"From the Vault: A Day in the Life of a Tanker – 1918" Topic
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| Tango01 | 18 Oct 2016 12:43 p.m. PST |
"The recent marking of the centenary of the first tanks used in combat has resulted in an increase in interest in WWI tank crew accounts. Here is one of an American tank crewman from 1918 that was published in the Sept-Oct 1973 issues of ARMOR. This two page article recounts the experiences of Sergeant Carl Rosenhagen of Company "C" 301st Heavy Tank Corps. We have posted the pages as images below, or people may download a PDF version here (article is on page 104). A longer version of this account is available in the book War Stories of the Tankers: American Armored Combat, 1918 to Today by Michael Green…"
See here
link Amicalement
Armand |
| monk2002uk | 18 Oct 2016 10:29 p.m. PST |
Here is an image of the Mk V heavy tank with the type of fascine that Rosenhagen describes in his account:
Robert |
| monk2002uk | 18 Oct 2016 10:31 p.m. PST |
And here is an example of a hermaphrodite tank model, albeit a Mk IV, in case readers are not familiar with this variant: link Robert |
| David O Brien | 19 Oct 2016 10:18 a.m. PST |
I was intrigued by his comment about dummy tanks propelled by donkeys, I've never heard of that before. |
| Tango01 | 19 Oct 2016 10:18 a.m. PST |
Thanks!. Amicalement
Armand |
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dips his toe into the Russo-Japanese War.
