Patton didn’t seem all that worried about destroying armor. He wanted to cut through to the rear wherever possible. I may be wrong about that, but he’d gain ground in dozens of miles a day.
Thus in this thread who are so uncritical of Patton need to read this book
to get another perspective.
An incident in this book is the kernel of the movie ‘FURY’.
Patton saw the German army for what it was - 10% advanced armor and 90% infantry still walking on foot and supplied by horse and cart.