The essence of manouvre thinking.
This remind me of the first lads who came back from Lebanon. At the Airport they were asked if they wanted to talk to a priest before going back...
The low level initiative was imperative to make the Aufdragstaktik (mission Command) to work. The training of NCO's or Officers for the Waffen...
You turn the handle and it makes the noise of a Vickers gun. The Territorial Army Brigade was understrength and underequipped. The MG simulator...
The germans were hard to rout. They were part of a totalitarian state that shot people who disobeyed orders. There are plenty of cases where the...
Brian Did you have many dogs? We have many dog units in Norway, most are trained for mountain rescue though. Wether it is detecting drugs or...
Thank you for the reply Brian. As a soldier myself I never understand what makes you sappers tick. The worst fear for me is the bleeding mines...
No confusion on the Foreign Legion. My grandfather was there. 13th Demi-Brigade of the Foreign Legion - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia He...
No worries I saw your post when my reply was submitted. I fully respect other peoples point of view. The problem was that when we discuss...
Here is the Machine gun simulator from 148th (TA bde) in the 1940 campaign in Norway
I'm not happy untill they fit the XBOX controller with a bayonet.
Spaniard. Ref the night engagement "Try war as I knew it" by Patton. Also seen in the picture Patton. And I am describing the CAMPAIGN...
Brian Most of the British veterans I have talked to did a lot of courses during their time in Britain. Battledrill, fieldcraft, sniper training,...
I disagree. The Norwegain army was not mobilized, the British failed to send aircrafts to contest the Luftwaffe (the few Gloster Gladiators were...
No. Breathe through your nose. The battles that you claim prove german superiority are loopsided ones. A bit like the germans complaining about...
TOS Weserubung is a poor example. The units of the Heer did not impress in any actions where the Luftwaffe did not play a major role. At Hegra 201...
The battles you list was conducted by Panzer or Panzer Grenadier divisions, mostly against vanilla infantry. Re read TA's post and you will see...
PM Chamberlain increased production in 38-39, but not to the extent that I would call it a rearmament. The regular army was still understrength...
Greg The Operational concept worked. Pin and manouvre. Taking Caen on d-day and other issues on the TACTICAL level has little to do on the...
Blitzkrieg was not a doctrine. The phrase was filtered from a speech from one ball Hitler. He would strike like lightning. The thought of quick...
