px-Czechoslovakian_OT-62B.JPEG 2x" data-file-width="2830" data-file-height="1870" /></a><figcaption>Czechoslovak armoured personnel carrier <a href="/wiki/OT-62_TOPAS" title="OT-62 TOPAS">OT-62 TOPAS</a>, produced by Podpolianske strojárne Detva in <a href="/wiki/Slovakia" title="Slovakia">Slovakia</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Warsaw_Pact" title="Warsaw Pact">Warsaw Pact</a> armoured doctrine was substantially influenced by the developments in the Soviet Army which sought to adopt its existing doctrine evolved during World War II to the nuclear battlefield. In the early 1960s this led to a number of important developments in the armoured forces and their supporting Arms. One important development was the transition of the Second World War use of Cavalry-Mechanised Group (CMG) into the Cold War Operational Manoeuvre Group (OMG) that was designed to exploit breakthroughs to penetrate NATO's defences in depth. This was a culmination of the Deep Battle theory dating to the 1930s.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1964 a significant breakthrough in tank design was achieved in the Soviet Union when the <a href="/wiki/T-64" title="T-64">T-64</a> was produced which for the first time used an automatic loader, reducing the crew of the tank to three crewmen. Subsequently, this model, and the later <a href="/wiki/T-72" title="T-72">T-72</a> and <a href="/wiki/T-80" title="T-80">T-80</a> tanks introduced further innovations that influenced armoured warfare by introducing guided missiles into the tank ammunition mix, allowing <a href="/wiki/ATGW" class="mw-redirect" title="ATGW">ATGW</a> fire from standard tank guns. The Soviet Union was also one of the countries that used two Main Battle Tanks: The high-quality T-80s and lower quality T-72s. Modern Soviet tanks, like the ones mentioned, are typically armed with 125 mm (5 in) smooth bore guns. Advancements in Soviet tanks include improved Fire Control Systems, strong armour protected by <a href="/wiki/Explosive_reactive_armour" class="mw-redirect" title="Explosive reactive armour">ERA</a>, and defensive countermeasures (such as Shtora-1 and Arena). The most advanced Soviet tank, up until the end of the Cold War, was the T-80U, which shared similar characteristics with the M1A1(Turbine engine, advanced Fire Control Systems, strong armour, and firepower) </p><p><a href="/wiki/Infantry_fighting_vehicle" title="Infantry fighting vehicle">Infantry fighting vehicles</a> were first developed in the 1960s with the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a>'s <a href="/wiki/BMP-1" title="BMP-1">BMP-1</a>, for the first time allowing supporting infantry to accompany tanks on a battlefield when nuclear weapon use was expected. </p><p>The T-64s and BMP-1s were also joined by the self-propelled guns and more importantly <a href="/wiki/Mi-24" class="mw-redirect" title="Mi-24">Mi-24</a> <a href="/wiki/Helicopter" title="Helicopter">Rotary-wing aircraft</a> capable of firing anti-tank missiles entering production in 1970 which were built and theorised as "flying tanks". </p><p>The Soviet tank troops, as they were known in the USSR, included armoured units, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Armoured_training_regiment&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Armoured training regiment (page does not exist)">armoured training regiments</a> and other formations and units. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Vietnam_War">Vietnam War</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armoured_warfare&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Vietnam War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/M113_armored_personnel_carrier" title="M113 armored personnel carrier">M113</a> <a href="/wiki/Armoured_personnel_carrier" title="Armoured personnel carrier">armoured personnel carriers</a> proved effective in the terrain of Vietnam against enemy forces which, until 1968, rarely deployed their armour.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Though they were soon countered with mines and RPGs, M-113's continued service during the war, primarily evolving into <a href="/wiki/Infantry_fighting_vehicle" title="Infantry fighting vehicle">infantry fighting vehicles</a>, known as the <i>ACAV</i><sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (Armoured Cavalry Assault Vehicle); and functioning as a "<a href="/wiki/Light_tank" title="Light tank">light tank</a>."