Battles of the First World War Podcast · Mike Cunha
AEF Tank Corps - A Discussion with Steve Girard
·1 hr 26 min·8 clips
WWI tankers faced German 77mm direct fire in the Argonne, a brutal preview of WWII tank warfare horrors.
As heard by us
Early tank warfare, told through the routines that still shape armored crews.
This episode stays focused on the American Expeditionary Force tankers and the simple but hard problem of speed: crews had to learn gunnery, movement techniques, and vehicle handling quickly if those first tanks were going to count.
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