[may18]

The reason they didnt get first shot, the brit commander took his ttanks over the water at night and hit them from behind.

[archy]

The reason they didnt get first shot, the brit commander took his ttanks over the water at night and hit them from behind.

Precisely. In modern tank fights, whoever gets off the first shot is increasingly unlikely to need to get off a second one. The first round fired decides the matter and concludes it.

Long ago, Napolean noted that a commander may be forgiven many faults or errors, but not that of having been taken by surprise. Never was that more a true statement than today.

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