<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>More heavily armed <a href="/wiki/Infantry_fighting_vehicle" title="Infantry fighting vehicle">infantry fighting vehicles</a> such as the <a href="/wiki/M2/M3_Bradley_Fighting_Vehicle" class="mw-redirect" title="M2/M3 Bradley Fighting Vehicle">M2/M3 Bradley Fighting Vehicle</a> would be based on experience with the M113. <a href="/wiki/Gun_truck" title="Gun truck">Gun trucks</a> were also introduced as M35 trucks fitted with armour and guns to protect convoys. In 1968, Communist forces primarily deployed the Soviet built <a href="/wiki/PT-76" title="PT-76">PT-76</a> light tank. </p><p>By 1971, the larger <a href="/wiki/T-54" class="mw-redirect" title="T-54">T-54</a> medium tanks were fielded, proving themselves susceptible to the M-72 LAW rocket, <a href="/wiki/ARVN" class="mw-redirect" title="ARVN">ARVN</a> <a href="/wiki/M41_Walker_Bulldog" title="M41 Walker Bulldog">M41 Walker Bulldog</a> light tanks, as well as the larger <a href="/wiki/M48_Patton" title="M48 Patton">M48A3 Pattons</a>. In January 1969, U.S. armoured cavalry units began exchanging their <a href="/wiki/M48_Patton" title="M48 Patton">M48A3 Patton</a> tanks for the <a href="/wiki/M551_Sheridan" title="M551 Sheridan">M551 Sheridan</a> Armoured Airborne Reconnaissance Assault Vehicles; by 1970 over 200 Sheridan tanks were operating in Vietnam.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="21st_century">21st century</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armoured_warfare&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: 21st century"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Abrams_in_formation.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Abrams_in_formation.jpg/220px-Abrams_in_formation.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Abrams_in_formation.jpg/330px-Abrams_in_formation.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Abrams_in_formation.jpg/440px-Abrams_in_formation.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2790" data-file-height="1860" /></a><figcaption>A combined force of <a href="/wiki/M1_Abrams" title="M1 Abrams">M1 Abrams</a> tanks, <a href="/wiki/Bradley_IFV" class="mw-redirect" title="Bradley IFV">Bradley IFVs</a> and a logistical convoy advancing during the <a href="/wiki/Gulf_War" title="Gulf War">Gulf War</a> </figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Leclerc-openphotonet_PICT5995.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Leclerc-openphotonet_PICT5995.JPG/220px-Leclerc-openphotonet_PICT5995.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Leclerc-openphotonet_PICT5995.JPG/330px-Leclerc-openphotonet_PICT5995.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Leclerc-openphotonet_PICT5995.JPG/440px-Leclerc-openphotonet_PICT5995.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="851" /></a><figcaption>A <a href="/wiki/Leclerc_tank" title="Leclerc tank">Leclerc tank</a> in a hull-down position. Note the observation periscope which would allow the commander to observe in turret-down position.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Puma,_first_series.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Puma%2C_first_series.jpg/220px-Puma%2C_first_series.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="169" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Puma%2C_first_series.jpg/330px-Puma%2C_first_series.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Puma%2C_first_series.jpg/440px-Puma%2C_first_series.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1648" data-file-height="1267" /></a><figcaption>The German <a href="/wiki/Puma_(IFV)" class="mw-redirect" title="Puma (IFV)">Puma</a> is a well protected infantry fighting vehicle capable of delivering troops to the frontline.</figcaption></figure> <p>Tanks rarely work alone; the usual minimum unit size is a platoon (a platoon is the smallest U.S. Army/Marine unit led by an officer, and a component of a company or troop) of three to five tanks. The tanks of the platoon work together providing mutual support: two might advance while covered by the others then stop and provide cover for the remainder to move ahead.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Normally, multiple platoons coordinate with <a href="/wiki/Mechanised_infantry" class="mw-redirect" title="Mechanised infantry">mechanised infantry</a> and use their mobility and firepower to penetrate weak points in enemy lines. This is where the powerful engines, tracks and turrets come into play. The ability to rotate the turret by a full 360° allows coordinated movement within and between platoons, while defending against attacks from multiple directions and engaging troops and vehicles without stopping or slowing down.