Battle of 73 Easting: The Gulf War Tank Battle In A Sandstorm | Greatest Tank Battles | War Stories

In the 1991 Gulf War the American 2nd Armoured Cavalry Regiment drove into a sandstorm. How did they overcome Iraq's elite Republican Guard blind?
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[@johnsullivan2262]

My squadron was in this battle 73 Easting. I was the unit armorer for HWB 2/2 ACR and our battery was supporting these troops with artillery support during this battle. I am so proud to serve this squadron during this battle. Bamberg, Germany. Our Gunny was SFC McNally, Supply Sergeant was SSG Lynch, Commo NCO was SGT Thompson, SFC Miller was the Motor Sergeant, SSG Burns was his asst, LTC Kobe was our Squadron Commander, and who can’t forget SSG Mourad my good friend. I finally retired in 2006 with the rank of Sergeant First Class, (SFC). These were the greatest years of my entire life supporting and fighting for this great country of ours!

[@johnsullivan2262]

@@bebopong SMA Gene C. McKinney was our squadron CSM at the time. Now I know why he made Sergeant Major of the Army, and McMaster became President Trump’s Security Advisor. McMaster was a troop commander during my time in the squadron. The 1st Armored Division either was behind us, or to our left when we crossed the berm into Kuwait. I wish I could tell you more, but it all make sense why they made it almost to the top.

[@rapidole2724]

Did you realise that those golf war was based on lies

[@jacklong2671]

@@rapidole2724 get a life kid

[@bebopong]

@@rapidole2724 You might be confusing the GULF War with the invasion of Iraq in 2003. The Gulf War was in response to Saddam's invasion and attempt to annex Kuwait. Go ahead and tell the people of Kuwait that Iraq invading them was a lie made up by the US. I'd love to see that response. The second invasion... Well we all know how that turned out.

[@rapidole2724]

@@bebopong no I know thé second was more based on lies than the first one. But the goal of the first one was to keep their oil at low price, this was clearly an ingerance to the iraq, they don't invade Russia in 2014 when they took back Crimea. I know Russia isn't the same country and this comparaison is touchy but two country took back old territory. Kuwait was nothing mote than an English colony taked to iraq

[@michellelyons9323]

My uncle served in Dessert storm .. Thank you to all who served .

[@markgarza3109]

Uncle Jeremy?

[@markgarza3109]

If so tell him hello from his fellow motor pool battle buddy

[@wesleyhitchcock4414]

My younger brother was in Apaches and said he flew over the remnants of t-72s and other vehicles and said he would have never expected such a slaughter and as many said "felt sorry" for the Iraquis because it simply was not a fair fight even though all the hype and propaganda would say otherwise before the 100 began. His squadron took out radar, scud, and anti-aircraft sites. He said that was also a slaughter. His son, my nephew, died in the second engagement after 9/11. So we left one of our own there. That we will probably not get over and we miss him very much still. Him and i were best buddies, the typical "cool uncle" thing and colaborated on alot of music. His name is Bryan D. Hitchcock Jr.💖 and he is our hero!!!😥

[@JaxxxNole]

So sorry for your loss brother. 🙏

[@davidc3839]

The story of the squadron of Apache helicopters that flew towards a target in Iraq and took incredible fire. They made it back with damaged aircraft and the loss of one airman. It is an incredible story.

[@kennethdeanmiller7324]

Very sorry for your loss. I lost my wife to COPD over 8 years ago & still miss her so much. It's like you see things or think of things that they would have liked & then the reality that they are gone & you can't share that with them hits. Sometimes it's just an empty place in your heart that they once occupied. But I wouldn't trade the pain of her loss for the memory of her that I still have. Nor the moments we shared. I hope the grief of your loss is minimal compared to memories you shared with who you lost. I thank you for his service since I can not thank him. God Bless you.

[@mohammedilyaspatelpatel3002]

A war based on lies and greed .destroyed a stable nation and forced its population into poverty and strife . As always usa plays God on the world . Blatant greed and lies .4 million dead . Usa lost what 1k . Does that sound like a war or a genocide ???

[@BionicMAGA-xi3uy]

Peace to the fallen. He was a true hero!

[@dustinlaferney3160]

Andy Kilgore was my battalion executive officer in 2003 when I was in 3/8 Cav, 1st Cavalry Division. He had a combat patch I assumed was from Desert Storm, but I had no idea about the degree to which he was involved. Literally the last great tank battle of the 20th century. Thank you , and God bless you sir.

[@daver9594]

Salute sir! From a fmr. 8th ID grunt!

[@daver9594]

Recall eating powdered sand for months...an MRE condiment; as WE called it.! HA!!

