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07.04.03, 00:44
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"My commander called me, gave me the warning order to be prepared to conduct
an attack on 22 stationary T-72s [Soviet-built tanks used by the Iraqis] that
the [U.S.] Air Force had identified," Lyle said.

"I selected a force, tank heavy, almost all the tanks in my troop, with some
Bradleys [armored fighting vehicles] to go with it."

After U.S. aircraft assailed some Iraqi tanks, Lyle's squad, despite
encountering an additional battalion of hidden Iraqi tanks and being
outnumbered two to one, lumbered up the six-lane highway with guns blazing,
turrets swinging from side to side.

The T-72s were a formidable presence, dug in and well protected behind
barriers, anywhere from a range of half-mile to a mile away.

"It's different from small-arms and RPGs [rocket-propelled-grenades.] That
can be intense, but there is the relative safety of being in a tank," Lyle
said. It is quite a different feeling when you are "staring down T-72s dug
in, in fighting positions."

The fire fight was forceful but brief. It was "10 minutes of probably the
most intense fighting," Lyle told Rodgers and CNN anchor Aaron Brown.

The main gun rounds from the Iraqi tanks, for the most part, fell short or
flew too high, Lyle said.

But the U.S. cavalry squadron hit its marks, destroying an estimated 20 or
more armored Iraqi adversaries, without the loss of a single U.S. vehicle.

U.S. Bradley fighting vehicles, despite being lighter, wiped out some of the
Soviet-vintage T-72 tanks, a significant military milestone.

The secret for success? The Bradleys fired smaller shells, but they were of a
particularly punishing variety made with depleted uranium, which pierced the
armor of the heavier Iraqi vehicles.

"I had two Bradleys... One destroyed three T-72s and the other destroyed
two," Lyle said.

    • Gość: zwiadowca Re: 22:0 wynik walki IP: 141.18.6.* 07.04.03, 10:14
      The secret for success? The Bradleys fired smaller shells, but they were of a
      particularly punishing variety made with depleted uranium, which pierced the
      armor of the heavier Iraqi vehicles.

      >>> Cos mi tu nie gra. Nie wierze, ze Bradley moze rozwalic T072 ze swojej
      armatki. Jak juz to predzej uzyliby TOWa, dla niego to nie problem.
      • zwyczajny Re: 22:0 wynik walki 08.04.03, 00:00
        No przecież były też abramsy. A te 5 T72 rozwalonych przez bradleye
        musiało być ostrzelane z boku. 25 mm z DU przebija 75 mm.
        Pzdr.
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