The Tiger squeak and other shortages

[dragoon500ly]

Originally Posted by Panther Al

Yep, the diesel plume is the easiest way to spot any armoured vehicle. That's one of the reasons we used the Abrams as a scout track instead of the M3's.

Its like all of the tricks that the 19Ds were taught during the scout course. You can always detect troops by the smell of tobacco, the smell of cooking, the hum of voices and the utter silence of any wildlife in the area.

When vehicles are in the area, the smell of POL (fuel and oil), the stink of exhaust, engines idling, metal-on-metal contact (hatches opening and closing).

And at night it was even easier, because no matter what nation...some idiot would light up a cig and it is truely amazing how far that little red ember can be seen on a dark night...either by the ole Eyeball Mark I system or through NODs...

[Abbott Shaull]

Originally Posted by dragoon500ly

Its like all of the tricks that the 19Ds were taught during the scout course. You can always detect troops by the smell of tobacco, the smell of cooking, the hum of voices and the utter silence of any wildlife in the area.

When vehicles are in the area, the smell of POL (fuel and oil), the stink of exhaust, engines idling, metal-on-metal contact (hatches opening and closing).

And at night it was even easier, because no matter what nation...some idiot would light up a cig and it is truely amazing how far that little red ember can be seen on a dark night...either by the ole Eyeball Mark I system or through NODs...

But, Butthead needed his fix from his Kool Menthol...lol

[dragoon500ly]

Originally Posted by Abbott Shaull

But, Butthead needed his fix from his Kool Menthol...lol

Yup! Just like buddies in a foxhole who just have to talk, dispite knowing that the OPFOR would be probing their lines...or tank crews sleeping in their vehicle instead of keeping somebody on alert....for that one we were able to remove the bolts from no less than four sets of roadwheels. To add insult to injury, we left the bolts resting on top of the splash board on the front slope of the M-60....the idiots still tried to drive off before roadwheels started to proceed the tank. LMAO! And a BIG SALUTE to the 4th Infantry Division, REFORGER-79!!!!!!