The tanks are not designed to fight tanks.They have another problem, and it is enclosed (depending on the class of machine) or rapid advance of the enemy's rear to cover the defensive areas, or directly hacking into enemy fortifications.In the first case the light tanks, the second - medium and heavy.
greatest tank battle in the history of this type of troops took place in the XX century, during World War II.Each of these fights was the result of erroneous actions of the general staffs, which caused the need to take emergency measures to prevent the breakthrough of the front.However, such a situation arose in the last century many times.
If we evaluate the greatest tank battles in the number of combat vehicles, taking part in them, then we can assume such superbitvami several historical episodes in which both fought hundreds of armored vehicles.
small North African village of El Alamein became world famous thanks to the fact that in 1944 in the desert not far from her six hundred German and Italian tanks met with the British, the number of which was estimated in 1200 cars.
were on the Western Front and in Africa the other great tank battles, but they are far down the scale to the Kursk operation, which as a whole was a gigantic counter-fight, when each side tried to break the enemy's defenses, breaking it and going to a strong attack.
In the same year a large-scale offensive in the Ardennes Americans came in response to an attempt to defeat the Germans allied expeditionary force in Europe, having moved it SS Panzer Division.
real picture of this great battle is different from the one with which the Soviet moviegoer is familiar in the film "Liberation".Benefits "tridtsatchetverok 'maneuverability was partly offset by the fact that the Germans in those cases where it was possible to realize the main plus a recently published their" royal tigers "and" Panther ", ie longer range aimed fire."Like many other great tank battle of Prokhorovka not become a place of ultimate triumph for either of the parties, each of which suffered heavy losses.Hundreds of cars were burnt, the victim of the Germans proved to be less important, but they become fatal for the Wehrmacht because of the smaller capacity to reproduce the destroyed equipment.
In the second half of the XX century as the greatest tank battles took place, which was attended by both sides of armored vehicles were calculated by four-digit numbers.In the "Yom Kippur War" on the position of the Israeli army attacked the iron fist of Syria.It happened at the beginning of October 1973.The Arab armies were seven-time advantage, their cars were equipped with night vision devices, giving clear advantages in battle in the darkness, but the success they had not been achieved.
modern antitank weapons, including ATGM, mines, cumulative missiles, attack aircraft, and more, made tanks are extremely vulnerable.Despite this, production and continuous improvement of armored vehicles continues, because other ways to occupy the territory does not exist.Changing tactics the use of machines that are rarely attack "on the forehead."About oncoming battles have not heard, and, apparently, the greatest tank battles remain on the pages of books on military history.
