MECHANICAL TRANSPORT IN THE FIELD

the company is bivouacked in lightly wooded country I now mean an ideal location but one the occupation of which was dictated by tactical consideration the vehicles have been carefully concealed in amongst trees and bushes this panorama represents a section location in which are concealed 28 lorries 2 cars 7 motorcycles and all the personnel of the section concealment in the air is the best method of protection open to IFC units whilst at rest vehicles have been hidden with the use of camouflage and in one case rick's have been brought in to use an avenue of trees and offered a home safe from the prying eyes enemy ever notice carefully that each of the windscreen have been covered with a key in order to prevent attention being drawn to the vehicle by the reflection of the sun the workshops of these straws being drawn from the solar while the workshop lorry itself is hard at work the cooks are preparing the midday meal the oldest around and french cooking being used men in some of the sections are busily engaged in the daily routine of maestra under the supervision of section of furs and NCL working of course on one of the 16 daily star entertain trifle have been fighting to cover up perches to the position and where necessary roadblocks have been put out at one roadblock a position has been prepared from where Molotov bomb can be used against any enemy vehicle outed at the obstacle light machine gun ready to repel enemy air attack are in position Catholic and field and with the gum team ready for action and gas fences have been posted and are equipped with gas detector discs gasps alarm rattles and whistles for warning of air attack and general alarm weapon pits have been prepared for rifleman in support of the light machine guns and anti-tank right slipped wrenches have been dug for protection since attack from the air the sketch now on the screen shows roughly the area occupied by the company being approximately 1,000 by 750 yards the three operating section are each between 25 to 30 vehicles occupying the areas not shown by the dotted line a section is well hidden in a sixth avenue of trees the affection is not supported being located in the area covered by the panorama at the beginning of this film the affection has an area very similar they are occupied by be in a laughing the area to workshop room has been provided for 10% of the total vehicles of the company in addition to the six of itself thomna headquarters is well situated electrifies control outside company his border we see a company sign the number 70 denotes the company and its best brand which is green and red shows that it is an RFC unit the drum is a divisional fast arriving at company headquarters is a motor fighter with a message from craf see the method is taken to the company c'mon on reading it the company commander then for his section officer the section officers arrived and you will notice that with one exception they are careful not to bring their cars right to the headquarter so making it an obvious type become the commander's verbal warning orders include instructions regarding route dispersal points and time of arrival that he appoints the second-in-command to carry out the move and order the reconnaissance party consisting of a representative from each section to report to him in 30 minutes time he arranges one subsection of the workshop remain behind until the following day to complete some work which is in hand the move from the own location is through contract over which the company has been operating for some time and is well-known to all concern about 50 miles have to be traversed before arriving at a new location at length on the section commanders returned an asset and hand over the affection Sultan all the information they have been given by the company commander affection officers then return to the company headquarters a and B affection officers have already retest take that place in the reconnaissance part while the commander of c-section decides to send his fictional trouble the company commander will himself look for a site for the workshop so that the MSM is only included in the reconnaissance party to assist him in this and to act as a guide when the workshop arrived in a new location you will notice that are moving off reconnaissance party is careful to maintain correct distance between vehicles on the road