Actual tank combat focused on breaking through the lines of the opposing forces using superiority of force while anti-tank gun and tank destroyer units destroyed the tanks of the opponent. ![]() While this is easier to quantify, and no doubt sells more books, it does not reflect the usual conditions under which tanks were destroyed. Three 3,7 cm Pak anti-tank guns on the Eastern Front, each with seven kill rings.ĭetailed descriptions of battles during the Second World War will often focus on tanks fighting other tanks. When compared to the Allied losses in the same theater it is furthermore assumed that if the Allied losses approximately match the German tank units' claims, this is verification that the claims are accurate.Īs will be demonstrated below, the reality was that the German units' claims were greatly exaggerated, and that the majority of Allied losses were not from German tanks or even armored vehicles in general. These high kill numbers are based on the claims of the German tank units, which are often accepted as accurate without criticism. This is especially true for the lists of German tank aces and the independent Tiger battalions. On Internet discussion forums as well as in some books, there is a tendency to attribute very high number of kills to German tank units, as well as very high "kill ratios". ![]() ![]() By Christian Ankerstjerne - Last modified Contents
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