Word: anti-tank
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...trying to bull its way through trouble, the Second had violated another Pattonism. Meeting abler anti-tank tactics from the 27th and 30th than it had expected, it had lost many tanks. D.S.C.Man Patton had warned them of the danger of 75s along the roadside. Said he (amended version): "Never engage in a scenting match with a skunk." The Second, relying on its own strength, had failed to use its infantry, and the failure had been expensive. It had also failed to coordinate its work with its allied Fifth Division, and been cited by the umpires for the failure...
Lessons & Lacks. Pitted against the commanding fire power of the Armored Division, the infantry outfits had shown determination, resourcefulness and coolness in fighting off the tanks. But their anti-tank equipment was scant and what they had lacked mobility. They needed what the Allied Army had lacked in France last spring, what Germany's Panzer outfits have never yet met: self-propelled artillery that can get in the way of tanks, knock them out. Fully aware of the need, the Army is already deep in the design of such a piece, probably to be mounted on the chassis...
...Prime Minister admitted that Britain is still far behind the Nazis in materiel, especially anti-aircraft and anti-tank guns and tanks. Moreover, he pointed out that while the Nazi armament bases are only a few days from the Middle East, the British must send most of their weapons, including crated airplanes, around the Cape of Good Hope-thus keeping them "out of action for the best part of three months." Apparently the British command had judged it unwise to spare for so long a time many of the weapons which might have fortified Crete. There was little to cheer...
...adapted from an already obsolescent German model, that the U.S. version lacked the punch to stop modern tanks, that at best the gun worked none too well. Even after the Army quietly turned to 75-mm. field pieces for anti-tank work, mounted heavier guns in its newest tanks (to stop enemy tanks), the 37-mm. gun remained the official anti-tank weapon. At last reports the Army was getting twelve 37-mm. guns a month, had 6,500 or more on order (on hand last spring...
...faced Ordnance officers last week lamely said that the A.C.F. demonstration was more of a tribute to A.C.F. armor than a reflection on the Army's anti-tank gun, declared that nobody else had armor as tough...