[jmacusa]

Didn't the Iraqis have some of their tanks in the ‘’hull down’’ position? Digging a tank into a kind of revetment. The Soviets sold them the weapons and from my reading of history this is a tactic it seems only the Russians used in WW2 and apparently they passed it on to the Iraqis. What is the purpose of doing this with a tank. I thought tank warfare was about maneuver.

[lacrew]

No, we would frequently dig in our tanks while on the defense. Even our gunnery ranges have a semblance of a dug in fighting position for some of the engagements. On an M1, the sights are on the very top of the tank....so while dug in, you can hide, using the sights like a submarine’s periscope. You pull out of the hole to fire...and back into it quickly to hide.