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They basically failed to draw the correct deductions from the consideration of METT-T, the critical factors to be considered in developing an operational plan.
Brian Horrocks, commander of 30 Corps, which was the link-up force, told James Gavin, commanding 82nd Abn Div, "never try to fight a corps on a single route". A powerful insight, when you have a corps cannalized on a single road forcing it to fight on a single battalion frontage. I'd think he knew this before he crossed the line of departure.
Brian Horrocks, commander of 30 Corps, which was the link-up force, told James Gavin, commanding 82nd Abn Div, "never try to fight a corps on a single route". A powerful insight, when you have a corps cannalized on a single road forcing it to fight on a single battalion frontage. I'd think he knew this before he crossed the line of departure.
They basically failed to draw the correct deductions from the consideration of METT-T, the critical factors to be considered in developing an operational plan.
Brian Horrocks, commander of 30 Corps, which was the link-up force, told James Gavin, commanding 82nd Abn Div, "never try to fight a corps on a single route". A powerful insight, when you have a corps cannalized on a single road forcing it to fight on a single battalion frontage. I'd think he knew this before he crossed the line of departure.
Poor intelligence and execution were significant factors. the air drop was carried out haphazardly and the allies were not aware of significant German armoured forces in the area , who were able to react significantly and quickly.
Grizz
They basically failed to draw the correct deductions from the consideration of METT-T, the critical factors to be considered in developing an operational plan.
Brian Horrocks, commander of 30 Corps, which was the link-up force, told James Gavin, commanding 82nd Abn Div, "never try to fight a corps on a single route". A powerful insight, when you have a corps cannalized on a single road forcing it to fight on a single battalion frontage. I'd think he knew this before
he crossed the line of departure.
A Bde "tactical road march" ... without flank security ...
I need a work bench like that wing. 20mm included.
Talk about a Man Cave item.
I once had a pair of wing mount 20's. Came with a bunch of stuff I was given.
I think I passed them on to the War Plane Heritage.
Smart move!
One of my shooting cronies was a lawyer who defended a guy that got busted for having a couple of .50 BMG guns from Auxiliary RCAF Mustangs. They came as part of a auction lot he bid on.
Someone ratted on him and the feds worked with weapons techs at CFB Chilliwack to get one firing. This took some doing as they were not intended for ground use.
He beat the charge as there was no "intent" to criminally use them. Payment was a fully operational 6.5mm Nambu LMG was was duly registered by the lawyer.
One of my shooting cronies was a lawyer who defended a guy that got busted for having a couple of .50 BMG guns from Auxiliary RCAF Mustangs. They came as part of a auction lot he bid on.
Someone ratted on him and the feds worked with weapons techs at CFB Chilliwack to get one firing. This took some doing as they were not intended for ground use.
He beat the charge as there was no "intent" to criminally use them. Payment was a fully operational 6.5mm Nambu LMG was was duly registered by the lawyer.
Gotta be REAL careful with some of that stuff! There are boxes and bags and buckets FILLED with solenoid-fired high-speed M-3 Browning parts all over the place!
Sometimes our Government will spend a fortune to convict some harmless guy.
Just too much work, it seems, to put away the Gangs!
Sometimes our Government will spend a fortune to convict some harmless guy.
Just too much work, it seems, to put away the Gangs!
I agree. I passed on almost everything except the assault Snyders.
When I was a kid growing up in Sarnia, we would take a bus to go visit my grandmother. The bus went past Sam Lampell's junkyard; we always looked at the wrecked airplane in the yard. Eventually a guy had a look at it, and acquired the Brownings out of it. He assembled one complete one, and duly registered it. It was years later that I saw it. He had made a set of spade grips for it. Only tripod he had that could be adapted was from a M1917 Browning. This was too light for a high speed .50, even sandbagged, so he would load the belt with a dummy every couple of rounds. He had a number of interesting guns, including an Argentine Maxim made by DWM in the 1890s, and a Beretta 38 with "HILDE" carved in the stock in fraktur script.
Pretty much the same rifle that Lee Harvey Oswald used in Dallas in November 1963, 56 years ago
Cottage Hill Bill
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Yup. Klein Sporting Goods, Chicago. Same ad listed M1 Garands for $78.78 and Lee-Enfield No. 5 carbines got $29.78, 1903 Springfields for $35.78 and M1917s for $29.78. All four for less than $150.
The average manufacturing wage was $2.12/hour, so to buy those rifles, you would need to work 2 weeks, pre tax, so about 3-4 weeks after taxes. Fyi, the price for all 4 is closer to $174.
Not really a bargain.
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I've just started reading The Big Show by Pierre Closterman. So far it's pretty impressive, if one has any interest in late-war RAF fighter operations.
In the chapter I'm currently in, Closterman's squadron has been tasked with flak suppression in a raid against a freighter loaded with rubber and valuable industrial materials. This was materiel that had come all the way from the Pacific, ducked blockades and subs, and was docked in France. It had to go, the Germans knew it, and had assembled sufficient flak ships and fighter cover to complicate any effort to sink her at her mooring.
This story got me thinking about flak ships. Looks like they were much to be avoided.
These little "Siebel barges" would have been a nasty thing to take on at low level.
In the chapter I'm currently in, Closterman's squadron has been tasked with flak suppression in a raid against a freighter loaded with rubber and valuable industrial materials. This was materiel that had come all the way from the Pacific, ducked blockades and subs, and was docked in France. It had to go, the Germans knew it, and had assembled sufficient flak ships and fighter cover to complicate any effort to sink her at her mooring.
This story got me thinking about flak ships. Looks like they were much to be avoided.
These little "Siebel barges" would have been a nasty thing to take on at low level.
I enjoyed Closterman's "The Big Show". It must have been a real rush to ride a powerful machine like the Tempest.
I believe he tells of a Spitfire pilot who was self-congratulating after shooting down a V1 in a dive. He got it alright, but his wings were warped and twisted from his cannon fire!
Closterman indulged in a little self-pity by claiming that his lungs were "burned out" from breathing all that bottled oxygen. Never read of a similar complaint from any other pilot.
I believe he tells of a Spitfire pilot who was self-congratulating after shooting down a V1 in a dive. He got it alright, but his wings were warped and twisted from his cannon fire!
Closterman indulged in a little self-pity by claiming that his lungs were "burned out" from breathing all that bottled oxygen. Never read of a similar complaint from any other pilot.
