The commander operates the manually traversed M26 heavy machine gun cupola from inside the vehicle, but reloads it with hatch open.
Up til then, the commander had to direct the driver, navigate, and operate the gun.
Her commander at the time, Captain Reymann, operated not only under the rules of war, but also the rules of mercy.
Besides operating the machine gun, the commander had to direct the driver and operate the wireless.
The captain would pilot the shuttle, while the commander would operate the cloaking device.
No commander should operate from a chair.
The howitzer took a lot of space and required both commander and gunner to operate it in order to fire.
The fog of war would be lifted by seamless communication between unit members, off site detection devices, and commanders operating behind the line.
The commanders operated almost completely independently of each other and Buell "proved slow and hesitant to commit himself."
American military commanders have been operating without such a reserve since the Marine unit that had been on call was dispatched to Anbar Province in western Iraq.