The Battle for Alam Halfa ridge

[Kingfish]

Check this out.

Foreword by B.H. Liddel Hart, and then descriptions of the battle from the point of view of 'Pip' Roberts, CO of the British 22nd armd brigade, and Fritz Bayerlein, Rommel's Chief of Staff.

[Mick15]

Excellent - very informative.

Thanks

[Mick15]

And a couple more very informative sites for CMAK.

One young man's journey from the banks of the Mersey to and through three years of active service with the North Irish Horse (NIH}here.

First hand accounts of operating in Churchills in the defence of Kzar Mezour against Kampgruppe Lang (including the Tigers of 1 Coy 501 Hvy tank bn)and in the taking of Longstop. On to action in Italy and occupation duty in Austria.

Have a look at it in conjunction with the NIH war diaries available here.

[BadgerDog]

I found this particularly interesting.

It should be pointed out here that the Grant tank, in spite of the disadvantages already mentioned, was the only tank then in the Desert of any real value against the German PzKw III and IV. With its short-barrelled 75 mm gun in the side mounting it could be very effective against these German tanks at about 1,000 yards range. The other tanks, Valentine, Stuart and Crusader with 2 pdr or equivalent guns were of value in a harassing role, but no use in a "slugging match."

It mirrors the kind of problems I had when going up against Grants with PZIII's in CMAK.

Thanks for the link...

Regards,

Badger

[Kingfish]

Here is another excellent article, this time about the Aussie 9th at Tobruk.