[Blueflag]

Good read about how the tankers 'attritted' dug in T-72s at long range.

[GingisK]

U.S. Bradley fighting vehicles, despite being lighter, wiped out some of the Soviet-vintage T-72 tanks, a significant military milestone.

Insult compounding injury. Can't help the chuckle.

[arkady_renko]

Wowsers!

A_R

[SamAdams76]

The Iraqis haven't seen anything yet. Just wait until the 4ID comes on the scene! The 4th is the most advanced infantry division in the world.

[Archangelsk]

The main gun rounds from the Iraqi tanks, for the most part, fell short or flew too high, Lyle said.

Another technologic wonder of the M-1A1 is the ability to do combat boresighting while flying along at 50 MPH. The poor - and now dead - Iraqis probably had the old manual devices that are useless in combat.

[Boundless]

At the bottom of the article:

> EDITOR'S NOTE: This report was written in accordance with
> Pentagon ground rules allowing so-called embedded
> reporting, in which journalists join deployed troops.
> Among the rules accepted by all participating news
> organizations is an agreement not to disclose sensitive
> operational details.

What is/was CNN's disclaimer for the "independent" reporters
filing stories from downtown Baghdad, at all time overseen
by "minders"?

Thought so.

[SAMWolf]

Bump!!

[bellevuesbest]

Read about some of the HARDWARE:

M1A1 Abrams:
http://www.battletanks.com/m1a1_abrams.htm

[FreedomPoster]

You need to see this one!

[The_Media_never_lie]

Wow, these guys are going to start thinking they're bad, and they are bad. (Bad=good)

[xkaydet65]

Just a question. The 25mm chain gun is capable of killing a T-72? I know they carry TOW missile launchers, but in all the specs I've ever read, going back to '84, the chain gun was useful for light armor like BMPs. If a Bradley can take out a T-72 that's a whole new world of armored combat.

[Free Vulcan]

cool.