tank engage ment in north africa
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tank engage ment in north africa
this is just a wee bit from my late gramps battle report, "another mark 4 appeared over the rise and was hit on the cupola by major welchs 2 ponder. it immediantely went backwards down the hill and at least one man baled out"
a two pounder managed to force back a panzer 4?, this is in 1943 by the way
a two pounder managed to force back a panzer 4?, this is in 1943 by the way
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If the radios were dead it makes sense that one of the crew may have "bailed out" to inform the squadron commander of the situation.
Does anyone remember seeing the images recently of the Warrior crew in Iraq? Some of them bailed out when the outside of the vehicle was petrol bombed.....Even though it was likely to be safer to remain inside the vehicle. Armoured vehicles are extremely vunerable to infantry attacks due to the lack of vision, and so in-experienced crews can become panicky and bail out. If the 2pdr hit the cupola and damaged the commanders vision from inside the vehicle then the crew may well have bailed out because they were panicky. The account doesnt have anymore detail upon what happened does it? At the moment your guess is as good as mine as to what may have happened.
Does anyone remember seeing the images recently of the Warrior crew in Iraq? Some of them bailed out when the outside of the vehicle was petrol bombed.....Even though it was likely to be safer to remain inside the vehicle. Armoured vehicles are extremely vunerable to infantry attacks due to the lack of vision, and so in-experienced crews can become panicky and bail out. If the 2pdr hit the cupola and damaged the commanders vision from inside the vehicle then the crew may well have bailed out because they were panicky. The account doesnt have anymore detail upon what happened does it? At the moment your guess is as good as mine as to what may have happened.
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I believe Tom was merely confirming your promulgation of the palpable.ss-commander smeders wrote:wot u mean no shit?
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