http://jackdeighton.co.uk/2009/02/18/the-ironclads-of-cambrai-by-bryan-cooper/ Writing, Fiction, Football and Whatever Takes My Fancy Sun, 20 May 2012 11:56:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://jackdeighton.co.uk/2009/02/18/the-ironclads-of-cambrai-by-bryan-cooper/comment-page-1/#comment-665 jackdeighton Wed, 18 Feb 2009 22:05:07 +0000 http://jackdeighton.co.uk/?p=1263#comment-665 Thanks for the comment, Larry. In a tank you're not there for months at a stretch like you would be in a submarine so I suppose they can afford to build them more cramped. But it's the thought of being in that relatively big target with not much prospect of escape when you get hit that would get me. Thanks for the comment, Larry.
In a tank you’re not there for months at a stretch like you would be in a submarine so I suppose they can afford to build them more cramped. But it’s the thought of being in that relatively big target with not much prospect of escape when you get hit that would get me.

]]> http://jackdeighton.co.uk/2009/02/18/the-ironclads-of-cambrai-by-bryan-cooper/comment-page-1/#comment-662 CDR Larry Kryske, U.S. Navy (Ret.) Wed, 18 Feb 2009 21:42:02 +0000 http://jackdeighton.co.uk/?p=1263#comment-662 I still like Churchill's term--land battleships. Having read about the early tank battles at the Somme and later at Cambrai and then seeing the real thing at the Imperial War Museum makes me respect these gutsy warriors even more. Submarines might be rather confining battle stations compared to a destroyer but tanks are cramped beyond imagination. As my army armor friends tell me, even the most modern-day tanks don't have air conditioning. I'm glad I served in guided missile destroyers and cruisers. I still like Churchill’s term–land battleships. Having read about the early tank battles at the Somme and later at Cambrai and then seeing the real thing at the Imperial War Museum makes me respect these gutsy warriors even more. Submarines might be rather confining battle stations compared to a destroyer but tanks are cramped beyond imagination. As my army armor friends tell me, even the most modern-day tanks don’t have air conditioning. I’m glad I served in guided missile destroyers and cruisers.

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