TANK DEADLOCK
HUMOUR ON A HILLOCK (Recd. 10.5 p.m.) London, Dec. 28. The strange storj- of what can happen when tanks get too close is told by a British tank gunner, says the Daily Express correspondent with the Eighth Army." "We were following up the retreating Germans and hid behind a hillock to shoot up the retreating enemy. We saw a tank aerial mast coming up the other side. We lobbed over a couple of shells and they did the same. We manoeuvred round and crept to the summit. The enemy did the same. Both tired shells and hit the hillock crest. Neither could mount the crest without making a sitting shot for the other. We both nipped downhill and manoeuvred to the summit again and got into the same predicament. A German stuck his head out of the turret. We sat. at 50 yards looking at each other with our guns pointing to the sky, waiting for the other to make the first move. It was a deadlock. The situation was solved when the German waved and shouted ‘Good morning!' Our squadron-leader shouted back ‘Good morning.” and we both retreated down our own side of the hillock.”
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 86, Issue 307, 30 December 1942, Page 5
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198TANK DEADLOCK Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 86, Issue 307, 30 December 1942, Page 5
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