[@rayanderson286]

@@daver9594 Pathfinder 74-77

[@johnroe643]

I knew him as LT. Kilgore in eagle troop.

[@johnroe643]

LT. KiLGORE brings back so many memory’s. Brings me to tears thinking about this whole event

[@justinlabrosse8506]

Ahh when history channel was actually enjoyable

[@tfs203]

Now we have America Pickers, which should always play before Hoarders.

[@Stinger913]

Trueee

[@Stinger913]

I miss battle 360

[@MrDMF567]

God damn...100% true. Used to be a great channel. A bunch of interesting history/military/etc stuff....that had appeal to keep you interested & provided enough info, that if something really struck you, you could go look up more on that subject. Great educational tool that 100% got ppl interested in history. Now...not so much 😕

[@billm3210]

@@MrDMF567 they had so many and ancient docs which were flawed but cool. Even Nat Geo but all ended in 2011. Amazon Prime has this series.

[@vernonbear]

Clearly a dedicated if totally outgunned and outmanoeuvred enemy but these U.S. Forces still speak highly of them. They describe the situations and the way they executed their attacks but they still pay tribute to their enemy and their tenacity. Their professionalism, skill and equipment won the war but the way they speak shows their honour and human side.

[@chaosXP3RT]

The Iraqi's still had potential to deal a lot of damage. Especially the Republican Guard. They were fighting for what they believed in and as soldiers, they're owed respect for that.

[@jonnyblayze5149]

​@@chaosXP3RTnobody's "owed" anything especially respect

[@treycantrell8590]

The only people who knows wht happened are the ones who do it, of you see it thats the closest to the truth youll be, anyone else is subject to the game of telephone and everything changes after that

[@generaltom6850]

@@jonnyblayze5149 I would disagree. Everyone deserves respect until they earn your disrespect, you wouldn’t talk to strangers with disrespect.

[@jlondon1441]

When Dad was home off the ship, I used to follow him outside in the late 80’s and early 90’s at night. We would pop out about every 45 minutes or so. He would point in a direction and tell me to watch for a moving light that would come up over the trees. As the night wore on his timing would get almost perfect for when it would appear. When it would pass by, he would go back inside and play on the computer until he got up to head back out. Sometimes he would mention a constellation it would pass through or talk about earths rotation and orbits and how the milky way is so much brighter at sea. I always just thought it was an amateur interest and he appreciated being able to see the sky since he spent so long underwater on the boat in the early 80’s. After years of looking for satellites in the night sky once I left for college and such, it slowly started to dawn on me that he must have been privy to gps and it’s predecessors. Still get the “if I tell you, I’ll have to kill you” line accompanied with a laugh when we stargaze these days and I try to bring it up. Fond memories though and it led me to appreciate the night sky even more. Now we mostly text about rocket launches and I’ll show him pics or give descriptions of what I can see coming over Charleston out of Florida. I never did learn all the constellations and besides Orion and the Dippers, I’ll get lost. I can point out a bright spot figuring it’s a planet, but he can still distinguish the ones in the sky without any sort of reference and tell me which one is Jupiter and Venus, Mars or Saturn.

[@deleteduser3455]

I like when the guy in the Bradley is like “we don’t fight tanks”

[@gunslingerluckytankijunky]

The Bradley Fighting Vehicle, people love it. Their crews hate it

[@Treblaine]

5 seconds later: "So anyway, I started blasting"

[@darkalman]

@@gunslingerluckytankijunky You'll never look at a Bradley the same way again after watching the movie The Pentagon Wars

[@yourfriendlyneighborhoodcl4824]

@@darkalman kzbin.info/www/bejne/nZ7Yh4yMh6p6nac

[@greighwulf]

@@darkalman terrible movie. Complete lies

[@jamesmcelhaney5084]

I was assigned to 2nd Sqdn 2nd ACR in Bamberg Germany from August 1984 to Mar 1986. It gives me immense pride and pleasure to see that my old unit was as dangerous as we all knew it was.

[@cxjeter]

It's sad that Warner Barracks is closed now lots of memories

[@johnsullivan2262]

@@cxjeter I wouldn’t be surprised if Warner Barracks opens back up since Russia is on a rampage, or all the barracks that closed open back up for business very soon.

[@DevilFrog61]

I watched these vids as a kid, I’m a soldier now and this gives me goosebumps -I can imagine the anxiety of these battles must’ve been insane for these guys

[@aletron4750]

I also grew up watching Greatest tank battles and dogfights, and im also enlisted in the US army!

[@Undertaker93]

@@aletron4750 So how many children have u killed?

