Originally posted by patrone
Moronic use of tanks? This was the "Tanktactics" used by most countrys at that time. But, its easy to talk, when you can read a history book 60 years after. And, if you didīnt know it "blixtkieg was an inovation to tactics, made by the Germans.
If you didn't know it, "blixtkieg" was not invented by the Germans. The theories and tactics came from B.H. Lidell Hart, a Brit. Unfortunately, only Guderian truly understood them at the time. He may have built the Blitzkrieg, but he didn't invent it.
French tanks were superior at the time. The Panzer Mk1 was supposed to be a training tank. However their tactics were flawed, using them as almost individual infantry support, spread out across the front, instead of the armored spearhead we know & love.
...but don't get your panties in a bunch. American tanks sucked even at the end of the war, and the US tank destroyer doctrine was a very dismal failure.