Sabrejet Posted February 25, 2013 Share #1 Posted February 25, 2013 From an Army FM. I wonder how many GIs actually had cause to do this?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RustyCanteen Posted February 25, 2013 Share #2 Posted February 25, 2013 That's about as 'last ditch' as it comes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted February 25, 2013 Author Share #3 Posted February 25, 2013 Very good Rusty! As the saying goes... "Ain't no atheists in a foxhole!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted February 25, 2013 Share #4 Posted February 25, 2013 Or you can do like Sgt Rock did on more than one occasion, take it out with a Tommy Gun I think there was a issue where he actually destroyed a Tiger I by shooting down the barrel with a 45 slug hitting the 88mm shell in the Tigers breech and exploding the shell thus the Tiger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wharfmaster Posted February 25, 2013 Share #5 Posted February 25, 2013 Kind of like being between a rock and a hard place. W Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Meatcan Posted February 26, 2013 Share #6 Posted February 26, 2013 I bet a lot of Russian soldiers could tell you exactly how effective (or not?) this practice was. After all, they fought against a heckuva lot more German armor than our GIs had to. Terry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corpsmancollector Posted February 26, 2013 Share #7 Posted February 26, 2013 That's about as 'last ditch' as it comes. It really is! Thanks for posting Ian, Will Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Lerenfort Posted March 8, 2013 Share #8 Posted March 8, 2013 I think I'd rather take my chances out in the open than do that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J_Andrews Posted March 8, 2013 Share #9 Posted March 8, 2013 I once talked with a combat engineer from the 326th Eng/101st, who told me of an incident in Holland. He and his squad had been re-planting a few US AP mines and liberated GERMAN AT mines along a one-lane "jeep trail", when two Tigers showed up down the path and after a minute or two of them peering at the GIs (scrambling for cover) they started shooting their bow MGs and accelerated down the one-lane road. A few of the anti-PERSONNEL mines went off, adding fireworks to the party, but nothing bigger was hit by the lead Tiger's treads -- until "no more than eight feet" from the shallow hole of the storyteller it hit TWO of the German mines buried on the shoulder (that's "verge" to our Brit readers). The blast flipped the Tiger over on its side, AWAY from the storyteller. He had been wondering -- his life flashing before his eyes -- what would be left of him the bury, or maybe his hole would be deep enough (as said in training, as per posted illustration). He was deafened by the explosion, but crawled out and shot two Tiger crewmen as they exited. Because he was deafened, he did not notice the second tank firing away at him; he was protected only by the bulk of the disabled Tiger. Unable to pass, the second panzer backed away and was later knocked out. For this, he was at first put in for a Silver Star, for single-handedly destroying a Tiger.....but The Rest of the Story came out and it got downgraded to a BSM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Signor Posted March 9, 2013 Share #10 Posted March 9, 2013 To quote a funny and somewhat famous movie line "Run awayyyyyyy Run Awayyyyyyyyyyyy" !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Johnny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RustyCanteen Posted March 9, 2013 Share #11 Posted March 9, 2013 I met a guy that took out a Tiger in 1945, he had guts to get that close. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeeper704 Posted March 10, 2013 Share #12 Posted March 10, 2013 Not to mention the "tactic" Soviet and German tanks used .... rotating on top of a foxhole. Many soldier lost his life that way. Erwin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugme Posted March 10, 2013 Share #13 Posted March 10, 2013 Not to mention the "tactic" Soviet and German tanks used .... rotating on top of a foxhole. Many soldier lost his life that way. Erwin This makes me hurt just thinking about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
11-Bull Posted March 11, 2013 Share #14 Posted March 11, 2013 Looks like a good way to be buried alive. If I recall there was an example of GI's hiding in foxholes while tanks went overhead in the movie "Patton". Didn't look too comfortable (or survivable). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckshot329 Posted March 13, 2013 Share #15 Posted March 13, 2013 I was told buy a US ww2 vet he was more afraid of the allied tanks than of the germans. As an infantryman he could easily hide in the woods and avoid any German tanks (sometimes circling them using the 'grenade down the hatchet' trick to take them out). On the contrary, when US tanks were closeby the situation often got worse because they were giant targets and would attract a huge amount of metal. Actually makes sense to me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wharfmaster Posted March 13, 2013 Share #16 Posted March 13, 2013 How about the German Infantry following directly behind the tank? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.A.T. Posted March 13, 2013 Share #17 Posted March 13, 2013 Ian, one of my favorite Willie & Joe cartoons. "Able Fox Five to Able Fox. I got a target but ya gotta be patient." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Signor Posted March 13, 2013 Share #18 Posted March 13, 2013 Yeah Wille and Joe were great !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckshot329 Posted March 14, 2013 Share #19 Posted March 14, 2013 How about the German Infantry following directly behind the tank? I don't know actually When we were talking about German tanks this is what he told me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted March 14, 2013 Author Share #20 Posted March 14, 2013 Ian, one of my favorite Willie & Joe cartoons. "Able Fox Five to Able Fox. I got a target but ya gotta be patient." Nice one Pat...in fact, just perfect!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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