Double training for field mechanics

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Title (Dublin Core)
Double training for field mechanics
Subject (Dublin Core)
en
en
Article Title and/or Image Caption (Dublin Core)
Title: Trouble-shooting under fire
Subtitle: Army mechanics, trained for double duty, are as quick on the trigger as they are with a monkey wrench
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THE soldiers in Uncle Sam's mobile ord-

nance-repair units have to be as versatile as
any fighting men on the face of the earth—
able to repair anything mechanical from a
Swiss watch to a piece of heavy artillery, yet
ready to drop tools, snatch up automatic
weapons, and give battle at a moment's notice.

Time was when ordnance men were tech-
nicians and nothing else. Modern war changed
that, with fast enemy motorized units sweep-
ing behind the main battle lines, or swarms of
parachute troops suddenly dropping out of the
skies to slash at supply lines or repair bases.

A normal mobile ordnance-repair company
will include about 150 men and 25 vehicles
ranging from a handy utility jeep to a massive
brute of a 10-ton La France wrecking car
which can lift and tow any armored vehicle
short of a heavy tank. The company tries to
set up shop in wooded terrain, getting the best
possible concealment while still leaving road-
way enough for crippled vehicles to be brought
in for major repairs. But the outfit doesn’t
just wait for business. It sends out special re-
pair units as they are needed.

The trucks and cars of the company, tucked
away in bivouac a mile or more off the main
road, are miracles of compact organization,
with’ precision tools and heavy equipment in-
cluding lathes and grinders. They carry their
own electric-power plants.
Language (Dublin Core)
eng
Temporal Coverage (Dublin Core)
World War II
Date Issued (Dublin Core)
1943-08
pages (Bibliographic Ontology)
135
Rights (Dublin Core)
Public Domain (Google Digitized)
Source (Dublin Core)
Google Books
Archived by (Dublin Core)
Matteo Ridolfi
Marco Bortolami (editor)
Spatial Coverage (Dublin Core)
United States of America