The armed half-track

[Crossroads]

well, messed that up!
I'll get on with finding another bridge to block in my game, lol!
Just joking Ed!
regards
Peter

:stir:

"Taking the Remagen bridge"

http://www.tankdestroyersociety.com/taki...bridge.htm

"As “B” Company Tank Destroyers proceeded across the bridge on March 10, 1945 German artillery blew up a truck ahead of us. The one-way traffic was blocked. "

Runs-for-cover... :smoke:

So, in the spirit of the discussion, did the Americans send the truck onto the bridge to block it?
If the Germans sent a driver to put an empty truck on the bridge, to be destroyed and block the bridge, that would be a better story?
Show me where any driver was sent, in the line of fire (ie. a combat zone), to take a perfectly good truck to use as a roadblock.

Trucks were so valuable that the Americans removed them from two infantry divisions to make the "Red Ball Express". This essentially took both divisions out of the fight by making them static.
I can't see the use of trucks as blocks in the game. That's my opinion. If it is not yours that is fine by me.

BTW, was the truck that got hit by artillery empty or carrying supplies? :rolleyes:



RR

I knew I would pay the price for being a smarta$$... :)

Actually, I misinterpreted the Remagen story I accidentally bumped into... I thought what happened was that the Germans intentionally blew up a truck of their own to block the strategically very important bridge at the time of the US attack.

Having re-read, it seems that what happened was that the Germans just happened to hit a (US?) truck that exploded and blocked the bridge. My bad.

You see, I did try to :stir: but *within* the context of the discussion. :smoke:

First round on me

[Edit: typo]