DEFEATING TANKS

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 2, Issue 186, 15 July 1940, Page 6

DEFEATING TANKS

ADVICE FOR BRITISH PEOPLE More and more generals and military writers arc advising the people how to defeat tanks and how to defend villages and factories. Among these is Majon-GeneraS P. C. S. Hobart, oine of Britain's foremost tank experts. The picture which emerges from the warnings and advice of these soldiers is that, when the Germans make a final assault on Britain, they will use every method of transporting troops and every ruse, feint and diversion. . While the British Army will be busy counter-attacking any substantial forces which manage to gain a .foothold, the job of coping with parachutists, air-borne troops and s*ny- tanks whic may manage to get deep into the country will devolve on tilie Citizen Arim r . . Major-General Hohart urges tha' the number of petrol pumps should drastically be reduced and steps taken to ensure that no petrol falls Into the enemy's hands. "If an invasion occurs," he says, "some enemy tanks and motorised units probably will succeed in pushing inland, but an effective system of local road ■■Mocks'can make their advance hazardous. "Tanks are rather blind. Most of them can shoot in only one direction at once. They have apertures through which a good marksman can put bullets iif the tanks arc close enough. "Tanks cannot sec or shoot at targets on the ground close to the in. -Their tracks can be broken by a few pounds of "explosive. Burning liquid thrown on the louvres protecting the air inlets will fire to nj I