{"id":84947,"date":"2019-02-11T13:30:41","date_gmt":"2019-02-11T17:30:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=84947"},"modified":"2019-02-11T13:00:47","modified_gmt":"2019-02-11T17:00:47","slug":"tankers-training-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=84947","title":{"rendered":"Tankers Training Film"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This is a 1943 Army training film from the Army’s “Fighting Men” training series. It’s labeled “Restricited”, so you probably shouldn’t watch it, unless you’ve got a clearance for it.\u00a0 I thought the Old Tankers in the crowd might like to see it.<\/p>\n

The narrator is Dick Purcell, whose accent has to be the Bronx or Brooklyn from that period. The “now, look, see….” almost makes him sound like Edward G. Robinson.<\/p>\n

It almost appears that the Panzer tanks were less well-equipped with armor than ours were, but those used in this film don’t appear to be the full-sized versions.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3PL2HFLRMI0<\/a><\/p>\n

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There is also a film in the “Fighting Men” series about the bazooka.\u00a0 The 2.36 inch M1 rocket launcher was introduced in June 1942, and the improved M1A1 in August 1943. It was named the \u201cBazooka\u201d after a custom-made musical instrument used by then-popular radio comedian Bob Burns. The M9 bazooka, introduced in\u00a0June 1943<\/b>, was a major redesign and improvement of the original weapon. – History of the Bazooka.<\/p>\n

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