Infantry VS Armor

[Kruska]

Hello parsifal,

Sorry I can’t remember the title, but it is a fantastic book that accounts for all Tiger operations during WW2.
The final chapters in regards to the eastern front show very clearly that due to missing infantry support that all Tiger attacks were eventually turned down, due to heavy AT, artillery fire and last not least Russian infantry.
The book however indicates also very clearly that it was almost impossible for the Tiger commanders to get infantry to follow up with them, since the German infantry guys also were aware that a single Tiger in their vicinity would automatically bring entire Russian battalions and even brigades on to them.
So they loved the Tiger as a defensive support and feared it in the offensive task as much as the enemy.

Sounds kind of weird, but makes sense to me.

Regards
Kruska

[Juha]

Hello
I found some new info on the June 26 1944 Panther attack against 5 DCLI. The Panthers were from I./PzR 3, ie from 2nd PzD. I./PzR 3 was sent, without any panzergrenadiers from 2nd PzD, to help 12. SSPzD.

And the 29 June 1 Worcestershire attack on Mouen, defenders, both grenadiers and tanks were from LAH plus at least one Tiger from SS sPz Abt 101.

Juha