SOVIET ASCENDANCY
TACTICAL SUCCESSES BATTLEFIELD TRAINING a.m.) LONDON, Dee. (i. Few campaigns have demonstrated so clearly as tne present one Russian ascendancy over the enemy in generalship and tactics, says the Moscow correspondent of The Times. The successes in southern Hungary cannot bo fully explained in terms of enthusiasm and soldiers’ endurance. The precision with which the bold plans are being executed is a tribute to tne agile ■ self-confident minds in tne Russian Command. Technical advances are also largely responsibte for the successes. . The Red Army is now especially strong in self-propelled guns ancl the liaison between air and ground and between advanced armour and infantry is'now more efficient. Mooue repair shops are piaying an important part in maintaining artillery anu tatiK lorces. a tanit repair unit may consist oi ouu vehicles, une within five days convened raO captured tanks for the Red army's use. ■rummer important factor is the training method unuer witicn troops ioiineu m me deep tear undergo intensive training behind the front on the old baitlenela, tnereoy acquainting inemseives with terrain and the -f.ooi enemy methods of defence.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21581, 7 December 1944, Page 5
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182SOVIET ASCENDANCY Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21581, 7 December 1944, Page 5
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