These Marines are going to have to fight tanks, something nobody has trained to do in several centuries.
U.S. Army doctrine held that tanks did not fight other tanks but supported infantry.
In all three areas, it was able to fight German tanks and towed anti-tank guns.
After hard fighting both French and German tanks pulled back in the darkness, stumbling into each other on occasion.
It proved sufficient against infantry, however, like the American M3 Stuart, it was not designed to fight other tanks.
Rifles alone were not enough to fight tanks and airplanes.
Heavy tanks achieved their greatest successes both fighting other, lighter tanks, and destroying fortifications with their very large guns.
The French disagreed, Daladier asserting that air cover would give French infantry the confidence needed to fight tanks.
Moving from position to position, the StuG platoon was fighting both tanks and infantry.
