John Kettler Posted April 15, 2006 Share Posted April 15, 2006 Great tactical material for all you North African grogs. Even has a pic of an M10 firing position at El Guettar! http://www.lonesentry.com/manuals/tankers/tankers_pp_preface.html Regards, John Kettler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kettler Posted April 16, 2006 Author Share Posted April 16, 2006 Troops, Read the whole thing. Found it extremely worthwhile for its discussions of engagements, tactics, commentary on training or lack thereof (some of the infantry replacements had never fired a rifle) and much else. There are even several comments on the value of canister from 37mm ATGs and from the turrets of M3 Lees. Regards, John Kettler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonC Posted April 16, 2006 Share Posted April 16, 2006 "A British officer of the widest tank experience told me that our M4 tank was the finest tank in the world. He thought it was better than anything else the United Nations had and was better than anything the Germans had. He thought it would be the best tank for the next five years." Off just a little. Last five, he'd have even been right. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kettler Posted April 17, 2006 Author Share Posted April 17, 2006 JasonC, Cut that poor bloke a break! Look what he'd had to use before the Sherman came along. Compared to them, even the skyscraper on tracks Grant was a huge improvement. Would further point out the immense scarcity of Mark IV Specials and Tiger Is in theater at the time, whereas the Shermans were appearing in quantity. Regards, John Kettler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slysniper Posted April 17, 2006 Share Posted April 17, 2006 Hey John, Thanks for a great link, I am finding it very interesting, this stuff is great. This is the type of info that seems hard to come by, finding comments from the soilders of the period. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kettler Posted April 17, 2006 Author Share Posted April 17, 2006 slysniper, You're welcome! If memory serves, I believe Lone Sentry has more such material. I Remember at Russian Battlefield has some good material, too, but I can't say how much is available translated. I highly recommend TANKS FOR THE MEMORIES and a slew of interviews of tankers and others veterans online at www.tankbooks.com Regards, John Kettler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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