<sup id="cite_ref-The_future_of_armoured_warfare_49-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_future_of_armoured_warfare-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>When on the defensive, they wait in prepared positions or use any natural <a href="/wiki/Terrain" title="Terrain">terrain</a> elements (such as small hills) for cover. A tank sitting just behind a hill crest ("<a href="/wiki/Hull-down" class="mw-redirect" title="Hull-down">hull-down</a>") exposes only the top of its turret, with the gun and sensors, to the enemy, leaving the smallest possible target while allowing it to engage the enemy on the other side of the hill. Tanks are usually able to depress the main gun below the horizontal since modern kinetic energy (KE) rounds have nearly flat trajectories. Without this they would be unable to exploit such positions. However, upon cresting a hill, the tank may expose its thinly armoured underside to enemy weapons.<sup id="cite_ref-The_future_of_armoured_warfare_49-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_future_of_armoured_warfare-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The disposition of armour around a tank is not uniform; the front is typically better armoured than the sides or rear. Accordingly, normal practice is to keep the front towards the enemy at all times; the tank retreats by reversing instead of turning around. Driving backwards away from an enemy is even safer than driving forwards towards them since driving forwards over a bump can throw the front of the tank up in the air, exposing the thin armour of the underside and taking the gun off the target due to its limited angle of depression.<sup id="cite_ref-The_future_of_armoured_warfare_49-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_future_of_armoured_warfare-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The tracks, wheels and suspension of a tank are outside the armoured hull and are some of the most vulnerable spots. The easiest way to disable a tank (other than a direct hit in a vulnerable area with a full-power anti-tank weapon) is to target the tracks for a "<a href="/wiki/Mobility_kill" title="Mobility kill">mobility kill</a>" (<i>m-kill</i>), or target all external visual aids with rubbery cohesive substances such as melted rubber or blackened high viscosity epoxy resins. Once a tank is disabled it is easier to destroy. This is why side-skirts are an important feature; they can deflect heavy machine-gun bullets and trigger the detonation of <a href="/wiki/High-explosive_anti-tank" title="High-explosive anti-tank">high-explosive anti-tank</a> (HEAT) rounds before they strike the running gear. Other vulnerable parts of a typical tank include the engine deck (with air intakes, radiators, etc.) and the turret ring, where the turret joins the hull. </p><p>When used defensively, tanks are often sunk into trenches or placed behind earth <a href="/wiki/Berm" title="Berm">berms</a> for increased protection. The tanks can fire off a few shots from their defensive position, then retreat (reversing) to another prepared position further back and drive behind the berms or into the trenches there. These positions can be constructed by the tank crews, but preparations are better and quicker if carried out by combat engineers with bulldozers. Overhead protection, even if it is fairly thin, can also be very useful since it can help pre-detonate artillery shells and avoid direct hits from above which can be deadly to tanks, by striking them at their thinnest armour. In short, tank crews find as many ways as possible to augment the armour on their vehicles. </p><p>Tanks usually go into battle with a round in the gun, ready to fire, to minimise reaction time when encountering an enemy. The US doctrine calls for this round to be a <a href="/wiki/Kinetic_energy_round" class="mw-redirect" title="Kinetic energy round">kinetic energy (KE) round</a>, as the reaction time is most important when meeting enemy tanks, to get the first shot (and possibly the first kill). If troops or light vehicles are encountered, the usual response is to fire this round at them, despite it not being ideal—it is difficult and time-consuming to remove a round which is already in the <a href="/wiki/Breech-loading_weapon" class="mw-redirect" title="Breech-loading weapon">breech</a>. In this case, after the KE round is fired, a HEAT round would normally be loaded next to continue the engagement. </p><p>Tanks can be decisive in city fighting, with the ability to demolish walls and fire medium and heavy machine guns in several directions simultaneously. However, tanks are especially vulnerable in urban combat. It is much easier for enemy infantry to sneak up behind a tank or fire at its sides, where it is most vulnerable. In addition, firing down from multi-story buildings allows shots at the thin upper turret armour and even basic weapons like <a href="/wiki/Molotov_cocktail" title="Molotov cocktail">Molotov cocktails</a>, if aimed at the engine air intakes, can disable a tank. Because of these limits, tanks are difficult to use in city conflicts where civilians or friendly forces might be nearby, since their firepower can't be used effectively. </p><p>Some analysts argue that recent conflicts, like the <a href="/wiki/Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine" title="Russian invasion of Ukraine">Russian invasion of Ukraine</a>, highlight the growing vulnerability of tanks.