Ken, what many people don't realize is that this completely re-wrote tank doctrine, which up to that time held as holy write that tanks could not enter urban areas without heavy infantry support; that tanks could "take ground but not hold it." Moreover, this doctrine---
as is much of our best military doctrine was written on the move by, essentially, colonels. Yes, they got it approved, but it was the initiative of the lower officers, not the top brass!
This never would have happened in any other military in the world.
Good point..the one caveat thought, is that much of the terriroty covered on the Thunder runs was fairly open..wide spaced..big roads, plazas, etc..room to maneuver..Not comparable to the experience of the IDF tanks in the close quarters of Ghaza..