Re: Incidents from the battle of france 1940.
Posted: Thu Dec 24, 2009 4:30 am
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Armored Infantry in Action.
The guns were hooked on to the armored train in compliance with Division orders. Likewise, the heavy machineguns were loaded on the vehicles. While the ammunition and the crews of all weapons were distributed among the infantry units. All wheeled vehicles, including motorcycles, were left behind. A radio unit loaded on an armored vehicle and assigned to the Company Commander served as liaison and contact with the battalion remaining behind temporarily. By mean of this, the various locations of all units were to be reported by prearranged signals.
At 3:55 PM the reinforced Company fell in after the reconnaissance of the route of Flancourt had been made. The Company utilized all terrain features for protection in the advance towards the enemy. An artillery section in position southwest of Flancourt was requested to support the advance of the Company by fire covering the flanks. Especial attention to the villages Assevillers, Belloy-en-Santerre, Estrees-Deniecourt, Berny-en-Santerre and Fresnes-Mazaneourt.
Source: Armored Infantry in Action. By Lieutenant Colonel JAMES . CROCKETT ,G.S.C. G-2 ARMORED FORCE. C.& G.S.S. Militarg Review Oct 1941.
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Armored Infantry in Action.
The guns were hooked on to the armored train in compliance with Division orders. Likewise, the heavy machineguns were loaded on the vehicles. While the ammunition and the crews of all weapons were distributed among the infantry units. All wheeled vehicles, including motorcycles, were left behind. A radio unit loaded on an armored vehicle and assigned to the Company Commander served as liaison and contact with the battalion remaining behind temporarily. By mean of this, the various locations of all units were to be reported by prearranged signals.
At 3:55 PM the reinforced Company fell in after the reconnaissance of the route of Flancourt had been made. The Company utilized all terrain features for protection in the advance towards the enemy. An artillery section in position southwest of Flancourt was requested to support the advance of the Company by fire covering the flanks. Especial attention to the villages Assevillers, Belloy-en-Santerre, Estrees-Deniecourt, Berny-en-Santerre and Fresnes-Mazaneourt.
Source: Armored Infantry in Action. By Lieutenant Colonel JAMES . CROCKETT ,G.S.C. G-2 ARMORED FORCE. C.& G.S.S. Militarg Review Oct 1941.
eBay auction! Rare German Troop Photos (Panzer Frankreich) 11 de Octubre de 2009, 03:08:31
Feliz Navidad - Feliz Natal - Frohe Weihnachten - Joyeux Noël - Merry Christmas.
Cheers. Raúl M .