Talk:American logistics in the Western Allied invasion of Germany
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In administrative matters the staff of ETOUSA, and the chiefs of the services in particular, were supreme, and in a dispute between the service chief of one of the armies or army groups and the one at COMZ, the latter could appeal to the ETOUSA service chief, who was himself. This was resented by the former, who considered that they favored COMZ. Awkward.
"food and forage, which are consumed by personnel or animals at an approximately uniform rate, irrespective of local changes in combat or terrain conditions." [1]Hawkeye7(discuss)17:51, 18 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Link tanker truck, POL, small arms, anti-tank rockets
I think so, especially if they set up any depots in Luxembourg. Don't overestimate the geographic literacy of Americans in particular as I think many Wikipedians do.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 17:58, 18 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
True enough, but note: Comparable values nearby one another should be all spelled out or all in figures, even if one of the numbers would normally be written differently: patients' ages were five, seven, and thirty-two or ages were 5, 7, and 32, but not ages were five, seven, and 32.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 23:06, 21 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Cranes generally are rated by weight capacity, not by volume capacity
The key phrase in a couple of those is earth-moving, but there's no mention of such in the article on cranes, which makes me think that the terminology has changed in the last 80 years. Perhaps excavator or front-end loader is what they'd be called now, though that's sheer speculation on my part.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 07:38, 22 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Ponton is spelled pontoon and link the term on first use
I'm an American and I don't think that I've ever seen ponton in my life. I wonder if this spelling is some sort of archaic holdover by the Corps of Engineers.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 23:06, 21 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
That's quite possible. In any case, it is speltt that way in the current DOD dictionary. I looked it up when this was queried on an earlier article. Hawkeye7(discuss)03:53, 22 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
A problem with this was that its Sherman tanks were fitted with track extenders that helped them move over snow and mud. To accommodate this, two M1 treadways were modified by increasing the space between the treadways. It's unclear how the Sherman track extensions relate to the width of the treadways
Upon a reread, I was still thinking about getting the engineering equipment across the Rhine as earlier in the paragraph. Perhaps the Ninth Army's actions should be split out into its own paragraph.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 23:06, 21 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
The bridge at Wesel became a major bottleneck. Due to the collapse of the Ludendorff bridge, it had to handle traffic for both the First and Ninth Armies, raising issues of coordination and traffic control. Combine these two sentences
I think that truck-tractor is an old term not much used anymore, although the Army may still hang on to it. Big rigs or semi are colloquial for tractor-trailer combinations. Tractors without a trailer are usually referred to as bobtail tractors; I expect to minimize any confusion with farm tractors. Road trains I only know from Australia as the US generally doesn't allow more than two trailers per tractor.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 23:06, 21 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Split sentence. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 17:51, 18 June 2023 (UTC)