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To: oldvirginian

That and the fact that basically the crew was blind inside the tank. The Russians, who never lacked for reckless courage could sneak of on the thing and plant magnetic mines on it.


40 posted on 04/17/2017 12:32:00 PM PDT by jmacusa (Dad may be in charge but mom knows whats going on.)
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To: jmacusa

“That and the fact that basically the crew was blind inside the tank. The Russians, who never lacked for reckless courage could sneak of on the thing and plant magnetic mines on it.”

The Russians were reckless crazy stupid brave.
But then their choices were possibly be killed charging the enemy or DEFINITELY be killed by the political units behind them.
What’s a poor peasant to do?

I read once that the Russian version of airborne troops was planes flying at treetop level while soldiers jumped out without parachutes.
True or not, IDK.


42 posted on 04/17/2017 1:37:47 PM PDT by oldvirginian (Government is at best a necessary evil, at worst a millstone around the neck of the citizenry.)
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