As enemy armor became tougher, conventional anti-tank guns proved too static to match the pace of battle. The proposed solution was speed—self-propelled tank destroyers that could move with the front ...

In March 1943 the U.S. Army was determined to rise from the defeat at Battle of Kasserine Pass and prove its mettle. East of the Tunisian town of El Guettar, the 1st Infantry Division (the “Big Red ...