A second memoir passage shows tank crews performing an observation role rather than simply charging into armoured combat. From a concealed position, the troop tracks infantry and soft-skinned vehicles moving around a village. Its reports let the gunners strike a café being used as an enemy headquarters and force the occupants out. Return shelling eventually confirms that the position has been detected, illustrating how reconnaissance, communications, and artillery cooperation exposed observers to counterfire.
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Observation duties and directed artillery fire
Bellamy's tank troop watches enemy movement, identifies a headquarters, and directs accurate artillery onto it.