Word: kampfwagenkrieg
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...German tank technique is largely based on Der Kampfwagenkrieg (Battlewagon Warfare, 1935) by General Ludwig Ritter von Eimannsberger. The essence of the Eimannsberger thesis boils down to this: The tank is exclusively a weapon of large-scale strategic offensive, in no case of small-scale tactical attack, counterattack or defense. For defense against tanks, General von Eimannsberger devised a pattern of anti-tank guns in three rows-a six, twelve, six defense-covering a front about a mile and a half wide. Such a defense, he figured, would be able to knock out at least 54 tanks before being overcome...
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