FM 18-20: Tank Destroyer, Tactical Employment of Tank Destryer Platoon

FM 18-20 Tank Destroyer, Tactical Employment of Tank Destryer Platoon

FM 18-20

Tank Destroyer, Tactical Employment of Tank Destryer Platoon

Army · FM · May 1944 · 83 pages

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This manual covers the tactical employment of the self-propelled tank destroyer platoon and includes descriptions of certain techniques that are not covered in other manuals. It is designed as a guide only and does not lay down a set of inflexible rules. All commanders must be encouraged to solve each tactical situation by use of sound principles and not by the blind application of inflexible rules. 2. EQUIPMENT. The self-propelled tank destroyer platoon is equipped with four self-propelled guns, two armored utility cars, and a ¼-ton truck. It has six vehicular-mounted caliber .50 machine guns and one caliber .30 light machine gun. 3. MISSIONS. a. The primary mission of the platoon is to destroy hostile tanks. It accomplishes this mission by ( ) Reconnaissance. (2) Selection of the best available gun positions.

DesignationFM 18-20

EditionMay 1944

StatusSuperseded

Pages83

FunctionSmall Unit Tactics

EchelonPlatoon

CollectionHistoric

Public domain (U.S. Government work)

References 9

TM 20-205Not in the Vault
TM 5-267Not in the Vault
FM 7Not in the Vault
FM 5Not in the Vault