INFANTRY AGAINST TANKS Ben Nason Center for Military History Collection
An excerpt from the Official History -
The Ardennes: Battle of the Bulge, by Hugh Cole.
A second try came just before dawn, this time straight down the road from B�llingen. Ten German tanks in single file were sighted as they came over a slight ridge to the front of Company F. Two tank destroyers and three antitank guns drove the tanks off or at least caused them to turn west in search of a weaker spot in the 2d Battalion defenses. In the next thrust a platoon of Company G was badly cut up before friendly artillery finally checked the attack. Fifteen minutes later, apparently still seeking a hole, the Germans hit Company E, next in line to the west. The 60-mm. mortars illuminated the ground in front of the company at just the right moment and two of three tanks heading the assault were knocked out by bazooka and 57-mm. fire from the flank. The third tank commander stuck his head out of the escape hatch to take a look around and was promptly pistoled by an American corporal.10 By this time shellfire had scattered the German infantry. Nor did the enemy make another try until dusk, and then only with combat patrols.
Relatively quiet in this sector - unless this was the day you died.
Via Joe in N Calif:
The US Army tribute to the GIs of the Battle of the Bulge.
Read the complete post at http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2011/12/december_20_194.html
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Dec 20 2011, 10:05 AM
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