Just something I found at work that was kind of interesting. It's just as relevant today as when it was written. Enjoy.
Excerpts from "The Tanks, Volume 1, 1914-1939.
- Remember your orders.
-Shoot quick. Shoot low. A miss which throws dirt in the enemies eyes is better than one which whistles his ears.
-Shoot cunning.
-Econimze ammunition and don't killa man three times.
-Remember that trenches are curley and dugouts are deep. Look around corners.
-Watch the progress of the fight and your neighbouring tanks.
-Remember the position of your own line.
-Watch the infantry whom you are helping.
-Smell out the enemy's machine guns and other small arms and kill them first with your 6 pounders.
-You will not see themfor they will be cunningly hidden.
-You must ferret out where they are, judging by thefollowing signs:
:Sound
ust: Smoke
: A shadow in the parapet.
: A hole in a wall, haystack, rubbish heap, woodstack, pile of bricks.
-They will usually be placed to fire slantways across the front and to shoot along wire.
-One 6 pounder shell that hits the loophole of a M.G. emplacement will do it.
-Never have any gun, even when it's unloaded, pointed at your own infantry, or a 6 pounder pointed at another tank.
- It is always the unloaded gun that kills the fools friends.
-Never mind the heat.
-Never mind the noise.
-Never mind the dust.
-Think of your pals the infantry.
-Thank God you are bullet-proof and can help the infantry, who are not.
-Have your mask always handy.
This was written when we were equiped with the Mark IV "Male" tank.
