Comments by "Evan" (@MrEvanfriend) on "General Heinz Guderian: The Father of the Blitzkrieg" video.

  1. Infantry and tanks protect each other. Either is vulnerable by itself, but tanks with infantry screening is much less so. A tank is vulnerable to infantry armed with shoulder launched rockets, as it lacks the situational awareness to spot them with anything even approaching cover or concealment. Conversely, infantry is vulnerable to tanks, because most grunts don't have a SMAW or something similar, and that armor plus the machine guns is pretty much immune to most infantry weapons. But infantry can handle infantry that pose a threat to tanks, and tanks can handle tanks that pose a threat to infantry. Tanks are also good for maneuver warfare, but can't hold ground - you need infantry for that. It's a perfect symbiotic relationship - the strengths and weaknesses of infantry and tanks are complementary. Infantry needs ass behind it, and tanks need infantry to do what they can't. And you add in some air and arty, and you got yourself a winning combination.
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