tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2748313041626107348.post8755362367414184433..comments2024-03-28T22:34:15.438-05:00Comments on Bunker Talk: Truck ConvoyMike Bunkermeister Creekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15875990546662630863noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2748313041626107348.post-23945463670169524372009-09-12T23:26:00.187-05:002009-09-12T23:26:00.187-05:00Mike,
What you say about logistics is absolutely t...Mike,<br />What you say about logistics is absolutely true. Supply drives operations. Look at the US in Vietnam versus the Soviets in Afghanistan. While we continually ran multidivisional operations, the Russians were usually hard-pressed to do more than a yearly foray into the Panshir Valley. Amateurs talk tactics. Professionals talk logistics.<br />Jim.Jim.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09869130060102992250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2748313041626107348.post-47426693535634958112009-09-12T23:19:31.179-05:002009-09-12T23:19:31.179-05:00Mike,
You are correct about truck and train bustin...Mike,<br />You are correct about truck and train busting. They taught us that in AFROTC. In a training fillm called TACTICAL WEAPONS EFFECTS TEST, there is footage showing an F-100 and an F-84 [I think] hitting a rail line and having to fly thru the scunnion. Both planes went down, but the pilots ejected safely.<br />Jim.Jim.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09869130060102992250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2748313041626107348.post-64058204293184072572009-09-09T21:50:05.288-05:002009-09-09T21:50:05.288-05:00Logistics is the key to modern combat. Troops can...Logistics is the key to modern combat. Troops cannot live off the land like they did in the 19th Century and before. Without fuel, and ammo and spare parts; armies fall apart.Mike Bunkermeister Creekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15875990546662630863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2748313041626107348.post-67326582242484571482009-09-09T20:12:29.943-05:002009-09-09T20:12:29.943-05:00There was a series of books about the or around th...There was a series of books about the or around the 43rd Wessex division in Normandy and beyond.<br />But I think the book is Assault on the Siene. They make reference to having a Window for Traffic as a U.S division was going to move across them using all the roads and that they had a massive amount of time of clearance and priority, (12+hours it may have been 20) But the 43 had to plan around that. So this is just pre Market Garden. So also thinking of the red ball express and one way traffic In French area of Combat.Karcusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04841930492972924895noreply@blogger.com