Riding on tanks during actual combat is very dangerous. The use of tank desant was only prescribed within the first kilometer of the forward edge of the combat area for only the simplest of tactical mission objectives, since the circumstances would be difficult for the troops engaged. The tank desant tactic, like more conventional airborne and amphibious operations, was used to achieve fundamental goals of maneuver theory - "surprise, leverage, simultaneity and interchangeability." Nowadays, this tactic is very rare in well-equipped armed forces, with troops riding in armored personnel carriers or infantry fighting vehicles.Ĭhurchill tank carrying infantry in Saint-Pierre-Tarentaine (Normandy), August 3, 1944 In northern areas during winter, similar tactics were used by Soviet infantry riding the skids of aerosani or towed behind them on skis. After the war, T-55 and T-62 tanks were built with hand-holds for this purpose. Tank desant troops ( tankodesantniki) were infantry trained in the tactic in order to offer small-arms support in suppression of enemy anti-tank weapons or enemy infantry using anti-tank grenades. The tactic was used as an expedient by the Soviet Red Army during World War II. Desant (from the French, "to disembark") is a Russian general term for airborne or parachute drops and naval infantry amphibious landings operations. Tank desant ( Error: : text has italic markup ( help)) is a military combined arms tactic, where infantry soldiers, called tankodesantniki, ride into an attack on tanks, then dismount to fight on foot in the final phase of the assault. Soviet tank desant drill, on a BT-7 Model 1935
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