What was it like to confront the German panzer armies as an anti-tank
gunner on the Eastern Front during the Second World War? How could you
hope overcome of one of the best-equipped, well-trained and tenacious
armored forces of the time? And how did the Red Army's tactics and
skills develop over the course of the war in order to counter the threat
posed by the elite troops of the Wehrmacht? The vivid personal
narratives of Red Army anti-tank men selected for this book give a
fascinating insight into these questions - and into the first-hand
experience of anti-tank warfare seventy years ago. Their testimony
reveals how lethal, rapid, small-scale actions - gun against tank - were
fought, and it shows how such isolated actions determined the outcome of
the massive offensives and counter-offensives that characterized the
struggle on the Eastern Front. Panzer Killers is a valuable addition to
the series of graphic eyewitness accounts of every aspect of the Red
Army's war on the Eastern Front published by Pen & Sword.