(December 6, 2018 at 8:02 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:Quote:Instead they are mean to oil for weak points in enemy defenses, break through and attack vulnerable rear areas.
^^Exactly this. In fact, the original purpose of tanks in WWI was to break through barbed wire emplacements, opening a path for infantry.
Boru
Yep, and some countries were ready to fight WWI again in 1939. "Infantry" tanks, meant to be mobile strongpoints, were to plod along with the ground pounders.