Heckenschütze Posted September 10, 2011 Share Posted September 10, 2011 Steve Melnikoff, C Co, 1st Battalion, 175th Infantry, 29th Division, on Hill 108 near Villers-Fossard, Normandy, France on June 7, 2009. Melnikoff describes the battle on Hill 108 by his unit. Link: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holien Posted September 10, 2011 Share Posted September 10, 2011 Thanks for the heads up, not quite describing the battle but an interesting insight about bocage and how they approached it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heckenschütze Posted September 11, 2011 Author Share Posted September 11, 2011 Yes, indeed. The video offers good insight into bocage fighting. The following link focuses on the battle which took place there. Very interesting ... Link: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aragorn2002 Posted September 11, 2011 Share Posted September 11, 2011 Did the Germans really use smokeless powder? Does it even exist? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pak40 Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 Yes, but I'm not sure it was 100% smokeless. You can youtube some videos of german AT guns and small arms. There is little smoke although there is some. But when compared to U.S. ammunition that produced white puffs of smoke it was a big advantage. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YankeeDog Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 No gunpowder is truly 100% smokeless. And in fact, the gunpowder used by all WWII combatants could be called "smokeless" when compared to the 19th-century blackpowder -- anyone who ever fired a blackpowder muzzleloader knows what I mean. But my understanding is that the powder the Germans used in WWII was somewhat better than what the Allies had at the time, in that it produced even less smoke. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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