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4 unusual facts about armoured warfare


Adna R. Chaffee, Jr.

He predicted in 1927 that mechanized armies would dominate the next war and assisted in the first program for the development of a U.S. Army armored force.

Sd.Kfz. 7

7 features in much German wartime propaganda footage, contributing to the myth of the mechanized Blitzkrieg.

Short range air defense

Airborne and Air Assault units primarily employ MANPADS teams for SHORAD; armored units rely on the Linebacker and Bradley Stinger Fighting Vehicle.

The Grey and Simcoe Foresters

LFCA TC was designed in 1942 for the purpose of training soldiers in tank warfare and artillery gunnery.


Achtung – Panzer!

Achtung – Panzer! (English: "Attention, Tank!") by Heinz Guderian is a book on the application of motorized warfare.

Hulon B. Whittington

On that day, near Grimesnil, France, he assumed command of his platoon and led it in a successful defense against a German armored attack.

Najim Abdallah Zahwen Al Ujayli

Najim Abdallah Zahwen Al Ujayli was an Iraqi general who served in the Hammurabi Armoured Division of the Republican Guard under Saddam Hussein.


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