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tank ridding

Poll: What is your view on tank ridding?
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No tank riding allowed.
0%
 0 0%
OK to ferry troops at the rear but must dismount before reaching battlefront.
31.58%
 6 31.58%
Don't mind infantry ridding tanks to the battlefront.
68.42%
 13 68.42%
Total 19 vote(s) 100%
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tank ridding
09-17-2007, 03:16 AM,
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shortreengage Offline
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RE: tank ridding
Tank riding is still planned for in the US Army. It is however not often used in peacetime as it is somewhat dangerous.

http://www.armyrotc.vt.edu/cadets/FM7-8/782ch.pdf

page 2-125

There is plenty of photographic evidence of tank riding by most sides,
Germans, US, Commonwealth but I believe that the would dismount at the line of contact (LC). That would be found by Scouts or real Mechanized Infantry.

OTOH, using infantry as "ablative armor" does seem a bit cheesy.... as does the "human smoke generator" tactic. That said, I'm just as guilty an the next guy having used one or both ploys at some time.
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Messages In This Thread
tank ridding - by AlienXXX - 09-16-2007, 08:58 PM
RE: tank ridding - by matxer - 09-16-2007, 09:42 PM
RE: tank ridding - by wulfir - 09-16-2007, 10:37 PM
RE: tank ridding - by shortreengage - 09-17-2007, 03:16 AM
RE: tank ridding - by Weasel - 09-17-2007, 05:38 AM
RE: tank ridding - by Walrus - 09-17-2007, 12:54 PM
RE: tank ridding - by wulfir - 09-18-2007, 06:21 AM
RE: tank ridding - by matxer - 09-17-2007, 05:17 PM
RE: tank ridding - by AlienXXX - 09-17-2007, 06:57 PM
RE: tank ridding - by Narwan - 09-17-2007, 10:41 PM
RE: tank ridding - by Weasel - 09-18-2007, 05:49 AM
RE: tank ridding - by jadpanther - 09-18-2007, 10:34 AM
RE: tank ridding - by matxer - 09-18-2007, 04:59 PM
RE: tank ridding - by Narwan - 09-18-2007, 09:55 PM
RE: tank ridding - by AlienXXX - 09-19-2007, 01:28 AM
RE: tank ridding - by Vesku - 09-18-2007, 05:28 PM
RE: tank ridding - by Walrus - 09-19-2007, 11:06 AM
RE: tank ridding - by matxer - 09-20-2007, 02:02 AM
RE: tank ridding - by Walrus - 09-20-2007, 08:50 AM
RE: tank ridding - by AlienXXX - 09-21-2007, 11:21 PM

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