tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3335175720102608134.post2687753783829589144..comments2024-01-18T00:59:52.237-08:00Comments on Christos military and intelligence corner: The Tanks of Operation BarbarossaChristos T.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04246906263926130737noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3335175720102608134.post-78535533709406470282018-12-22T15:23:15.188-08:002018-12-22T15:23:15.188-08:00An interesting question, imho, is what lessons , i...An interesting question, imho, is what lessons , if any at all, the germans learned and applied after the French campaign.<br />Barbarossa was a crazy gamble with regard to tanks as what 2/3 or 3/4 of the panzers were obsolete. In other words mk3 and mk4 were few. This was a Russian roulette play. <br /><br />There were a couple of actions where the 8th at solzy and the 7th at dorogobusch came completely unstuck. And these were important pointers.bcf1https://www.blogger.com/profile/12133237051104180211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3335175720102608134.post-31831007972631496982018-07-11T14:46:38.907-07:002018-07-11T14:46:38.907-07:00I guess one of the weakness of Red Army was lackin...I guess one of the weakness of Red Army was lacking good half-tracks supporting tank units. Tank without good infantry support were easily encircled and destroyd/damaged by AT-guns, mines, "bazookas", artillery ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com