Hello, I've recently been reading David Fletcher's works on the Rolls Royce armored cars and the light tanks Mk 1 trough 4. One of the uses they were given was colonial policing and general operations in the Raj, as the title says. I'm interested in sources about how they were used and generally about the experiences the British had using them.
Thanks for your time.
Sources on the use of tankettes for colonial policing in the Raj.
Re: Sources on the use of tankettes for colonial policing in the Raj.
Colonial Policing is a term that covers a multitude of operations.
There is a section on using armoured Cars and tanks in Lessons in imperial rule : instructions for British infantrymen on the Indian frontier by Andrew Skeen ; foreword by Philip W. Chetwode ; introduction by Robert Johnson.London : Frontline Books, 2008. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Andrew-Skeen-L ... B00NBK8WBA
This is the unofficial guide on how to fight the wily Pathan on the North West Frontier - all very topical. This include brigade and divisiaonl scale operations. This book is well worth reading to put into context the failure of the last two decades in Afghanistan
Image from the NAM
account from Worcesterhsire regiment here
http://www.worcestershireregiment.com/h_waziristan.php
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Not often we link to Fatahnews! You can read the Palestinian view of the Arab Revolt of 1936 here http://en.fatehnews.org/2020/04/great-p ... volt-1936/
There is a section on using armoured Cars and tanks in Lessons in imperial rule : instructions for British infantrymen on the Indian frontier by Andrew Skeen ; foreword by Philip W. Chetwode ; introduction by Robert Johnson.London : Frontline Books, 2008. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Andrew-Skeen-L ... B00NBK8WBA
This is the unofficial guide on how to fight the wily Pathan on the North West Frontier - all very topical. This include brigade and divisiaonl scale operations. This book is well worth reading to put into context the failure of the last two decades in Afghanistan
Image from the NAM
account from Worcesterhsire regiment here
http://www.worcestershireregiment.com/h_waziristan.php
Lydda Palestine
Not often we link to Fatahnews! You can read the Palestinian view of the Arab Revolt of 1936 here http://en.fatehnews.org/2020/04/great-p ... volt-1936/
Re: Sources on the use of tankettes for colonial policing in the Raj.
The enemy had superiority in numbers, his tanks were more heavily armoured, they had larger calibre guns with nearly twice the effective range of ours, and their telescopes were superior. 5 RTR 19/11/41
The CRUSADER Project - The Winter Battle 1941/42
The CRUSADER Project - The Winter Battle 1941/42