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Feb 26, 2023Liked by Bruce Ivar Gudmundsson

The US Army did the same with M26 tanks during the Korean War. They were positioned on earthen ramps to achieve greater quadrant elevations than were possible in their regular configuration.

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Feb 25, 2023Liked by Bruce Ivar Gudmundsson

It really is a fascinating war for the neutrals - shame you have to wade through so much social (and legacy) media fluff to have even the first hope of working out what's going on.

I do like 'canon fodder'.

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As a rule, I skip the text and go straight to the pictures, moving and otherwise. I also look for the dogs that should have barked, but didn't.

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Feb 25, 2023Liked by Bruce Ivar Gudmundsson

Bruce, USMC machine gunnery manual still has firing tables for IDF applications.

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That is good news, and very much in keeping with the motto of the Tactical Notebook: "everything old is new again."

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