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_50-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:3_51-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Estimates from early 2024 indicate that Russia has lost around 3,000 tanks in the first two years of the conflict, with the actual number likely being higher.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_50-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In contrast, during the <a href="/wiki/Israel-Hamas_war" class="mw-redirect" title="Israel-Hamas war">Israel-Hamas war</a>, Israeli tanks equipped with <a href="/wiki/Active_protection_systems" class="mw-redirect" title="Active protection systems">active protection systems</a> (APS) showed improved survivability against anti-tank missiles. Additionally, using tanks in pairs with overlapping APS provided extra defense and enhanced their overall effectiveness.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_51-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Airborne_threats">Airborne threats</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armoured_warfare&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Airborne threats"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Tanks and other armoured vehicles are vulnerable to attack from the air for several reasons. One is that they are easily detectable—the metal they are made of shows up well on radar, and is especially obvious if they are moving in formation. A moving tank also produces a lot of heat, noise and dust. The heat makes seeing them on a <a href="/wiki/Forward-looking_infra-red" class="mw-redirect" title="Forward-looking infra-red">forward-looking infra-red</a> system easy and the dust is a good visual cue during the day. </p><p>The other major reason is that most armoured vehicles have thinner armour on the roof of the turret and on the engine deck, so an <a href="/wiki/Anti-tank_guided_missile" title="Anti-tank guided missile">anti-tank guided missile</a> or bomb (from an <a href="/wiki/Attack_helicopter" title="Attack helicopter">attack helicopter</a>, <a href="/wiki/Unmanned_combat_aerial_vehicle" title="Unmanned combat aerial vehicle">unmanned combat aerial vehicle</a>, <a href="/wiki/Attack_aircraft" title="Attack aircraft">ground-attack jet</a> or small <a href="/wiki/Unmanned_aerial_vehicle" title="Unmanned aerial vehicle">drone</a>) hitting them from the top can be deadly even if it has a small warhead. Even a small automatic cannon is powerful enough to penetrate the rear and top sections of the engine compartment of a tank. <a href="/wiki/Loitering_munition" title="Loitering munition">Loitering munition</a> (suicide drone) is also used to attack tanks in modern warfare. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:A10_gun.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/A10_gun.jpg/170px-A10_gun.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="171" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/A10_gun.jpg/255px-A10_gun.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/A10_gun.jpg/340px-A10_gun.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1498" data-file-height="1508" /></a><figcaption>Close-up of an A-10 GAU-8 Avenger gun</figcaption></figure> <p>Certain aircraft have been developed to attack armoured vehicles. Most notable is the purpose-built Fairchild-Republic <a href="/wiki/A-10_Thunderbolt_II" class="mw-redirect" title="A-10 Thunderbolt II">A-10 Thunderbolt II</a>, also known as the "Warthog". Although able to carry a number of different missiles and bombs (including anti-tank ordnance such as the <a href="/wiki/AGM-65_Maverick" title="AGM-65 Maverick">AGM-65 Maverick</a>), the A-10's main weapon is a 30 mm <a href="/wiki/GAU-8/A_Avenger" class="mw-redirect" title="GAU-8/A Avenger">GAU-8/A Avenger</a> <a href="/wiki/Gatling_gun" title="Gatling gun">Gatling gun</a> which is capable of firing 3,900 <a href="/wiki/Depleted_uranium" title="Depleted uranium">depleted uranium</a> armour-piercing rounds per minute. The Russian equivalent is the <a href="/wiki/SU-25" class="mw-redirect" title="SU-25">SU-25</a>. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:RNLAF_AH-64_Apache_at_the_Oirschotse_Heide_Low_Flying_Area_(36570605232).