04-25-2006, 09:52 AM
when the Germans got close they (the 151st) lowered their howitsers and BORE SIGHTED, and knocked out the German tanks and stopped them.
I've read about that. The 105mm Howitzer was a great field piece. But I can not imagine it being used as an anti-tank weapon. I imagine that it is difficult to lower the barrel down low enough to fire it at close range. Can you imagine the blast!!
In "An Army at Dawn" it describes how the German 88 shells (from both tanks and field guns) traversed the desert floor while kicking up a dust rooster tail or dust devils. That would scare me enough to pack up and leave.
Steve