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To: Blueflag
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.

8 posted on 04/06/2003 7:26:45 PM PDT by Archangelsk (Train, maintain, rest...what don't you understand, Lieutenant?)
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To: Archangelsk
"The poor - and now dead - Iraqis probably had the old manual devices that are useless in combat."

You bet! And when's the last time those poor sods got to light off a few rounds, let alone fire at a moving target. Face it, the Iraqis could barely see what they were aiming at from defillated positions, and didn't have the training, munitions, skills or weapons to win the battle. I love an unfair tank fight.

11 posted on 04/06/2003 7:30:50 PM PDT by Blueflag
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