Regarding our tank... give the poor RGs credit, they did hit the tank and disable it. But we destroyed it. From http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/886382/posts:As the task force moved into the city, there were reports that many Republican Guard members were fleeing north. Soldiers from the 3rd Troop, 7th Cavalry Regiment, reportedly were stopping T-72 tanks that army forces were trying to take out of the city to possibly mount a defense in the north. Charlie Company lost one of its M-1A1 Abrams tanks during the fighting when it was hit by an anti-tank rocket and its fuel cell caught fire.Tank crew members and other soldiers tried for about 15 minutes to put out the fire, but to no avail.
The crewmen were constantly under fire from small arms and rocket-propelled grenades as they sought to salvage weapons, personal gear and sensitive maps and other equipment. No one was injured there, and the tank had to be destroyed, but Conroy praised the soldiers' valor under fire.
"They were very courageous standing on top of that tank with people firing at them while they were pouring 5-gallon cans of water trying to put out the fire," he said.