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/RNLAF_AH-64_Apache_at_the_Oirschotse_Heide_Low_Flying_Area_%2836570605232%29.jpg/220px-RNLAF_AH-64_Apache_at_the_Oirschotse_Heide_Low_Flying_Area_%2836570605232%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="138" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/RNLAF_AH-64_Apache_at_the_Oirschotse_Heide_Low_Flying_Area_%2836570605232%29.jpg/330px-RNLAF_AH-64_Apache_at_the_Oirschotse_Heide_Low_Flying_Area_%2836570605232%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/RNLAF_AH-64_Apache_at_the_Oirschotse_Heide_Low_Flying_Area_%2836570605232%29.jpg/440px-RNLAF_AH-64_Apache_at_the_Oirschotse_Heide_Low_Flying_Area_%2836570605232%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5472" data-file-height="3420" /></a><figcaption>AH-64 Apache, an attack helicopter designed to destroy armoured vehicles</figcaption></figure> <p>Similarly, a number of <a href="/wiki/Helicopter_gunship" class="mw-redirect" title="Helicopter gunship">helicopter gunships</a> have been designed mainly to engage enemy armoured vehicles. The <a href="/wiki/AH-1Z_Viper" class="mw-redirect" title="AH-1Z Viper">AH-1Z Viper</a>, <a href="/wiki/AH-64_Apache" class="mw-redirect" title="AH-64 Apache">AH-64 Apache</a>, <a href="/wiki/HAL_Light_Combat_Helicopter" class="mw-redirect" title="HAL Light Combat Helicopter">HAL Light Combat Helicopter</a>, <a href="/wiki/Denel_Rooivalk" title="Denel Rooivalk">Denel Rooivalk</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eurocopter_Tiger" title="Eurocopter Tiger">Eurocopter Tiger</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kamov_Ka-50" title="Kamov Ka-50">Ka-50 Black Shark</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mil_Mi-28" title="Mil Mi-28">Mi-28 Havoc</a>, <a href="/wiki/A129_Mangusta" class="mw-redirect" title="A129 Mangusta">A129 Mangusta</a> and <a href="/wiki/Westland_Lynx" title="Westland Lynx">Westland Lynx</a> are examples. Helicopters are very effective against armoured vehicles for many reasons. The AH-64D Longbow Apache, for example, is equipped with an improved sensor suite and weapon systems and the AN/APG-78 Longbow Fire Control Radar dome installed over the main rotor. </p><p>Airborne threats can be countered in several ways. One is <a href="/wiki/Air_supremacy" title="Air supremacy">air supremacy</a>. This is what the United States relies on most, which is demonstrated by their distinct lack of effective short-range, mobile air defence vehicles to accompany armoured units. Most other countries accompany their armoured forces with highly mobile <a href="/wiki/Self-propelled_anti-aircraft_gun" class="mw-redirect" title="Self-propelled anti-aircraft gun">self-propelled anti-aircraft guns</a> such as the German <a href="/wiki/Flugabwehrkanonenpanzer_Gepard" class="mw-redirect" title="Flugabwehrkanonenpanzer Gepard">Gepard</a> or the Soviet <a href="/wiki/9K22_Tunguska" class="mw-redirect" title="9K22 Tunguska">9K22 Tunguska</a>, short and medium-range <a href="/wiki/Surface-to-air_missile" title="Surface-to-air missile">surface-to-air missile</a> systems such as the <a href="/wiki/SA-6" class="mw-redirect" title="SA-6">SA-6</a>, <a href="/wiki/SA-8" class="mw-redirect" title="SA-8">SA-8</a> and <a href="/wiki/SA-11" class="mw-redirect" title="SA-11">SA-11</a>, or combine both on the same vehicle (the Tunguska for example can also host <a href="/wiki/SA-19" class="mw-redirect" title="SA-19">SA-19</a> SAM missiles). The usage of anti-aircraft rounds fired from the main gun of a tank has been increasing over the years. An example is the HE-FRAG round from the <a href="/wiki/T-90" title="T-90">T-90</a> which can be detonated at a set distance as determined by its <a href="/wiki/Laser_rangefinder" title="Laser rangefinder">laser range finder</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Engineering_support">Engineering support</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armoured_warfare&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Engineering support"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Armoured warfare is mechanically and logistically intensive and requires extensive support mechanisms. Armoured fighting vehicles require <i>armoured</i> vehicles capable of working in the same terrain to support them. These are operated by the appropriate branches of the army, e.g. recovery and maintenance vehicles by the REME and combat engineering vehicles by the RE in the British Army. These include: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Armoured_recovery_vehicle" title="Armoured recovery vehicle">Armoured recovery vehicles</a> (ARV)—many of these are based on the chassis for the vehicle they support. E.g. the ARV for the UK Challenger tank is a Challenger hull onto which a winch is added.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armoured_supply_vehicles&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Armoured supply vehicles (page does not exist)">Armoured supply vehicles</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Combat_engineering_vehicles&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Combat engineering vehicles (page does not exist)">Combat engineering vehicles</a> (CEV), e.g. bulldozers</li></ul> <p>For transporting tracked AFVs over highways, heavy <a href="/wiki/Tank_transporter" title="Tank transporter">transporters</a> are used, since AFVs are prone to malfunction and their tracks also ruin the highways. