Tuesday, October 24, 2023

Sled.

This is coolbert:

Go figure such a thing. Battle sleds. Carry troops into combat, protection guaranteed?

Sounds preposterous? Does appear to me to be so!

Go see the You Tube Short:


"The battle sled, invented by Brig. Gen. John W. O'Daniel (Truscott's successor as commander of the 3d Division), was half a torpedo shell, just large enough to hold one soldier lying down. Six were hooked together and attached to each side of a tank and the twelve sleds were pulled forward in the paths made by the tank's tracks, enabling an infantry squad to accompany a tank without being exposed to small arms fire and antipersonnel mines"

Does NOT seem to have a great success. An expedient thought to be worth a try at the time. Anzio at one point in the battle the situation dire, conventional methods not working, something had to be tried. Even if outrageous and "preposterous".

coolbert.




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