INFANTRY AGAINST TANKS Ben Nason Center for Military History Collection An excerpt from the Official History - The Ardennes: Battle of the Bulge, by Hugh Cole . A second try came just before dawn, this time straight down the road from B�llingen. Ten German tanks in single file were sighted as they came over a slight ridge to the front of Company F. Two tank destroyers and three antitank guns drove the tanks off or at least caused them to turn west in search of a weaker spot in the 2d Battalion defenses...