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- Thread starter jwhc
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DAD has called it well on the Notek light, which serves the same purpose as a Black Out Drive lamp on the later wartime jeeps. Just a low watt bulb to light up the ground directly to the vehicle front. Seems lots of folks are curious about the Notek and ask what it is, I had one guy asking if it was a "spare seat" (Ouch just thinking about that) on the kett and another asking if it was a air intake of some sort. I currently have a rather nice rear Notek coming from Russia that just like the jeep rear Black out markers allows following vehicles to judge distance.Notek Headlight, for ven you don't vant Tommy to zee you am nacht.
XRCD001 will be able to speak as to their effectiveness and utility.
He was a super gentleman! I have an enduring recollection of he and his wife coming to the 'students' table (instead of the DS/VIP table where they were meant to sit ) at Kingston and asking very politely if they could sit with me. He looked at my collar dogs and started to tell me of members of my unit he had served with in Europe ... after we introduced ourselves he recalled my father who had been dead 15+ years! He made people feel special and had a extraordinary warmth that you seldom encounter. There was a very good reason he was always asked to drop by and chat with the students....he served as an extraordinary example of a Canadian combat arms officer and a leader! Should also mention his wife who was also a extraordinary lady and had the same genuine care for members AND dependants as he did. There was nothing 'phoney' about either of them and I consider myself very lucky to have had those 20 minutes with them!
Isn't it ironic that a man who had the respect of his men by virtue of his leading from the front would be decorated by a remf. I suppose a credit to Montgomery for surrounding himself and recognizing those who could really command.
Do you really expect a Field Marshall to lead from the front? Monty also earned his spurs in the Great War leading his man and receiving a serious wound. Yes he could also be and qenuine POS! He was also loved by most of the soldiers who served under him.
So was "Blood & Guts" Patton - "His guts, our blood!" Patton fought from the front which is why his men loved him. So did Rommel.
My favourite Rommel anecdote was one where he was passing a field hospital staffed by both British and German Dr's. He stopped in to thank them, shaking hands with all. That's leadership.
My favourite Rommel anecdote was one where he was passing a field hospital staffed by both British and German Dr's. He stopped in to thank them, shaking hands with all. That's leadership.
I had a one way "chat" with him at the Armoured Corps School in Borden in 1965. He was the Commandant and inspecting officer and I was a humble miscreant with a noticeable deficiency in my turn out on parade. My part of the discussion was "no excuses, sir". I'm happy to say that he never had occasion to speak to me again.
There are worse things .... I was standing at attention for a morning inspection being conducted by a Warrant Officer ....he was almost past me when he stopped suddenly...looked at me carefully..walked around me making funny snickering noises....then broke out laughing as he walked away! He never said a word...but I will never forget his laugh. For a couple of days the other candidates were afraid to be seen with me!
- Location
- West Quebec
Very cool indeed
Dark Alley Dan
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- Darkest Edmonton
Nice composition on this one:
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- Leduc County, Alberta
Best response for a soldier when he's on the mat! Been there - done that a few times, usually for an awol, "conduct prejudiced" or in one case, lack of a proper military haircut.
I beat that one as I proved that we had all been approved on a dress rehearsal parade the day before by our Troop Sergeant. I kept a low profile after that for a while ......
I beat that one as I proved that we had all been approved on a dress rehearsal parade the day before by our Troop Sergeant. I kept a low profile after that for a while ......
True this.
They were designed as infantry support mobile forward artillery. Good for knocking out bunkers and entrenched positions.
But with the right gun, and deployed carefully, they proved to be an excellent tank destroyer. They were easier to up-gun than the Panzer III or Panzer IV, inexpensive and quick to produce, and could be absolutely lethal when deployed intelligently.
Something like 10,000 of the Stug III's (built off the Panzer III chassis) were made - Germany's most produced armoured vehicle of the war. About 1,000 Stug IV's (based on the Panzer IV chassis) were made, mostly in the last year of the war. The Stug IV was the real "economic emergency" vehicle, where they were sacrificing Panzer IV production to get more vehicles out quickly. The III was produced from 1940 through the end of the war - field commanders wanted them. They were effective.
Dark Alley Dan
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I'm having a hard time finding any data on survivors, but there appear to be plenty, including one rescued by Farley Goddamned Mowat and delivered to the CWM, later restored by the lads at Weald.
Anyone heard of the ADMK Mulus? Looks like a compex solution to a problem...
Anyone heard of the ADMK Mulus? Looks like a compex solution to a problem...
There is an excellent account of the Stug that Mowat had brought to Canada and the hands it had passed through till it is today in the UK in the Feb/Mar 2015 edition of Supply Line from the MVPA. I had heard the Borden museum had swapped the captured Stug for a White Half track instead of a Sherman when it went to the States either of which are (Sherman/Half track) as common as dirt and a screaming deal NOT in Canada,s favour.