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Light_tanks_and_tank_destroyers">Light tanks and tank destroyers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armoured_warfare&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Light tanks and tank destroyers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Light_tank" title="Light tank">Light tank</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tank_destroyer" title="Tank destroyer">Tank destroyer</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:French_AMX-10RC_in_the_desert.JPEG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/French_AMX-10RC_in_the_desert.JPEG/220px-French_AMX-10RC_in_the_desert.JPEG" decoding="async" width="220" height="144" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/French_AMX-10RC_in_the_desert.JPEG/330px-French_AMX-10RC_in_the_desert.JPEG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/French_AMX-10RC_in_the_desert.JPEG/440px-French_AMX-10RC_in_the_desert.JPEG 2x" data-file-width="2820" data-file-height="1850" /></a><figcaption>French <a href="/wiki/AMX-10RC" class="mw-redirect" title="AMX-10RC">AMX-10RC</a> during <a href="/wiki/Operation_Desert_Shield" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Desert Shield">Operation Desert Shield</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Gulf_War" title="Gulf War">Gulf War</a></figcaption></figure> <p>While tanks are integral to armoured warfare, when <a href="/wiki/Power_projection" title="Power projection">power projection</a> is required, the inability to perform rapid deployment has always been a limit of heavy <a href="/wiki/Main_battle_tank" title="Main battle tank">main battle tanks</a>. </p><p>It takes a few weeks to transfer tanks and their supporting equipment by air or sea.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Some tanks and armoured vehicles can be dropped by parachute, or carried by cargo airplanes or helicopters. The largest transports can only carry one or two main battle tanks. Smaller transports can only carry or air drop light tanks and APCs such as the <a href="/wiki/M113" class="mw-redirect" title="M113">M113</a>. </p><p>The desire to create air-portable armoured vehicles that can still take on conventional MBTs has usually resulted in <a href="/wiki/Anti-tank_guided_missile" title="Anti-tank guided missile">ATGM</a>-armed light vehicles or in self-propelled gun style vehicles. The lack of armour protection is offset by the provision of a first-look/first-hit/first-kill capability through the mating of a powerful gun to superior targeting electronics, a concept similar to that of the US <a href="/wiki/Tank_destroyer" title="Tank destroyer">tank destroyers</a> of World War II. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:XM1202_MCS.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/XM1202_MCS.jpg/220px-XM1202_MCS.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="136" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/XM1202_MCS.jpg/330px-XM1202_MCS.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/56/XM1202_MCS.jpg 2x" data-file-width="332" data-file-height="205" /></a><figcaption>Graphic representation of the U.S. Army's cancelled <a href="/wiki/Future_Combat_Systems_Manned_Ground_Vehicles#Mounted_Combat_System" title="Future Combat Systems Manned Ground Vehicles">XM1202 Mounted Combat System</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Vehicles which have put such considerations into practice include the <a href="/wiki/Stingray_light_tank" title="Stingray light tank">Stingray light tank</a>, <a href="/wiki/AMX_10_RC" class="mw-redirect" title="AMX 10 RC">AMX 10 RC</a> and <a href="/wiki/B1_Centauro" title="B1 Centauro">B1 Centauro</a>. Most such US projects to create such vehicles have been abortive, e.g. the <a href="/wiki/M8_Armored_Gun_System" class="mw-redirect" title="M8 Armored Gun System">M8 Armored Gun System</a>. The most common was the flawed <a href="/wiki/M551_Sheridan" title="M551 Sheridan">M551 Sheridan</a> light tank. This was an air-portable tank capable of destroying heavier tanks using the revolutionary (for the time) 152 mm <a href="/wiki/CLGP" class="mw-redirect" title="CLGP">CLGP</a> launcher. The combat effectiveness of this tank was limited by the unreliable <a href="/wiki/MGM-51_Shillelagh" title="MGM-51 Shillelagh">MGM-51 missile</a>. The latest iteration of the mobile anti-tank gun platform in American service is the <a href="/wiki/M1134_anti-tank_guided_missile_vehicle" title="M1134 