Armoured Car Tactics

[Charles22]

I heard something also, but don't recall where, where they talked to some Polish vets, and they said it was nothing more than propaganda by the Germans to make them look stupid, as indeed it would be stupid to deliberately attack like that.

[Marek_Tucan]

Originally Posted by Charles22

I heard something also, but don't recall where, where they talked to some Polish vets, and they said it was nothing more than propaganda by the Germans to make them look stupid, as indeed it would be stupid to deliberately attack like that.

Actually it would be a three-legged propaganda tool I believe.

1) Nazis. Obviously, "Gee see these stupid backwards untermenschen, lances against tanks tee hee..."
2) Communists: "Gee see these stupid backwards capitalists who were stealing money with boh hands and didn't prepare adequately for defense."
3) Paradoxically the Poles themselves - maybe I'm off the mark here, but a cav attack against tanks would resemble the famous Polish cavalry charge at Somosierra, hence "Despite being outnumbered and outgunned, our brave cavalrymen valiantly fought with whatever means available"...

(description of charge of Polish Chevaux-Legéres-Lanciers at Somosierra here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Somosierra)