armored warfare
Tanks in battle
Armored warfare is military combat using tanks, armored vehicles, and mechanized infantry.
The term emerged with tank development in World War I and dominated 20th-century military doctrine.
Armored units provide mobile firepower and protection, enabling rapid advances and breakthrough tactics: The German blitzkrieg demonstrated the devastating potential of armored warfare.
- PanzerGerman armored fighting vehicle
- KurskRussian city and submarine
- tank battleCombat between armored vehicles
- tankLarge storage vessel
- blitzkriegFast, overwhelming military campaign
combined arms · envelopment · tank destroyer · main battle tank · flanking maneuver · Eastern Front · autoloaders · turret · iron fist · rolling thunder · ground assault · firepower · counterattack · Wehrmacht · cannon · Abrams · heavy metal · battlefield
- armor warfaretanks, tank battalions, tank commanders, tank crews, blitzkrieg
- Armored Forcestanks, APCs, Bradley, Abrams, Abrams tank
- military tacticstactics, flanking, maneuver, ambush, battle formations
armored warfareinfantry combat
Fighting by foot soldiers
light infantry · airborne infantry · mountain infantry · mountain warfare · guerrilla warfare
armored warfarenaval warfare
Military operations at sea
submarine warfare · cyber warfare · amphibious warfare · space warfare · aerial combat
armored warfareancient warfare
Early civilization military conflicts
hand-to-hand combat · tribal warfare · medieval warfare · cavalry warfare · asymmetric warfare