tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post132015615528036816..comments2024-03-28T23:57:50.103-05:00Comments on Bayou Renaissance Man: Tank combat in World War II: a different viewPeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10595089829300831372noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-37367016467938576342013-04-29T22:10:12.393-05:002013-04-29T22:10:12.393-05:00Excellent! Thank you for sharing.Excellent! Thank you for sharing.LCBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03146393047895889252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-48576097344882585002013-04-29T18:55:20.243-05:002013-04-29T18:55:20.243-05:00One hellva story, and those gents DEFINITELY clank...One hellva story, and those gents DEFINITELY clanked when they walked!!! I'll have some down time next week, so these will go on the must see list!<br />Old NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-76041268779989159402013-04-29T12:33:22.093-05:002013-04-29T12:33:22.093-05:00In my early days in my shooting club, an older mem...In my early days in my shooting club, an older member recounted the story of his platoon of Shermans encountering a King Tiger. The Lt thought that half a dozen Shermans could take one German tank. In the ensuing melee, my friend survived by dint of their driver accidentally backing off a cliff & disappearing from line of fire. To add insult to injury, the only thing that rolled away under it's own power was the Tiger. My friend, for his part, crawled out of his Sherman, picked up a Garand and proclaimed he was now an infantryman.Jay Deenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-22268277635552409452013-04-29T12:04:58.117-05:002013-04-29T12:04:58.117-05:00All of the American AND British tanks in ww2(AND K...All of the American AND British tanks in ww2(AND Korea and well into the cold war) were self mobile crematorium. The gasoline powered rolling "Tommy cookers" were death traps. They were poorly armored,and under gunned. The men who fought in them were crazy brave. During the Battle of Normandy the British lost 400 tanks in ONE DAY, and yet they fought on ,God bless Em' Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com