Re: Starting to build a tank [TANKS]

[Rick v100 <rickv100-at-yahoo.com>]

at risk of going off topic, US Army technical manuals
for most current US Army modern military equipment is
available on the logsa site. 

https://www.logsa.army.mil/etms/online.htm

Field manuals should be downloadable as well. 

Rick 


--- Marc en Wendy <marcmethorst-at-zonnet.nl> wrote:
> I found out that through shareaza.com you can
> download lots of US Army 
> handbooks in PDF-format, depending on who's online
> of course ... but just 
> give it a go!
> 
> Marc
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Rodolphe GREMEAUX" <r.gremeaux-at-wanadoo.fr>
> To: <tanks-at-rctankcombat.com>
> Sent: Monday, March 21, 2005 3:37 AM
> Subject: Re: Starting to build a tank [TANKS]
> 
> 
> > Hi there,
> >
> > Do you know if there are some free online books
> (.pdf or .doc)
> > about tank tactics ? I mean real life tactics
> >
> > You may write one book down because of the rules
> and the front hit rule,
> >  tactics aren't the same, I think.
> >
> > Rodolphe
> >
> >
> > Steve Edwards a écrit :
> >> Steve Tyng wrote:
> >>
> >>> I have tactics.  Maybe I'll write a book someday
> like Rommel, wait a
> >>>
> >>> minute, he lost didn't he?  ;-)
> >>>
> >>
> >> Depends on how you define "lost."
> >>
> >> Rommel's defeat at El Alamein was more a result
> of intelligence (the 
> >> British has been reading his mail for weeks, and
> knew exactly what Rommel 
> >> was doing and where he was doing it) and lack of
> supply (for all it's 
> >> "noteworthiness," the Afrika Corps was on a
> shoestring budget and most of 
> >> what little supplies did come their way wound up
> on the bottom of the 
> >> Mediterranean). Add to that, Monty had something
> like a 2-4 to 1 
> >> advantage in tanks and artillery when the battle
> started, plus air 
> >> superiority.
> >>
> >> In spite of all this, Rommel held off Monty for
> four days before 
> >> retreating.
> >>
> >> I don't consider that a loss for Rommel, or a win
> for Monty -- credit 
> >> goes to the Royal Air Force and Navy, and the
> code breakers at Bletchley 
> >> Park.
> >>
> >> "Rommel... you magnificent bastard... I READ YOUR
> BOOK!"
> >>                - George C. Scott as Gen. George
> S. Patton, Jr.
> >>
> >>    - Steve "and don't forget Heinz Guderian"
> Edwards
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > 
> 
> 


                
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