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Originally Posted by humfrz
Back in the day, I was leading a small, 5 tank convoy, through the countryside in Germany, when my trailing tank commander radioed that a crazy person in a Mercedes was tailgating him and acting stupid.
Since we were late to the other part of the training area, I didn't want to stop, so I told the TC to just swing his main gun around and point it at him.
He did and comrade in the Mercedes backed off about a 1/2 kilometer..... 
True story ..... however, a word of advice to young Army officers ... don't give orders like that .... 
humfrz |
I can't imagine the thought process behind the guy in the Mercedes: "I'll make this tank go faster if that's the last thing I do!"
