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To the subject at hand and for the present; we may need less self propelled armored guns and lots of cannon towed by Toyota Hilux Trucks. The Empty theater needs lots of fast and light and well camouflaged logistics and support.

Shoot - Move - Communicate

has changed.

If you communicate

You must move

Or you’ll be Shot- with Indirect Fire or FABs.

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Poor Cochenhausen was most beloved by his troops, had a nervous breakdown commanding the 134th Division in Russia and shot himself 13 Dec 1941 in the Orel area.

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If I am not too badly mistaken, Conrad von Cochenhausen (1888-1941) was the younger brother of Friederich von Cochenhausen (1879-1946), who wrote the book mentioned in this post.

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Ah !

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Was there any discussion of why the Minenwerfen were deprecated altogether (not just in the regiments)? Were they just too slow for breaking through fortified lines?

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