Army of Steel: Tank Warfare 1939-45 by Nigel Cawthorne

Author:Nigel Cawthorne [Cawthorne, Nigel]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Arcturus Publishing
Published: 2017-08-11T04:00:00+00:00

The Arabs then pointed out a minefield and warned them that American artillery had just pulled out. A number of heavy tanks, they said, were still on the far side of the village.

Schmidt continued:

The minefield was newly laid and the freshly turned soil betrayed the presence of each mine clearly. We picked our way through gingerly, with the sappers at our backs marking the track for the guns behind. Beyond the minefield the road began to climb again. I was rounding a sharp curve when I sighted a Sherman tank on the road ahead, within attacking range. I jerked the wheel in the driver’s hand and the vehicle swerved sharply towards the left bank of the road. The detachment manning the gun immediately behind me was swift in taking their cue. In a matter of seconds they had jumped from their seats, unlimbered, swung round and fired their first shell, while the Americans still stood immobile, the muzzle of their tank gun pointing at a hillock half-right from us. Our first shell struck the tank at an angle in the flank. The tank burst into flames.

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