Difference between revisions of "Light Tanks"

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Light Tank are fast mobile scouts used to detect enemies for artillery or to destroy enemy artillery.

Light tanks share some general characteristics. The heaviest light tank weighs just under 22 ton, and no light tank has greater than 65 mm of armor plating. The fastest light tanks can reach speeds of up to 72 km/hour, and have mobility unparalleled except by the most maneuverable medium tanks. Due to their lack of weight, light tanks do not generally carry much firepower and lack armor, so they are not well designed to trade shots with a medium or heavy tank.

The great speed, mobility, and small size of the light tank allows them to have a better probability of avoiding artillery fire, and can take advantage of gaps in the enemy's defenses to locate and destroy enemy artillery. If a light tank can flank enemy tank destroyers, it can use it's mobility to keep out of the firing angle while destroying the helpless vehicle. However, medium tanks will have the mobility to easily destroy light tanks, and heavy tanks will generally have enough armor to ignore light tanks for the most part, so coordination with friendly artillery is required to destroy these vehicles.

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Leichttraktor
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PzKpfw II Luchs
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PzKpfw III Ausf. A
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PzKpfw 38(t)
VK 1602 Leopard

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MS-1
BT-2
T-26
BT-7
T-46
A-20
Valentine

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M2 Light Tank
T2 Light Tank
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Difference between revisions of "Light Tanks"

Revision as of 02:56, 10 February 2011

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 Light Tank are fast mobile scouts used to detect enemies for artillery or to destroy enemy artillery.
-Light tanks share some general characteristics.  The heaviest light tank weighs just under 22 ton, and no light tanks have greater than 65 mm of armor plating.  The fastest light tanks can reach speeds of up to 72 km/hour, and have mobility unparalleled except by the most maneuverable medium tanks.  Due to the lack of weight, light tanks do not generally carry much firepower, and lack armor, so they are not well designed to trade shots with a medium or heavy tank.
+Light tanks share some general characteristics.  The heaviest light tank weighs just under 22 ton, and no light tank has greater than 65 mm of armor plating.  The fastest light tanks can reach speeds of up to 72 km/hour, and have mobility unparalleled except by the most maneuverable medium tanks.  Due to their lack of weight, light tanks do not generally carry much firepower and lack armor, so they are not well designed to trade shots with a medium or heavy tank.
-The great speed, mobility, and small size of the light tanks allows them to have a better probability to avoid artillery fire, and can take advantage of gaps in the enemy's defenses to locate and destroy enemy artillery.  If a light tank can flank enemy tank destroyers, it can use its mobility to keep out of the firing angle, and destroy the helpless vehicle.  However, medium tanks will have the mobility to easily destroy light tanks, and heavy tanks will generally have enough armor to ignore light tanks, so coordination with friendly artillery is required to destroy these vehicles.
+The great speed, mobility, and small size of the light tank allows them to have a better probability of avoiding artillery fire, and can take advantage of gaps in the enemy's defenses to locate and destroy enemy artillery.  If a light tank can flank enemy tank destroyers, it can use it's mobility to keep out of the firing angle while destroying the helpless vehicle.  However, medium tanks will have the mobility to easily destroy light tanks, and heavy tanks will generally have enough armor to ignore light tanks for the most part, so coordination with friendly artillery is required to destroy these vehicles.
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