Tango01  | 03 Jan 2013 12:42 p.m. PST |
Beautifull little diorama about when Patton showed his anger because the American tankers carrying a huge non-war stuff in their tanks.(like gypsies)
From
link For translation you can used.
translate.google.com/#es/en Hope you enjoy!. Amicalement
Armand |
| whoa Mohamed | 03 Jan 2013 1:53 p.m. PST |
He was actually peed off over the sandbag armour which he specifically forbade in his Army units, The Division had previously belonged to a different army group where it was permitted |
| Abwehrschlacht | 03 Jan 2013 2:36 p.m. PST |
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| Tankrider | 03 Jan 2013 3:33 p.m. PST |
Anybody who has several vehicles and a private luxury truck to live in while in the field gets a "Yes General Yes General Three Bags Full!" from me until he leaves.. then I go on tanking the way I want to. Been there, done that, the General left in his chopper happy. "Mount up! Driver.. move out." |
 Streitax | 03 Jan 2013 3:41 p.m. PST |
Yeah, it's amazing what some commanders do to massage their egos. I was Division Postal Officer and we had two vans to handle mail service to the troops. They were mini post offices. So the Division Adjutant General decided the troops only needed one of those and took the other to convert into a mobile home for himself. It goes all the way down the line. One battery commander used up all the panneling provided for the mobile fire direction center and used it to panel his office, then whined until the battalion commander approved more paneling to do what he was supposed to do in the first place. This, at a time we were limping month to month just to provide enough paper to take care of official business. |
| coastal2 | 03 Jan 2013 4:10 p.m. PST |
Tankrider- LOL! That sounds soooo familiar. |
| Legion 4 | 03 Jan 2013 5:46 p.m. PST |
Great looking models !!! Yeah, sometimes higher HQs needs to keep out of the way and let the troops do their jobs … but that always doesn't happen … |
 Iron Ivan Chal  | 04 Jan 2013 5:14 a.m. PST |
Its almost like the word martinet was invented for him. Chalfant |
| Tango01 | 04 Jan 2013 10:54 a.m. PST |
Happy you had enjoy the diorama boys!.
Can imagine which amount of stuff I would carried if I was a tank lider.
King of gypsies!. Amicalement
Armand |
| Tankrider | 04 Jan 2013 3:47 p.m. PST |
"Tankrider- LOL! That sounds soooo familiar." 3/68 Armor, Pinon Canyon, Colorado.. January 1991.. training for Desert Storm (which we didn't make it to).. sound familiar? |
| Lost Wolf | 04 Jan 2013 9:44 p.m. PST |
One of my neighbors was a tank commander under Patton. See those sand bags on the tank in the picture. He also had some on his tank. That's how he met Patton who stopped and chewed him out because evidently sand bags slow down tanks and Patton was having none of that. My neighbor preferred safety to speed but kept his mouth closed and removed the bags as ordered. |
| Legion 4 | 05 Jan 2013 9:29 a.m. PST |
Good thing Patton never ran into Oddball and his 3 Shermans !  |
