Dave
Couldn't agree more. But I bet there are quite a few looking in on this debate who are in denial as to all this.
An artillery officer once told me - 'If the Artillery get their fiireplan right; then the only people who need to go in are the Survey Corps, so as to re-arrange the contour lines!'
I myself was a gentleman of the Armoured Corps - used to run around in those German Leopard tanks - indeed we used to affectionately call them 'Panzers'. Actually a damn good tank - couldn't understand why the RAAC went for the Abrams and not Leopard II when they upgraded post my time.
Cheers Russ