12.04.2011, 07:39
The basic tactic for a tank on tank engagement in WW 1 was encirclement....British tanks always travelled in groups of 3...1 Male and 2 Female...
By March 1918...that became 1 Male Heavy tank and two or 3 Mark A (Whippet) Medium tanks.
The Germans did not use scout tanks...their initial assaults were made by massing 4 or 5 male tanks...similar to that of the French strategy with their assault tanks...This makes sense since the A7 used the same Schneider track system and combat configurement as St. Chamond Assault tank..And bears a resembelance to the Schnieder tank.
One has to remember none of the tanks in WW 1 were designed for Tank on Tank warfare...they were specifically designed as battering rams and path cutters to breach trench lines for the infantry...the purpose of the cannons on the tank was to knock out concrete machine gun emplacements . Medium and Light tanks were meant to cause havoc in the rear, like their 4 wheeled cousins the Armored cars, and ancestors the calvary horse.
By March 1918...that became 1 Male Heavy tank and two or 3 Mark A (Whippet) Medium tanks.
The Germans did not use scout tanks...their initial assaults were made by massing 4 or 5 male tanks...similar to that of the French strategy with their assault tanks...This makes sense since the A7 used the same Schneider track system and combat configurement as St. Chamond Assault tank..And bears a resembelance to the Schnieder tank.
One has to remember none of the tanks in WW 1 were designed for Tank on Tank warfare...they were specifically designed as battering rams and path cutters to breach trench lines for the infantry...the purpose of the cannons on the tank was to knock out concrete machine gun emplacements . Medium and Light tanks were meant to cause havoc in the rear, like their 4 wheeled cousins the Armored cars, and ancestors the calvary horse.