Double training for field mechanics
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Titolo
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Double training for field mechanics
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Article Title and/or Image Caption
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Title: Trouble-shooting under fire
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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.
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Lingua
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eng
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Data di rilascio
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1943-08
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pagine
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135
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Diritti
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Public Domain (Google Digitized)
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Archived by
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Matteo Ridolfi
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Marco Bortolami (editor)
