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I need to check it out.i have just finished this by the same author.
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great read and a decent insight into tank warfare in Europe in 1944/45
will look at the Normandy book
I enjoyed it.Plse tell us what you think of it.
I have seen this point made before, not only by historians but by one of the actual gunners who was there. Surely it is for the people in charge to make sure there was enough ammunition and replacement guns or barrels? Getting spent cartridges out was also an issue, the gunner said they were wading knee deep in them.Normandy '1944
James Holland
2019
Not just another book about the Invasion of Normandy. But a great book to give a different look on this event.
The Nazi MG32. A superb machine gun. But with a flaw. It fired at so high a rate of fire, it began to be a liability. Example. At Omaha beach, the MG emplacements ran out of ammo and replacement barrels and one by one, began to fail and cease to be a weapons strong point..
There was only so much ammo to give out. As well as replacement barrels. The book also mentioned that wooden bullets were given to some of the troops.I have seen this point made before, not only by historians but by one of the actual gunners who was there. Surely it is for the people in charge to make sure there was enough ammunition and replacement guns or barrels? Getting spent cartridges out was also an issue, the gunner said they were wading knee deep in them.
The Germans still had ammunition in 1945 Berlin. If you want to stop a landing the people there have to have the stuff to do it, otherwise why build the whole Atlantic wall defence. I suppose it all boils down to the situation being hopeless virtually from the start.There was only so much ammo to give out. As well as replacement barrels. The book also mentioned that wooden bullets were given to some of the troops.
i have just finished this by the same author.
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great read and a decent insight into tank warfare in Europe in 1944/45
another to look out for, thanksI bought this one the other day from a second-hand shop. Very good so far - seems a similar type of subject to Holland's book.
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