Pilsudski's Revenge

In one of the first times Rommel's forces met the Grants - they paid a price for it... In late May of 1942, Rommel went on the offensive. Initially, the 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars regiment got badly mauled by Rommel but they took 30 German tanks out and did a fair amount of damage to Rommel's anti tank guns. The 8th did as best it could considering they were just waking up and having breakfast when the Germans were spotted a mere 4000 yards away. The British 3rd Royal Tank Regiment also ran into the 15th Panzer Division. The "A" squadron of "Honey's" cover the right flank while the Grants of "B" and "C" squadron took advantage of a small ridge, as best they could and waited for the Germans come closer. At 1300 yards - the Germans stopped and the Grants let fly with everything they had...they did a very good job considering they were going up against the entire 15th Division. In his journal Rommel wrote: "... the advent of the new American tank had torn great holes in our ranks. Our entire force now stood in heavy and destructive combat with a superior enemy." General von Mellenthin [who served on Rommel's staff], talked of the Grant "as being a far more formidable fighting machine than any of the Afika Korps had so far encountered; of German tanks taking a severe hammering, of rifle battalions being obliterated, of supply columns being cut off from their Panzer division, and of Grants and Matildas pressing attacks to the muzzeles of the anti-tank gusn to wipe out the crews." {from the book "The LEE/Grant Tanks in the British Service" by Bryan Perrett}. These tanks did have their negatives as mentioned earlier. They did "brew up" quite a bit due to the fuel and thin armor. There were mechanically pretty reliable but they were fuel guzzlers. One of the Grants that took part in the morning fracus of the 3rd Royal Regiment, came limping back to the recovery area. It was hit no less than 25 hits "recorded" in it's armor. It's a funky looking tank that could have done better in North Africa, if the British had used them more effectively but the Grant certainly took Rommel by surprise... [ October 19, 2003, 01:01 PM: Message edited by: Pilsudski's Revenge ]

Yes - I have an Nividia GeForce 2 and I noted the same thing. It happens on the CMBO also. Every since I installed the GeForce 2. Dunno why. Screen setting is 1024X768, Highest setting, 32 bit. [ September 29, 2002, 01:01 AM: Message edited by: Pilsudski's Revenge ]

Yes - I have an Nividia GeForce 2 and I noted the same thing. It happens on the CMBO also. Every since I installed the GeForce 2. Dunno why. Screen setting is 1024X768, Highest setting, 32 bit. [ September 29, 2002, 01:01 AM: Message edited by: Pilsudski's Revenge ]