When any army shows the new tank, the tank is always doing its fancy stuff, flying, driving in steep slopes, riding in marshes, swimming in water, doing it in open field. I want to see the tank go into the woods. That's where the enemy is. But see, tanks dont work in the woods. The Russians always show their tanks rolling through Red Square. But wars never fought in Red Square or in open fields. Todays battle field is not usually a field at all. It's a small city, or a town with narrow streets. Its woods, or beaches, or water. Tanks dont work in places like that. Army films about tanks always have very shallow water. They dont talk about Omaha Beach on D-Day when a great many of the tanks were unloaded in twelve (12) feet of water, where their crew drowned.
PS Andy earned Bronze Star for his heroic actions in Normandy.
Reference: Andy Rooney's years of minutes
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