Table of Contents

The tank threat · Early war anti-tank defense doctrine · Characteristics & capabilities of AT weapons: AT rifles, AT rocket launchers, AT hand and rifle grenades, AT hand mines, improvised weapons (e.g. 'Molotov cocktails') · Infantry AT tactics · Late-war tank improvements · New AT weapons and 'tank-hunter' tactics · Specifics of national weapons and tactics: USA, Britain, Germany, USSR, Japan · Tables of weapons and capabilities

About the Author

Gordon L Rottman entered the US Army in 1967, volunteered for Special Forces and completed training as a weapons specialist. He was assigned to the 7th Special Forces Group until reassigned to the 5th Special Forces Group in Vietnam in 1969–70. A highly respected and established author, Gordon is now a civilian contract Special Operations Forces Intelligence Specialist at the Army's Joint Readiness Center, Ft Polk. Steve Noon was born in Kent, UK, and attended art college in Cornwall. He has had a life-long passion for illustration and since 1985 has worked as a professional artist. Steve has provided award-winning illustrations for renowned publishers Dorling Kindersley, where his interest in historical illustration began.