Ever heard of mine warfare?
That is what IEDs are - hillbilly mines.
Total US Abrams losses for the war = 18.
A reinforced Company’s worth...
Several of your photos are the same tank from differing angles.
MSM likes to do that to give the impression of more action than there really was...
The last time that any Iraqi formation larger than a Battlaion fought against the US was May 2003.
Small scall unit actions [Bn and below] are LIC.
And mine-warfare is the weapon of the weak.
Area denial vice area control weapon...
22 years in USN as an Intel Speciallist.
You are quoting the enemy propagandists - not citing fact.
That's just a ridiculous argument. A 4.5 million dollar weapon system was repeatedly defeated by an improvised explosive device that probably costs less than a grand each. It's "hillbilly" so none of that matters? some military genius you are.
Total US Abrams losses for the war = 18. A reinforced Company’s worth...
since the March 2003 invasion of Iraq, with tanks in daily combat against the unexpectedly fierce insurgency, the Army says 80 of the 69-ton behemoths have been damaged so badly they had to be shipped back to the United States. That's from an article written in 2005 BTW.
Several of your photos are the same tank from differing angles.
show me which of those images is of the same tank from a different angle.
The last time that any Iraqi formation larger than a Battlaion fought against the US was May 2003.
and yet they still managed to take scores of tanks and BFVs off the battlefield not to mention the uparmor humvees after after 2003.
And mine-warfare is the weapon of the weak.
Weak? Again I ask you, where is our victory in Iraq?
Small scall unit actions [Bn and below] are LIC.
Maybe if fewer people thought that this was a LIC as you do, we wouldn't now be walking away as we are because I'm quite sure it wasn't LIC to the enemy. For that matter, I do not believe that the conflict ever qualified as a LIC just because George Bush thought major combat operations were over.
You are quoting the enemy propagandists - not citing fact.
actually I have cited facts. as Mark twain once said, get your facts first and then twist them anyway you want. that's what you're doing. LIC? 16 tanks destroyed in 9 years? Same picture-different angles? and now you have resorted to the last refuge of the scoundrel, questioning my patriotism. We're done here.