Yeah I’ve heard all about life as an AI. However I know next to
nothing about tankee life. Does anybody have anything to share
about that?
Tankees need not dismount during any exercise ... I think this
is the best part of tankee ... however, due to lack of manpower,
the maintenance is the most tough esp if you are using the old SM1
as a tank consists of only 3 crew members. If you are the
gunner/driver of the PC/PS vehicle, lagi jia-lat as normally after
ex. they will have less or even no time to assist in servicing the
tank when it returns back to camp. They need to go for de-briefs,
send ammo and other types of planning activities. FYI, our SM1 have
a common tendency of throwing tracks while on the move when going
over some uneven terrain. M113 are more durable.
During my active time, when the tanks are deploy as fire base
during deliberate attack (usually for at least 4-5 hours before the
whole company re-org), they normally engine off and start to party
like cooking instant noodles, hot-dog on butter spread bread etc
... occasionally, they will report some sit-rep so as to make the
OC and the rest of the company think they are on alert but in
actualy fact, they are holding snack on his left hand while
switching his CVC transmission on the air using his right ...
