Salt Lake Telegram | 1940-05-17 | Page 2 | Major Paul C. Raborg Says: Germans Prove Adept in Streamlined War

MAJOR PAUL C. C SAYS Germans Prove Adept in Streamlined War By MAJOR PAUL C. C NEW YORK May 17 INS UNS- INS The most terrific mechanized warfare warfare warfare war war- fare and test of tanks yet known to man Is taking place now on the Franco-Belgian Franco line from Antwerp southeast through Brussels Louvain Louvain Louvain Lou Lou- vain Namur Sedan to Longwy and the Germans claimed Friday that they have pierced the Maginot line The Germans have bave had bad much more experience in the use and control of tanks and motorized units in a war of movement than have the allies All fighting that has been engaged in to date by bythe bythe bythe the nazis has involved this new fast method of land warfare The majority of the allied forces in the west since the declaration of war probably have been mostly stationary within the Maginot line Much Training Necessary For the successful handling of troops in a war of movement much training is necessary The worst instruction that can be given is trench warfare General Pershing's first up size-up of the European situation in the thelast thelast thelast last war communicated to his division division divi divi- sion commanders was we we must train our men for war in the open This command turned out to be bethe bethe bethe the reason for the successful breakthrough breakthrough breakthrough break break- through of the American army in inthe the Argonne forest It is conceded generally that new French and British tanks are more effective than those of the Germans Ger Ger- mans But the nazi troops are supposed to have mechanized equipment in larger quantities Throw Tanks Into Battle In this emergency however the I I allies probably have massed and I thrown a large amount of their tank equipment into this present battle which may be just what I Hitler wants It should be remembered that I. I all tanks can be stopped by the direct hit of any shell sheIl that can penetrate the armor and explode within the tank In general defense against tanks consists of traps concealed or otherwise land mines barricades made of steel rails set in concrete or if necessary improvised or made from anything including I trees or wooden spikes driven inthe inthe in inthe the ground Susceptible to Traps Small SmaIl tanks are most susceptible to traps Larger ones up to and including the 75 to ton tanks tanks- moving fortresses which the French reportedly possess possess can can go over or through almost anything This type like a battleship must I Ibe be rendered useless by direct hit bit of piercing armor-piercing shells The effect of on head-on collision between opposing tank forces has not as yet so far as we know been demonstrated Like the cavalry charge of old where two mounted forces collided at full speed it will be much talked about but seldom seen The Inferno created by heavy tanks artillery and aerial warfare is almost beyond visualization by bythe bythe bythe the human mind