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"Crack That Tank" training film.
Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2022 12:33 am
by Son of a gun-ner
Enjoy
It has some good footage of tanks too
Watch "RESTRICTED WWII TRAINING FILM "CRACK THAT TANK" ANTI-TANK WARFARE 27424" on YouTube
Re: "Crack That Tank" training film.
Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2022 4:06 am
by 761st
Son of a gun-ner wrote:Enjoy
It has some good footage of tanks too
Watch "RESTRICTED WWII TRAINING FILM "CRACK THAT TANK" ANTI-TANK WARFARE 27424" on YouTube
Great video!
Re: "Crack That Tank" training film.
Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2022 9:03 am
by jarndice
If it's training films you want to see then I heartily recommend the full colour films on the avoidance and treatment of Gonorrea and Syphilis,
American made of course and an innocent young soldier came out of the training hall terrified,
Not a lot of banter on the march back to barracks.
About the only good thing that came from it was that it drove me to drink.
Re: "Crack That Tank" training film.
Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2022 11:29 am
by Son of a gun-ner
Funny you should say that Shaun, back in 1972 when I was an army cadet at 13, when I first visited a military camp with many other cadets from around the isles, we were shown a VERY graphic gun safety training film before we went to the range. It made a few of the cadets quite sickly. But I think it got the message across
Although we'd already had experience with .22 Enfield's in mostly indoor rifle ranges (mine was at Farringdon House, Stonecot Hill, Morden). They were letting us loose on the .303 Enfield's, also the current semi auto used by the army, and an SMG
It still makes me smile to this day at what I was let loose with at 13
Re: "Crack That Tank" training film.
Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2022 10:56 pm
by BMG50
Here is the British Canadian version with great British tanks.
https://youtu.be/6ulYzhXuDvI
Re: "Crack That Tank" training film.
Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2023 4:10 pm
by Son of a gun-ner
Thanks for sharing this, my apologies for the late reply, I've no idea how I missed it
Re: "Crack That Tank" training film.
Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2023 1:26 am
by MrChef
Haha that's some great laughs for me this evening. I've never heard of a rifle grenade being used like that. They don't bore holes. Love the propaganda. Reminds me of the MG-42 training video IIRC "hear that? don't worry it's bark is worse than it's bite!"
good stuff
Re: "Crack That Tank" training film.
Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2023 1:39 am
by MrChef
That's another good one. At least it shows more formidable arms and better tactics.I'm guessing these films were early on in the war.