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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.
Hazel Green Group
Vacations in Linn .
HAZEL GREEN Mrs. W. H.
Williamson and son, Junior, ,Ro-
land Zielinskl, John Suing of Sa
lem and Mrs. G. G. Looney have
returned from a vacation at Jor-
don Valley in Linn county at the
home of Mrs. Williamson's mo
ther, Mrs. Martha Pepperling.
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Magruen
and children Rosemary, Richard,
Janet and Joan vacationed at the
coast.
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