Biggest British tank battle since El Alamein

The Times ^ | March 28, 2003 | David Charter and Alan Hamilton

[Grampa Dave]

Our Scottish ancestors must be smiling from heaven with what their kin has done to the enemy this past week!

Go laddies of Royal Scots Dragoon Guards! You have written more pages in the Scottish War History Books.

[friendly]

To quote a British General regarding his Scottish troops: "These men scare me to death. God only knows what they are going to do to the enemy!"

[Pahuanui]

Biggest BRITISH tank battle?

Oh, I say...... DOH!

My bad. Teary-eyed from reading a screen for the last 12 hours.

[Grampa Dave]

Just more liberal lies re where the weapons of war came from. Now we know more why Russia was against this war.

[RightWhale]

To catch a significant number of the enemy in such a situation is a tanker's dream. Doesn't happen often because the enemy won't make that mistake again--not with those tanks.

[Dog Gone]

British journalists write better than most of their American counterparts. This story is another example of that.

[ffusco]

I'll do my homework first next time.

[Ligeia]

I wish I could join the British army, they have cooler looking desert camo and better tanks. Of course I heard the soldier no longer get their daily ration of rum, so that does cast a pall over the whole idea.

Their embedded reporting is by and large far better than ours, too. We rarely get details like this. We have lots to brag about, we should tell it.

[Cuttnhorse]

Great thread Ivan...

Cheers from news-starved Chile

[Ligeia]

We simultaneously made the same point. Ours is awful and side by side for all the world to see.

[GRRRRR]

Well done!

My family comes from Glasgow area.

GRRRRR

[ProudEagle]

Thanks Ivan. My grandpappy was with the 2nd Chesire Regt. with Monty's Eighth. He was very proud as I am of him and your boys. Nice shootin'.

[Don'tMessWithTexas]

Outstanding.

What is the latest situation in Basra?

[4.1O dana super trac pak]

TO quote "The Longest Day":

"Up the action boys, up the action!"

P.S. The T-72 was also useless in the first Gulf War.

[KriegerGeist]

Reading posting this makes me want to put on my Braveheart soundtrack and crank it up!

[DCBar]

A cheery "well done" to the sons of St. Andrew!

[eureka!]

Bully to them. Great article...

[Lysandru]

You know, the biggest British tank battle since WWII probably happened in the last Gulf War?

Then again, the point about the fighting near Caen in Normandy is well taken.

[jackbill]

A piper says "fie on thee".

Now you're sounding like Senator "Sheets" Byrd: Fie, fie, fie, fie, fie, fie.

[tophat9000]

Ivan: A little bit of trivia for my little part of So Cal. that you might want to know

Some of the local in my area are starting to look for Union Jack's to fly with their American flags

The Brits being with us has been deeply felt