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[Question] Why didn't infantry tanks work? (lemmy.ca)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/history

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It seems to me that in the interwar period there were a lot of tanks designed with the idea that they would stay with groups of infantry, providing direct fire support while being a lot more durable than a field gun. My understanding is that this was generally abandoned in favour of faster tanks which operated somewhat independently of infantry. But to my very limited knowledge, the infantry tank seems to make sense. What were the theory's disadvantages? (Or is my understanding flawed?)

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[–] mojofrododojo 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

AFVs. in vitro fertilization is for next gen combat exclusively.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infantry_fighting_vehicle

[–] mojofrododojo 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

AKA AFV, but your typo! :D

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armoured_fighting_vehicle

I love that your link is a subset of my link and yeah, no more 'infantry tank' either way