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Offline Arlo

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Re: We need a true early war tank
« Reply #30 on: September 30, 2014, 04:35:46 PM »

I think he's talking about Fuller, deGaulle and Guderian between the wars. 

Of course, they weren't generals then, so you aren't wrong!

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Re: We need a true early war tank
« Reply #31 on: October 01, 2014, 07:37:24 AM »
Wrong, De Gaulle (who was colonel at this time) wrote a book in 1937 or such about using massive armor attacks with air support to break an enemy front.

The French generals didn't even conceive anything like a 'blitzkreig.'

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Re: We need a true early war tank
« Reply #32 on: October 01, 2014, 07:58:42 AM »
A slow tank would be fine for defensive use.
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Re: We need a true early war tank
« Reply #33 on: October 01, 2014, 07:59:41 AM »
Wrong, De Gaulle (who was colonel at this time) wrote a book in 1937 or such about using massive armor attacks with air support to break an enemy front.


Hey, already told I was right since D was a Colonel. So there. :D

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Re: We need a true early war tank
« Reply #34 on: October 01, 2014, 08:05:43 AM »
IRL cutting fuel / supply was  as effective as killing the tank itself, if you could keep out of range , that is.
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