4. The Action at Point 206: Section III. The Theory Tested on the Frontier | The Development of German Defensive Tactics in Cyrenaica - 1941, WWII Military Intelligence Service, Special Series No. 5, October 16, 1942 (LoneSentry.com)

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The Development of German Defensive Tactics in Cyrenaica—1941

Military Intelligence Service, Special Series No. 5, October 16, 1942

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SECTION III. THE THEORY TESTED ON THE FRONTIER

4. THE ACTION AT POINT 206

Point 206 had no 88-mm guns, but five British tanks were knocked out by its antitank guns in the first attack. The 20-mm antiaircraft guns, however, proved useless. This stützpunkt, the only one captured by the British, was finally overrun after the last 50-mm gun had been knocked out.

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