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  1. Try the book The Wages of Destruction by Adam Tooze. It gives good information on German steel production and associated problems
  2. I think its safe to say we are little bit off topic. lol Unless we are talking about the secret dildo Nebelwerfer
  3. The Canadians where using tank riders from the start of the invasion with the Sherbrooke Fusiliers carrying the North Novas on D Day. Lt Col Petch used the technique again on the 7th June when trying to take Carpiquet airport. So tank riders can be seen to have been used in Normandy from the start of the invasion through to the breakout.
  4. Also from John Buckley's book: "By Bluecoat, following discussion with VIII Corps commander Richard O’Connor, Guards and 11th Armoured were operating mixed brigade groups with each regiment of tanks co-operating closely with one battalion of infantry. An obvious difficulty was the problem of transporting the infantry with the tanks. For the motor companies this was less of a difficulty as they had halftracks and carriers, but for the battalions of the infantry brigades there were only trucks, quite unsuitable for delivering troops into action. The issue was partly relieved by carrying the infantry as tank riders, despite the concerns about such tactics dating back to training in Britain. Infantry were then immediately available to debus into action and provide support to the armour, rather than having to stop and wait for the infantry to be brought up. Infantry commanders would ride on the armoured troop commander’s tank in order to co-ordinate operations" The Canadians also used tank riders as it's also mentioned in Mark Zuehlke Juno trilogy.
  5. Just a quick quote from John Buckley's British Armour in the Normandy Campaign about tank riders: "Some discussion also took place regarding the use of tankriders, whereby infantry would be carried forward into battle on the tanks themselves, debussing directly into action, rather than prior to it. The increased vulnerability of such infantry to artillery and small arms fire, and other operating difficulties, fused with negative reports from North Africa and resulted in the War Office dismissing such tactics, other than in exceptional circumstances. Nevertheless, in order to expedite the initial push on Caen on 6 June, and during the fighting in the bocage in Normandy, tank riders were pressed into service, despite the supposed disadvantages"
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