So /his/, what was the mortality rate for tankers in the Second World War? How difficult was the tank academy? How difficult was it to be accepted into the tank academy?
>>1189555
>what was the mortality rate for tankers in the Second World War?
The general rule of thumb was 1 KIA and 1-2WIA per tank knocked out.
> How difficult was the tank academy?
More difficult than infantry school as all crew members are cross trained into other roles and they had to do most of their own maintenance.
>How difficult was it to be accepted into the tank academy?
For US, not hard. For slavs, be a manlet. Not sure for Germans but they always had a shortage of tanks to crew members.
Can anyone recommend any good books on the life of tankers, particularly German ones.
>>1189600
Tigers in the mud. Haven't read it though
Off topic, but does anyone know the name of the Tiger I amphibious attachment?
better study your Tiger users manual:
http://www.alanhamby.com/tigerfibel.shtml
>>1190469
thanks for the link
made an interesting and funy read
"Sometimes even general Guderian drives with the train."
>>1189564
>For slavs, be a manlet
i always found it ingenious in some way that instead wasting money and armour making tanks and planes more spacious they just recruited short guys instead
>>1190584
users manual and battle instructions for the Sd.Kfz. 171 (Panther):
https://archive.org/stream/Panther-fibel-BetriebUndKampfanleitung/Panther-fibel-BetriebUndKampfanleitung1944119S.Scan#page/n25/mode/2up
>>1189555
http://iremember.ru/en/memoirs/tankers/pavel-pavlovich-kuleshov/
This covers (not exhuastively) Soviet tankers.
>>1189600
