[Farmer Dean]

I remember watching an interview with a former German officer.He said the thing they feared the most was American artillery.

[OKSooner]

Yes, I knew a guy who could have told us about that first hand.

On an unrelated note, I think I'm gonna go have some chicken tonite. :)

[M1903A1]

The Germans used to say that there were two kinds of American artillery fire...”all day” and “all night”.

[archy]

I remember watching an interview with a former German officer.He said the thing they feared the most was American artillery.

By the same token, as a tanker in Germany in the mid-1960s-early '70s, we were facing the Soviet 8th Guards Army and whichever tank Army was rotating through at the time, so we expected we'd be hit when a fresh one had just rotated in, but before the other had rotated out. 5 tank battalions of the 3rd armored, plus 2 from the 24th Infantry in Munich/Augsburg, and whatever tank unit was rotating through training at the Grafenwohr ranges at the time.

The first day, we'd have been outnumbered 17-1. On the second, 35-1. The idea didn't bother us a bit; all those targets! But three Russian Army Group's artillery assets firing combined time-on-target missions on a one-kilometer grid square target? Don't be there for that!