How to use AT guns on the offense?

[Dirk Gross]

I think what we are saying is not that AT guns are unloaded and pushed 1 km, but that guns are unloaded under cover and pushed into position. Just because a hex is 1 km doesn't mean that the guns can't be on the edge of a hex, so to speak. Another advantage of this, besides advancing into position under cover, is that AT guns could also be withdrawn from the line under cover too. As it is, they have to go into T mode and face murderous fire before they can move away, if they survive.

Given that, I'm not sure if this is a historical method for using AT guns in WWII. I saw a show on History Channel that included a piece on a lightweight German 75mm AT gun that was designed specifically to be pushed into position by the crew just like we're talking about. I don't know if larger guns like a 75mm Pak 40 could effectively be positioned by hand. Certainly nothing larger could.