Operation Goodwood, Ballyragget's attack
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Most of us have been in the situation where we are firing off our airsoft guns mid-skirmish and have run out of ammo, or our weapon has become jammed. What do we do next? Reach for our sidearm of course!
But what happens where this situation occurs, and there isn’t a sidearm to rely on? You use your initiative, as Sir John Gorman did in July 1944, with an insane plan which actually worked out rather well!
Naval tactics
As a Catholic Ulsterman, Sir John Gorman joined the Irish Guards in 1942 and worked his way up to the rank of Captain by the time he returned to civilian life in 1946, mainly thanks to his actions during Operation Goodwood as the Allies battled their way through northern France.
On July 18th, 1944, Gorman and a group of men under his control were driving a group of M4 Sherman tanks when they spotted four German tanks through a hedge around 300 yards in front of them of the elite 503rd Heavy Tank Battalion, Pz Iv, Tiger 1, Panther, and one of which was a King Tiger tank, which British tanks kn