Andreas Posted June 7, 2004 Share Posted June 7, 2004 Thread on Axishistory Forum In the thread, one of the moderators has kindly made available an all but lost publication from the US Army armoured school in Fort Knox, dated 1949, about the role of armour in the initial stages of Neptune, apparently based on interviews with participants. Haven't read it all myself, but it looks very promising. Just thought I'd air this link here as well. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonS Posted June 7, 2004 Share Posted June 7, 2004 /. for grogs. /grog maybe? Axis History Forum are about to see the results of the /grog effect. (many thanks) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soddball Posted June 7, 2004 Share Posted June 7, 2004 I'm trying to remember who I was talking to who said their grandfather had drawn lots of the maps for these exercises. The grandfather was a turret gunner in the RAF who was drafted in for the job. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brent Pollock Posted June 8, 2004 Share Posted June 8, 2004 Have a gander at this snippet about tank-infantry co-operation on D+1: "The infantry in two columns moved on the shoulders, in the ditches, or just within the bordering hedgerows. They picked their path to afford maximum shelter and. best footing, but always with a view to mutual support for the tank-infantry combination. They normally remained within the bordering hedgerows. The scheme of maneuver adopted provided for the tanks to cover these bordering hedgerows with fire. All points capable of concealing the enemy were sprayed with machine gun fire. Any particularly dense spots and all roadside buildings were blasted with the tank cannon as well as machine gun bursts. At least two tanks were normally ahead of the infantry to permit this firing." Now I don't feel so "gamey" whenever I blast the beejeesus out of anything that looks even slightly sinister. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aka_tom_w Posted June 8, 2004 Share Posted June 8, 2004 Great Find!! if you have not checked out this link and you are at all interested in historical info and documentation (including maps!) about the D-Day invasion you should check out that link ! What a Huge reference VERY interesting thanks -tom w Originally posted by Andreas: Thread on Axishistory Forum In the thread, one of the moderators has kindly made available an all but lost publication from the US Army armoured school in Fort Knox, dated 1949, about the role of armour in the initial stages of Neptune, apparently based on interviews with participants. Haven't read it all myself, but it looks very promising. Just thought I'd air this link here as well. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Russian Posted June 8, 2004 Share Posted June 8, 2004 Originally posted by Andreas: Thread on Axishistory Forum In the thread, one of the moderators has kindly made available an all but lost publication from the US Army armoured school in Fort Knox, dated 1949, about the role of armour in the initial stages of Neptune, apparently based on interviews with participants. Haven't read it all myself, but it looks very promising. Just thought I'd air this link here as well. Pretty awesome stuff. Thanks for link. That is an excellent refernce. Panther Commander 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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