The Pakfront was a defensive military tactic developed by the German forces on the Eastern Front during the Second World War. It was named after the phonetic...
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The Panzerkeil was developed in response to the Soviet employment of the Pakfront anti-tank gun defence. The Panzerkeil was an offensive formation used by...
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disposition of troops and weapons. Examples of formation in such usage include pakfront, panzerkeil, testudo formation, etc. A typical unit is a homogeneous military...
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in a Panzerkeil (arrow) formation to minimise the effects of the Soviet Pakfront defence, with the Tigers leading and the Panzer IIIs, IVs and assault guns...
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force Delaying defence Break contact Hedgehog defence military bottleneck Pakfront Fortification Field works (entrenchments) Over head protection Revetting...
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Soviets constructed a deeply echeloned defensive system which included a pakfront with thirty-seven heavy anti-tank guns. Together with a Kampfgruppe of...
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were deployed in an arrow formation to minimise the effects of the Soviet Pakfront defence, with the Tigers leading and the Panzer IIIs, IVs and assault guns...
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Ordnungspolizei Ostalgie Ostforschung Ostindustrie Ostpolitik Ostsiedlung Pakfront Panzer Panzerkeil Patzer Johann Christoph Adelung Johann Christoph Gottsched...
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