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[discovershashank]

Do not touch anything unnecessarily. Beware of pretty girls in dance halls and parks who may be spies, as well as bicycles, revolvers, uniforms, arms, dead horses, and men lying on roads -- they are not there accidentally." Soviet infantry manual, issued in the 1930's

One of the serious problems in planning the fight against American doctrine, is that the Americans do not read their manuals, nor do they feel any obligation to follow their doctrine... - From a Soviet Junior Lt's Notebook

"The best tank terrain is that without anti-tank weapons." -Russian military doctrine.

...At a prewar diplomatic conference, the Nazi Foreign Minister Ribbentrop "sniffed" to Eden and Churchill that if there was another war, the Italians would be on Germany's side! To which Churchill supposedly replied: "that seems only fair, we had them last time!"...

"The reason the American Army does so well in wartime, is that war is chaos, and the American Army practices it on a daily basis." - from a post-war debriefing of a German General

Pearl Harbour Radio Operator: "Is there anything that we can provide?" Response from Marine Commander on Wake Island: "Send us more Japs!" .... Said to be one of the last radio transmissions received from the Marines on Wake Island before it fell to the Japanese, 1941.

In 1836, the Creek and Seminole Indian tribes in Georgia and Florida were waging war against the United States. The U. S. Army had its hands full. The Fifth Commandant of the Marine Corps offered the services of a regiment of Marines for duty with the Army. Henderson placed himself in command and, taking the entire available strength of the Corps, left for the extended campaign after tacking a terse message on his office door which read: "Have gone to Florida to fight Indians. Will be back when War is over.

A. Henderson Col. Commandant"

The best armor is staying out of gun-shot. -Italian proverb

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[captrakshitsharma]

Nice 1

[brihacharan]

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Post by discovershashank » Sun Oct 06, 2013 1:30 pm

One of the serious problems in planning the fight against American doctrine, is that the Americans do not read their manuals, nor do they feel any obligation to follow their doctrine... - From a Soviet Junior Lt's Notebook

This reminded me of a scene from the film " Those magnificent men & their flying machines"...
The story is about Europeans participating in a cross country race in their aero-planes....
On the day of the race the German pilot falls sick .... hence the commandant decides to fly...
A shocked German co-pilot says... Sir you do not know how to fly a plane...
Whereupon the commandant orders ... "Get me the Book of Instructions"
(Its a known fact that Germans take / follow manuals very seriously)
If you haven't seen this film - Please do - Its quite enjoyable
Briha

[discovershashank]

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Post by discovershashank » Sun Oct 06, 2013 1:30 pm

One of the serious problems in planning the fight against American doctrine, is that the Americans do not read their manuals, nor do they feel any obligation to follow their doctrine... - From a Soviet Junior Lt's Notebook

This reminded me of a scene from the film " Those magnificent men & their flying machines"...
The story is about Europeans participating in a cross country race in their aero-planes....
On the day of the race the German pilot falls sick .... hence the commandant decides to fly...
A shocked German co-pilot says... Sir you do not know how to fly a plane...
Whereupon the commandant orders ... "Get me the Book of Instructions"
(Its a known fact that Germans take / follow manuals very seriously)
If you haven't seen this film - Please do - Its quite enjoyable
Briha

Noted on must watch list sir.

[surajshuresh]

[ckkalyan]

One of the serious problems in planning the fight against American doctrine, is that the Americans do not read their manuals, nor do they feel any obligation to follow their doctrine... - From a Soviet Junior Lt's Notebook

Good one!

This reminds of the movie where James Bond when offered the Instruction Manual to read, on his latest MI-6 Car by Q, JB throws up the book in front of the car, without even looking at it and the machine guns on the front of the car react, track, capture and decimate the rather large, voluminous manual to smithereens in a second!!

So, even the British, Super Spies don't read their manuals???? -