| From: | Starrngr@***.com Starrngr@***.com |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Starting equiptment [was: Value and so on] |
| Date: | Tue, 20 Jul 1999 15:12:46 EDT |
robert.watkins@******.com writes:
> It's not a US v UK discussion... it was an air power vs ground power
> discussion. The Iraqis faced American tanks too, you know.
>
There is also another key factor that's overlooked in that statement. In the
gulf war, mosst of the air assets were tasked to strategic targets, not
tanks. Airfields, Command and Communication centers, Bridges, and the like.
With the exception of the republican guard units near Basra, for the most
part the Iraqi tanks were low priority targets until the tanks started
rolling, and even then they wouldnt have called in the snakes or the fast
movers unless they hit a pocket of heavy resistance.
