Meyer,
I have to agree with you on your statement that it is not a meeting engagement.
The correct term i actually called a Movement to Contact. This can be construed as both sides moving directly toward each other, or, one side moving and one side stationary.
With Movement to Contact in mind--it plays directly into the side that is actually moving, whether the other side is in hasty or deliberate defensive fighting positions.
All in a nutshell is that a Movement to Contact is an military term to describe when one force is actually moving to engage another force, whether it is stationary or moving/:aok
As for the M26, the first vehicles actually arrived in the ETO in Feb 45. It was comparably the best tank to be produced toward the end of WWII. Let us not forget that the British were also on the cutting edge of tank design near the end of the war with the production Centurion. If the war in Europe would have lasted another 6 months, imagine the tank battles that might have been fought with the latest advances in armored warfare.
Jag,
By the way I loved my 20+ years as a tanker also. M60A3 and M1A1s also. Also happen to be a tank master gunner.
