War gaming and the British

yaourti, on 19 May 2014 - 04:39 PM, said: Dad's Army is a brilliant comedy series, if you don't know it, there's loads on YouTube.   One of my favourites is the one where they discover that Godfrey was a conscientious objector (meaning he refused to fight because of his beliefs).   They start turning on him and branding him a coward and the old boy never says a word in his own defence.   Eventually, someone discovers that he served as a stretcher bearer (like many other 'conshies') and was awarded a medal for going out under fire to rescue wounded comrades.


yaourti, on 19 May 2014 - 05:06 PM, said: It's not the British way to be offended by having fun poked at us.


JuanCudz, on 19 May 2014 - 05:21 PM, said: Well, we do prefer to do our own poking, if you please.


Lord_Demon, on 19 May 2014 - 05:28 PM, said: The funny thing is that while we may laugh at the though of attacking tanks with crowbars, hammers and such the Finns actually attacked them with Logs in Winter War.   The basic principle is pretty simple: Put wooden log under the top part uo the track, so it get's drawn in between front drive wheel and track, This lifts the track off the drivewheel, immobilizing tank.   I understand the finnish troops were pretty succesful stopping soviet tanks in that way. Once the tank was immobilized, it was just matter of hitting the machine gun barrels bent so they couldn't shoot, and blocking the gun barrel. If the guys inside did not surrender there was always Molotov cocktails (or in a pinch, lighting a fire under the tank and smoking them out.)   It seems funny, but early WWII a tank without infantry support would be very vulnerable to such tactics  


LetsRockAndRoll, on 19 May 2014 - 06:03 PM, said:   Spot on old boy. One simply rises above it.