[SampleMan]

I read a lot of reports on Tora Bora, never read any mention of APCs within 30 miles of the fighting.

The Crusader was 70 tons. It would have taken two weeks to get it within 40 miles of the fighting. It simply could not have brought anything to the fight, especially as the enemy would have left while we were building the roads to get it there. At any significant range, it could not have hit anything on a far slope.

Heavy mortars were what we needed.

[lentulusgracchus]

I read a lot of reports on Tora Bora, never read any mention of APCs within 30 miles of the fighting.

There was a photo sequence of a BTR-60 getting taken out in a mountain pass.....sneaky petes took the photos while illuminating the Taliwhackers and observing the results when NavAir gave the Bearded Ones what they needed.