WWII Tank Action

Firing Into the Brown

by Donald Featherstone

"Driver ... halt! Gunner ... 2 pdr ... traverse left on tank ... German Mark III ... eight five zero yards."

Carefully the gunner turned the range drum to the right distance, adjusted his telescope and aimed. By his side the loader was ready with the next round.

"Fire!" The tank jolted with the shock. Through the smoke and dust and the spurt of flame the tank commander intently watched through his binoculars the trace of the shot in flight. Almost slowly it curved slightly upward and then seemed to plunge swiftly towards the target. The tank commander cursed as he saw the unmistakeable dull glow of a strike of steel on steel followed by a sharp upward plunge of tracer.


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