A report and sketch of a German antitank gun position during WWII, from Tactical and Technical Trends, No. 28, July 1, 1943. [DISCLAIMER: The following text is taken from the U.S. War Department publication Tactical and Technical Trends. As with all wartime intelligence information, data may be incomplete or inaccurate. No attempt has been made to update or correct the text. Any views or opinions expressed do not necessarily represent those of the website.]

A GERMAN ANTITANK GUN EMPLACEMENT A sketch of a German diagram of an emplacement for an antitank gun shows some interesting details. The diagram is stated to have been prepared for a defense system based on defense areas. The German document in explanation thereof follows. "The positions will be arranged in accordance with the following plan: (a) Field of fire in all directions; (b) The crew as near as possible to the gun; (c) Two to three men in one dugout with the dugouts mutually interconnected; (d) Crawl trenches to the position. This will allow firing in any direction; enable the crew to be ready for action at all times; and permit the men to move about unobserved even during the day."

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