Let us not forget...
The Anzio Battle Sleds!
These were open steel tubes, each just wide enough and long enough to hold an infantryman, mounted on runners for stability and then connected in pairs to carry a 12-man rifle squad. The intent was to tow a battle sled behind a Sherman tank, the men would be protected from small arms fire and anti-personnel fire and yet remain close enough to support the tank.
The "gizmo" proved to be difficult to tow, especially in turns and when they were used in their first combat, a drainage ditch proved to be too much for them to be towed over.
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The reason that the American Army does so well in wartime, is that war is chaos, and the American Army practices chaos on a daily basis.
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09-21-2012, 07:01 AM
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