Two U.S. soldiers die in tank fire

Swiss Info ^ | July 29 2002 | Reuters

[Travis McGee]

Ping.

[JavaTheHutt]

I agree, the M1 series tank is an excellent weapon system, and has many excellent safety features built in. I'm not sure what happened here.

I remember reading a quote from an Iraqi colonel after the Gulf War, I'm paraphrasing here, since I don't have the actual quote in front of me:

"For three months, the U.S. Air Force bombed us, night and day, and as a result, we lost a couple of tanks and a few soldiers. Then the Second Cavalry attacked us, and in three hours we had lost an entire armored battalion."

Way to go, 2nd ACR, Tujours Pret!

[VOA]

This event made it onto Paul Harvey's "News And Comment" show today.
This means there is at least a chance it might be looked into and fixed.