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rsallen64 -> RE: Learn something new! (2/4/2020 10:47:16 PM)
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ORIGINAL: RangerJoe
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ORIGINAL: Leandros
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ORIGINAL: Kursk1943
Not exactly dreaming of, but the Kursk battle is the one (besides Stalingrad), which I studied most intensively both as having been a tanker and still being an enthusiastic amateur historian.[sm=Tank-fahr09.gif]
Yes, I know - quite fascinating. I'm cavalry myself (not any longer, though) but I never served in a tank unit.
Only recently I leafed through "Panzer Leader" for the umpteenth time. Stalingrad wasn't exactly tank terrain, still they were used extensively if Bevoor is to be believed. I just bought his "Stalingrad" in a (hardbound) Swedish translation on a flea market only because the original version I have is a softcover copy. I do not think the "Swedish" had even been read - 3 bucks. I'm not too happy with his book - a little too much space dedicated to how terrible it all was. As if that is needed.
Fred
Tankers are Cavalry, think Heavy Cavalry with all that armor used as shock troops. Modern cavalry is more like the native Indian Scouts who looked around in Montana and told Custer "If you go down there and attack that village, you will die" or something like that.
Dumb A$$ Tankers (DATs) need Scouts to tell them where to go, and who to shoot. [;)]
Hey now, what's this DAT bashing I hear going on? Is that coming from a Crunchy? [:D] Oh yes, the ongoing rivalry between armor and cav scouts. I never stuck my 105mm barrel into a berm, thank you very much, although I did get the whole tank stuck in a very muddy hole once and had to be towed out.
BTW, Beevor's book is good, and so is Craig's "Enemy at the Gates." I have Glantz's trilogy but haven't read it yet.
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