John Kettler Posted April 11, 2018 Share Posted April 11, 2018 Was trying to find the Soviet Armored Tactics of World War II book BFC once sold, when I came across this on Panzer tactics. Thirty rules for effectively using Panzers. https://www.feldgrau.com/WW2-German-Panzer-Tank-Tactics-Training-Guide Regards, John Kettler 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bud Backer Posted April 12, 2018 Share Posted April 12, 2018 I think I saw this before but it's one of those things that's good to review once more, now and again. Thanks, John. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bil Hardenberger Posted April 12, 2018 Share Posted April 12, 2018 I have a version that I annotated on my blog where I tried to provide notes to relate each lesson to Combat Mission. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bud Backer Posted April 12, 2018 Share Posted April 12, 2018 THAT’S where I saw it recently! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kettler Posted April 12, 2018 Author Share Posted April 12, 2018 Bud, You're most welcome--and thanks for your wonderful CM comics! Bil, Am going to have to go read the Bil commentated version on your blog. The excellently posed Panzer commander art reminded me of a real bit of grog chrome visible in the image: those throat microphones clamped on his larynx. This was done to keep his speech intelligible even with battle raging. Have no idea why this clever invention isn't used by the US and everyone else, since it seems an excellent solution to keeping the battlefield uproar out of the conversation. Regards, John Kettler 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oliver_88 Posted April 12, 2018 Share Posted April 12, 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, John Kettler said: Bud, You're most welcome--and thanks for your wonderful CM comics! Bil, Am going to have to go read the Bil commentated version on your blog. The excellently posed Panzer commander art reminded me of a real bit of grog chrome visible in the image: those throat microphones clamped on his larynx. This was done to keep his speech intelligible even with battle raging. Have no idea why this clever invention isn't used by the US and everyone else, since it seems an excellent solution to keeping the battlefield uproar out of the conversation. Regards, John Kettler I think they were used in US, I am sure I remember seeing that they used them in aircraft at least. EDIT: I may just be remembering this from the movie Memphis Belle however. Edited April 12, 2018 by Oliver_88 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted April 12, 2018 Share Posted April 12, 2018 9 hours ago, Oliver_88 said: EDIT: I may just be remembering this from the movie Memphis Belle however. No, I've seen them mentioned in numerous accounts. Mostly I've seen them used by bomber crews; I don't know about fighter pilots. I think that for the most part they went out of fashion after the war. Maybe face mics got better. Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c3k Posted April 12, 2018 Share Posted April 12, 2018 Throat mikes: they distort the voice, but not too badly. Their best feature is that they transmit speech, but not the ambient noises. As microphones have gotten better, they have gotten smaller and lighter, and better able to discriminate the "noise" from the "signal". These advances would also apply to throat mikes. I would submit, that for you to understand the rapid shift away from throat mikes, that you tighten a belt about your throat and then engage in dynamic activity. As soon as a reliable solution away from throat mikes could be found, it would be used. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerKommissar Posted April 12, 2018 Share Posted April 12, 2018 I usually refer to these to learn panzer operations. The pictures help. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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