Re: [ds] Ogres

	Howdy!

On Sat, 14 Nov 1998, John M. Atkinson wrote:

> > isn't that quite common? a marine m60 (iirc) had one in 'full metal
> > jacket'. i know that isn't a hard reference, but if 'saving private
ryan'
> > is going to be cited ...
> 
> I've seen a Hetzer[1] with a field telephone on the front.  Stupid
place
> for a telephone.  You gotta be in front of it, which is both the
> direction it's moving, and the direction the enemy is supposed to be. 
> But yeah, that was really common in WWII.  Don't know how common it is
> now that every PL has a radio he can talk to the tanks with.
> 
> [1]WWII German tank destroyer.

	The Marines in WWII were the first to pioneer telephone boxes in
the rear of the chasis of a tank.  Only the PL HQ would have a radio.
When a squad was hunkered down behind the tank, following it for cover,
they had to have a way to communicate to the tank (yelling just won't
work...).

	Laterish!

	Ken