The situation for the US Army is not much better than for the British Army.
Patton faced the situation dumbfounded, completely unsure of how to fight. He continually recalled every tactic he learned from Shire in his mind, along with past instances of Shire using tanks, but none matched up.
"We should stop," Patton complained to his staff: "In this situation, it is impossible to occupy Saarbrücken—the Germans have a hundred ways to destroy us!"
Not to mention the minefield forming the blockade in front, even if the tank battalion breaks through it, they would face urban warfare.
And urban warfare requires the 75mm gun inside the "Shire B1" hull.
Neither the Anglo-American tanks—whether "Shire A1" or "Whippet," nor the British Army's pride, the "Independent,"—have large caliber cannons.
They find it hard to effectively kill enemies hiding in buildings, let alone demolish the buildings.
"We cannot stop," replied the staff: "The orders from above are to attack."
