Why the Iraqis had a problem with US tanks at night

Stealhead · 07-24-12, 11:01 PM

The Russians would not have been sitting in fixed potions waiting for the Americans to come they would have been ramming every single tank they had through 73 Easting trying to overwhelm the Americans.

In fact the roles where reversed from the norm in Fulda the NATO tanks would have moved from position to position trying to destroy as many T-72s/80s as possible they would likely have performed tactical retreats(realistically) to move into better defensive positions more or less extending the hour of doomday by perhaps a few days.

The IRG foolishly thought that our crews would not be able to hit the low profile that the turrets of their tanks made while inside their dugouts.I guess the did not get the memo that US crews train on the range to find identify and engage targets in mere seconds they also likely had no idea the true accuracy of of guns they must have had a good idea of our optical capability because they did try to hide the T-72s as much as possible.They more than likely hoped that the Abrams crews would within very close range where they actually have a chance of doing some damage.

Interesting side note the ballistics computers in the Abrams can also work with the commanders .50 cal and the coaxial M240.A Marine Abrams in 2003 saw some Saddam Fedayeen rounding up towns people likely to use as human shields so they crew decided to take out one of the Fedayeen with one round from the .50 cal they where over a mile away and hit and obviously killed the man the towns people figured out that something was blowing away the unwanted with amazing accuracy so they kept luring more and more Fedayeen into the center of town and the Abrams kept icking them off with one shot from the .50 and the coaxial 7.62mm(they where slowly moving closer to the town) .I wonder if they even knew that there was a tank doing all the killing?Allah strikes down our foes they likely thought. Cant think of the name of the book I read this in it was written by a former USMC general Bing West I think the author witnessed the event.

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Stealhead Navy Seal Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Kentucky Posts: 5,421 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	The Russians would not have been sitting in fixed potions waiting for the Americans to come they would have been ramming every single tank they had through 73 Easting trying to overwhelm the Americans. In fact the roles where reversed from the norm in Fulda the NATO tanks would have moved from position to position trying to destroy as many T-72s/80s as possible they would likely have performed tactical retreats(realistically) to move into better defensive positions more or less extending the hour of doomday by perhaps a few days. The IRG foolishly thought that our crews would not be able to hit the low profile that the turrets of their tanks made while inside their dugouts.I guess the did not get the memo that US crews train on the range to find identify and engage targets in mere seconds they also likely had no idea the true accuracy of of guns they must have had a good idea of our optical capability because they did try to hide the T-72s as much as possible.They more than likely hoped that the Abrams crews would within very close range where they actually have a chance of doing some damage. Interesting side note the ballistics computers in the Abrams can also work with the commanders .50 cal and the coaxial M240.A Marine Abrams in 2003 saw some Saddam Fedayeen rounding up towns people likely to use as human shields so they crew decided to take out one of the Fedayeen with one round from the .50 cal they where over a mile away and hit and obviously killed the man the towns people figured out that something was blowing away the unwanted with amazing accuracy so they kept luring more and more Fedayeen into the center of town and the Abrams kept icking them off with one shot from the .50 and the coaxial 7.62mm(they where slowly moving closer to the town) .I wonder if they even knew that there was a tank doing all the killing?Allah strikes down our foes they likely thought. Cant think of the name of the book I read this in it was written by a former USMC general Bing West I think the author witnessed the event. Last edited by Stealhead; 07-24-12 at 11:19 PM.