The Goderich Signal-Star, 1966-09-29, Page 1010 'tae GoderichSignal-Star Tiaursday, Sept end er 29, 1960
This is. the first of a four-part
series which G. `-MacLeod Ross
has titled "Tants--A 1Vlillion."
The "50th anniversary of the
first appearance of tanks at
Courcellette is upon us. Heere
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The flue .Thumb
By
Because its early models
often failed to maintain one or
more of these characteristics, it
lacked. that essential requisite:
Reliability. Something it should
not have been necessary to
specify; .something wh`eh should
have been inherent1—automati-
0. MacLEOD ROSS
`authorities had been trained and
selected solely on their ability
to perform the business of bring-
ing the army to battle, there-
after supplying it and manoeuvr-
ing it against the enemy. How
could a cadre of men, denied
engineering training, have any
knowledge of new weapons?
In "Cavalry Training 1937", 23
pages were still devoted to
sword and lance exercise's, illu-
strated by • 20 drawings and a
further 12 plates devoted to
drill. 'Phis brief supplement was
enough for armored cars: "The
principle and system of Cavalry
Training '(Mechanized) will be
as laid down in Cavalry Training
(Horsed) wth certain modifica-
tions laid down in this chapter."
"Mounted drill (in armored cars)
is based on the same principles
as that of cavalry." "The prin-
ciples of training in field opera-
tions, given in Cavalry Train-
ing (Hoesed) are, in general,
applicable to armored car regi-
ments."
is a minutia of history which catty.
will never make the history
books, certainly not the official
ones Between the years 1.918„ until
Th& question: Who thaltght around 1928, little was done to
up the tank? remains obscure,improve the tank. The engine
even to this day. Was it Swin- l makers of England, for exempla,
ton or Churchill, or a score of � slept, soundly in their beds. The
other contestants for that i result? When, in 1933, adsecond
crown:' In - 1932 there were still war cloud appeared on the hori-
Lotus Years
living some of those who helped
build them in the second decade
of this century. Men' like Gordon , shelf, or in the cupboard, to
Wilson, the transmission engi I motivate a more heavily armor -
neer and Sir Albert Stern, later ed and up gunned tank.
a banker, but then, secretary of A further trouble, perhaps
the landship committee under the greatest, lay in the fact that
Churchill and,. of course, several the will to perfect this weapon
others I never met. !rested with an authority, better
From the point of view of the ktiown as the "General Staff,"
capon engineer, the interest
'the senior members of which
in the advent of the armored � refused to. acknowledge that the
fighting vehicle arose because it day of the horse was over.
acliie‘d what is known as "ma -;Their complacency ensured the
tenial surprise." It was a wea "ma -
! continuance of the regime of
hindsight. No preparation was
made for tomorrow's battle, still
less for improved tanks. -
This was logical. These
zon, there 'was no engine of suf-
ficient power, either on the
pon against which the enemy
had little or no defence; for the
time being at least. Employed
in a forward battle zone. where ,
field artillery could. not attack
it, the tank satisfied one of the!
principles of war, known as
"Protection" or "Security." For
ithin defined limits, it was in-
• vulnerable.
/3 44-1,V tate .t:arils::,enallod�ed.,
three characteristics: fire -
.+11 power. protection • and mobility.
Ideally all these' three are pos-
sessed simultaneously, but this
• is_ not always so. In the absence
of mobility, the tank can be-
come a sitting duck. it was, and
still ' is , myopic. The ,enemy can
coma to close quarters with it,
when its—firepower Ls • ineffec-
tive, because its guns <Cannot be
brought to bear on target. The;
ruder enemy- elements,ran climb I
on its back; push hand grenades
c into its vitals; set it alight;
even v,trestle .with the weapons
protruding ,from its "protective"
armor.
Imagine then the embarrass-
ment of the general officer on
the army council,'in the appoint-
ment known as Master General
of Ordnance, when pressed to
specify the kind of tank he
wants. What gun -power? What
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armor? What speed? Yet his
very rank gives him authority.
He has to be heard. Is he not
marked for all to see, with a
crown and crossed swords? His
word, if you could get him to
commit himself and stick to' it
for six months, is law ---on wea-
pons. The very waves fail to
break at his behest! What can
he do, but decide only to be,in-
decisive? This he does, and did.
And so we discover the
Achilles' heel of a'l modern
armies—yes, even to this day.
Mana,geinent, in the hands of
this mis-named "general 'stiff"
Ls not general at all. It does not
comprise a weapon staff; a tech-
nical staff, with authority equal
to that of the Camberley trained
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