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I recently read an excellent account of what things were like as a British tank commander in 1994 & 1945 from Normandy onwards - "grim" doesn't do it justice. I
by arethuza 7y ago
I recently read an excellent account of what things were like as a British tank commander in 1994 & 1945 from Normandy onwards - "grim" doesn't do it justice. Imagine as a 19 year old commander of 4 tank platoon being told that your life expectancy was two weeks!
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30145506-tank-action https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30145506-tank-action
- C1sc0cat 7y agoI suspect that the experience of the opposing forces where much worse if you read German soldiers experiences of facing D day
- jacobush 7y agoThe fighting in Berling was teenagers, sometimes preteens wielding the Faust. They called it "panzerknacken" i.e. "armour knocking" or "armour smashing".
- michaelt 7y agoI saw an interesting talk about Soviet WW2 tanks [1] and one of the things it said was the Soviets had done research and determined that a tank survives an average of 14 hours in combat, and in its entire life only needed an engine and transmission able to drive 1500 km [1] https://youtu.be/N6xLMUifbxQ?t=2321 https://youtu.be/N6xLMUifbxQ?t=2321