anti-tank guided missile vehicle">M1134 anti-tank guided missile vehicle</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Stryker" title="Stryker">Stryker</a> variant equipped with <a href="/wiki/TOW_missile" class="mw-redirect" title="TOW missile">TOW missiles</a>; most modern militaries operate <a href="/wiki/Armoured_fighting_vehicle#Tank_destroyer" title="Armoured fighting vehicle">comparable vehicles</a>. </p><p>Though limited conflicts (such as the <a href="/wiki/Iraqi_insurgency_(2003%E2%80%9311)" class="mw-redirect" title="Iraqi insurgency (2003–11)">insurgency in Iraq</a>) rarely involve direct combat between armoured vehicles, the need to defend against insurgent attacks and <a href="/wiki/Improvised_explosive_device" title="Improvised explosive device">IEDs</a> has resulted in the application of armour to light vehicles and the continued use of armoured transports, fighting vehicles and tanks. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armoured_warfare&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Armoured_corps" title="Armoured corps">Armoured corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blitzkrieg" title="Blitzkrieg">Blitzkrieg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tanks_in_the_Cold_War" title="Tanks in the Cold War">Cold War Tanks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Combined_arms" title="Combined arms">Combined arms</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comparison_of_early_World_War_II_tanks" title="Comparison of early World War II tanks">Comparison of early World War II tanks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comparison_of_World_War_I_tanks" title="Comparison of World War I tanks">Comparison of World War I tanks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_tank" title="History of the tank">History of the tank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Light_tanks_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Light tanks of the United Kingdom">Light tanks of the United Kingdom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lists_of_armoured_fighting_vehicles" title="Lists of armoured fighting vehicles">Lists of armoured fighting vehicles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mobile_Defense" class="mw-redirect" title="Mobile Defense">Mobile Defence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mobile_Warfare" title="Mobile Warfare">Mobile Warfare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Modern_warfare" title="Modern warfare">Modern warfare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tanks_in_World_War_I" title="Tanks in World War I">Tanks in World War I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tanks_in_World_War_II" title="Tanks in World War II">Tanks in World War II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tanks_of_the_interwar_period" title="Tanks of the interwar period">Tanks of the interwar period</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tanks_of_the_post%E2%80%93Cold_War_era" title="Tanks of the post–Cold War era">Tanks of the post–Cold War era</a></li></ul></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Theorists_and_practitioners">Theorists and practitioners</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armoured_warfare&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Theorists and practitioners"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 22em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tommy_Franks" title="Tommy Franks">Franks, Tommy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._F._C._Fuller" title="J. F. C. Fuller">Fuller, J. F. C.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_de_Gaulle" title="Charles de Gaulle">de Gaulle, Charles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heinz_Guderian" title="Heinz Guderian">Guderian, Heinz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Percy_Hobart" title="Percy Hobart">Hobart, Percy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basil_Liddell_Hart" class="mw-redirect" title="Basil Liddell Hart">Liddell Hart, B. 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New York: <a href="/wiki/Da_Capo_Press" title="Da Capo Press">Da Capo Press</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-306-81101-4" title="Special:BookSources/0-306-81101-4"><bdi>0-306-81101-4</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Panzer+Leader&rft.place=New+York&rft.edition=Da+Capo+Press+Reissue&rft.pub=Da+Capo+Press&rft.date=2001&rft.isbn=0-306-81101-4&rft.aulast=Guderian&rft.aufirst=Heinz&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AArmoured+warfare" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li>Hofmann, George F. and Starry, Donn A., eds. 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