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Originally Posted by Leandros
Another issue in this context might be the visibility of the exhaust fumes.
Fred
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Indeed, according to my father (who was in the Royal Artillery HQ section during the Normandy landings) that was how they spotted the German tanks - it soon became known that (in his words) "The 'Jerry' would punctually start all their tank engines at the same time every morning and run them fast initially sending up clouds of dirty smoke and this gave the gunners the range and target" - the range was calculated with a stopwatch by comparing the time elapsed between sighting the initial exhaust smoke and then hearing the noise. Possibly a case where the renowned German punctuality was not such a positive asset . . .