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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 21, 1942)
'Ian! Ut'i.v'-.i-J PAGE SIX Ills OEEGOll STATESMAN. Salem. Oregon. Friday Morning. Augusl-,21, 1912 Deadly New Tank Destroyers Like Lightning - on Offense , . STUART WELCH ' . 1 A PACIFIC NORTHWEST ARMY CAMP, Aug. 20--No otner army in ine woria nas anything like the newly organized Jank destroyer battalions of the US fighting forces. The tank destroyer troops and the lightning-like self-pro- -. peuea weapons operate luce jacK als chasing a herd of deer. At one ; moment they cut down the strag : glers at the rear of the pack, the next moment they ambush at the flank. N "Keep : this m mind about our tank destroyers," Battalion com : mander Lieut. Col. John Lemp, warned -during a tank destroyer field exercise, "our mode of at tack is purely aggressive. We hunt out the tanks, we don't sit and wait lor them like anti-tank units of other armies." , . - , - i - Every man in a destroyer out-' fit rides. Every trooper carries a , carbine. The outfit is com . pletely mobile. - The self -propelled weapons Include the biff IJs on half ' tracks '.(armored ' trucks with tank-like treads), S7 mm cannon, and the deadly 50 -calibre rapid fire machine '--ran.:-' : - Colonel Lemp admits the de ,vtroyer outfits d not meet tank forces face to face like the recent destructive tank vs. tank - battles In northern Africa. . "We get into battle fast, and before the tanks wheel around to get back at us, we are out of the area, worrying their rear or an ' other flank. . We work in packs like jackals. And like jackals, we fight dirty. The war department, in an ag gressive sweep, changed all anti tank battalions into tank destroyer units. With the new name they also provided a new plan of tac ties and a new set of mobile weap ons. We lose our effectiveness If we go en the defense,' explain ed the commander. We mast always take advantage of : our superior fire power and our snperior mobility." During a field exercise Tues day, a group of officers stood on the brink of a hill over a small valley. Dive bombers swooped down over their heads, dropping bombs containing flour.: . The enemy tanks are on their way," , explained Colonel Lemp, "and," as usual, the enemy dive bombers are cleaning out the area first" The roar of the tanks could be heard off to the northwest as they approached, taking advan tage of the defilade behind i slight rise in the ground. But jufct as the tanks started to cross the area, the valley floor was suddenly overrun by small, scur rying vehicles. As they scooted from one clump of trees to an other, their gun muzzles flashing continuously with blank ammuni tion. ' The tanks wheeled angrily, trying to line up the jackals In their gun sights. The destroyers cat in and oat of the brash, and popped vp and down from the hollows. Around the outer circle of action, 50-calibre anti aircraft machine runs - chased back and forth, keeping aircrat at a safe altitude. After about three minutes of this rapid action, the tanks (those not technically knocked out) limped away home and the jackals followed, tearing viciously at the stragglers. "That's the way its going to .be when we really get into action,' said Colonel Lemp. "Our battles won't last more than a few min utes." Faller Suffers Injury With Saw MONITOR Basner White, jr. suffered a painful injury Monday while f al 1 1 n g a tree. He fell against a saw, cutting a gash in his kg which took 11 stitches to close. Mr. and Mrs. Max Secard of Minneapolis arrived last week and will "he living at their property recently purchased here.' Mr. and Mrs. Roland Prather of Nevada are visiting at the Max Secards. . Mr, and Mrs. Carl . Sherwood and son of Pendleton visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs. .Fred Sher wood.- While here they attended the Bonney reunion. 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