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> She was then put through a five-month tank training program – unlike male recruits who were given far less time before being sent to the war front (often stil
by old-gregg 9y ago
> She was then put through a five-month tank training program – unlike male recruits who were given far less time before being sent to the war front (often still unprepared)
I was recently reading an interview with an old Russian tanker who fought on the eastern front in WW2 and indeed, the training was almost symbolic. One thing he said they didn't have proper cannon rounds for training (early 1942) and had to practice using regular rifles inserted into a tank's gun barrel.
- Blackthorn 9y agoI do wonder how many of the (massive) number of plane crashes the Allied nations experienced were not due to manufacturing without much concern to safety, but instead the relative lack of training.
- rsynnott 9y agoBasically symptoms of the same problem; everything was being done in a huge rush. You’d expect both, really.