[@johnreaper4452]

Ptsd incoming

[@MrAkaacer]

Ummm... Why? They absolutely slaughtered the Iraqi's with zero losses. None of them saw any of their buddies blown to bits. Unless you meant the Iraqi soldiers, then yeah the survivors would have major ptsd.

[@bryanhtoo9386]

The battalion lost 1. With 10+ injured.

[@terrencegriffin6812]

Battle of Medina Ridge...so proud to have been there..learned a lot about myself during that engagement...God Bless all who served.

[@Clementinewoofwoof]

God bless you and thank you for your service

[@connisasiarili6975]

Respect 🙏

[@jesusvdelgado5401]

We salute you soldier....

[@screenwriter44]

Hello 1st AD from 4-7 CAV/3AD on your right flank. Garryowen!

[@DanEllis-f7u]

@@jesusvdelgado5401free

[@arya8165]

When History Channel actually talked about history instead of idiotic stuff about aliens and bigfoot

[@TonyCanones]

Yeah. That’s what happens when media caters to the lowest denominator.

[@ChrisHyde537]

Like the Not Science Channel. Ghosts & Aliens. You know, real science.

[@rsvpurgt]

And Ghosts...There must be half a dozen ghost shows. All of these"investigations" by a bunch of amateur actors. Belongs on MTV instead.

[@jq4136]

Stealing comments for likes ? Loser

[@sammy9021]

Fffffff

[@redm1185]

I have never clicked a history video so fast. My dad fought in the Gulf War, he was in the United States Marine Corps during the time.

[@victorvandillen5297]

Brother in arms

[@kellyburket6955]

We were still wrong to be there!!!

[@Xbui.22]

mine was in republican guards

[@mikerzisu9508]

@@kellyburket6955 no, we weren't

[@fahad17alenzig]

@@Xbui.22 damn, my dad was in the Kuwait national guard he fought in battle of Ali-Salem base and he is one from those Kuwaiti pow who got taken by the Iraqi army(but now we are brothers for a good nation🇰🇼🇮🇶)

[@wazopaio]

This guy: We knew the Republic Guard was strong. We respected them. Eagle Troop: So basically, we used their corpses to gain better traction on the sand.

[@sonyjackplays4377]

LMAO

[@terrymurphy1066]

@Alexandre_thomas 2 ¡0?”

[@jiyu9694]

@riaz issah Your comment is laughable. We defeated the Taliban in every major engagement. They specialized in booby traps and roadside bombs, they were never able to defeat us in direct combat, and were never able to take ground from us that we wanted to hold. We left Afghanistan because the American public wearied of the war and wanted us to leave, not because the enemy was difficult to combat. We kicked their butts on a daily basis. They WERE tenacious and very good at hiding, though.

[@HeavenlyMandate]

@riaz issah very ignorant of you on not looking into how Taliban got clobbered in every engagement against ISAF forces in Afghanistan

[@diegoargibay2287]

@@jiyu9694 Mr. in Vietnam War also the US defeated VC in almost every single conventional battle, just like Starlite in 1965 and Hue in 1968, and still had to leave the country. Nixon assumed in 1969 and put in place the ''vietnamization'' which, by slowly passing responsabilities to South Vietnam Army, was to pave the way for US abrupt retreat in 1973. Also the French had passed pretty much the same situation before, and even with funds from Eisenhower government had to retreat after the defeat in 1954. You just can't occupy a country and not to expect the most radical units to react in a ferocious way. They can wait 10 years like VC did against French army and then US army for another 15, or like Taliban did in Afghanistan 20 year. Your comment is right, no doubt US army is (almost) invincible in conventional battles and the examples i mentioned above are proof enough, but war is not always who has the most powerful forces or the experience. Also bare in mind each year is millions of dollars, for it's not easy to mantain a task force in the other side of the world. The more men you send, the expensive it is. And US economy, which is probably the most solid of the world (and i am from a thirld world country, i can tell you it is) still is not able to resist a 20 year occupation in those terms, apart from the impact that is for the society to see that veterans not always return and from those who do, are passing serious personal situations. Biden just recognised US was never to install democracy in middle east, but to assist an ally, well i think that teaching democracy and western values would have been the most lethal weapon against talibans, more than an army.

[@ascianfashion3945]

I love that Bradley commander. I think every scout can honestly relate.

[@The2ndFirst]

He honestly was every scout officer

[@stevenwiederholt7000]

I knew a nurse who worked at the VA hospital in Chicago at that time. We're talking on the phone just before this war started, she said they had 10,000 beds ready for casualties. I told her that was a waste of time. