Casemate Panzer Crewman
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| AUTHOR | Simon Forty, Richard Charlton-Taylor, |
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| LANGUAGE | English |
| BINDING | Softback |
| NO OF PAGES | 128 |
| ILLUSTRATIONS | Photos & Illustrations |
| ISBN | 9781636244600 |
| PRODUCT CODE | 44600MIL |
| PUBLISHER | Casemate |
A fully illustrated introduction to the role, and experience, of the Panzer crewman. The German Panzerwaffe ripped up the rulebooks of war that had been laid down by the grinding slaughter of the trenches of World War I. Armoured vehicles, close-air support, and bold leadership based on mission command, Auftragstaktik, cut a deadly swathe through the armies of east and west Europe.
The Panzers made a significant contribution to Nazi successes; they remained steadfast in defence as their conquests slipped away their grasp from the apogee at Stalingrad and El Alamein in late 1942, through the long years of retreat to final defeat. Attrition and overwhelming odds blunted the opportunities for advances, but with increasingly powerful weaponry, the Panzerwaffe stiffened the German defensive backbone right to the end. Part of the reason for these successes was undoubtedly the Panzers themselves, but it wasn’t just the weapons that led to the Panzers’ successes—it was the way they were handled.
A weapon is only as good as those who use it and the Panzertruppen from higher command down to individual crew members proved themselves to be very good at using their weapons. Not just the men who fought in the tanks but those who maintained them and kept them in the field, recovered and rebuilt the casualties, and dealt with the over-complexity of design and the huge variety of types of tank, weapon and ammunition. Selection and training standards—so good in the early war years may have dropped off as wartime exigencies bit deep, but from 1939 to 1945 German Panzer crew were second to none.
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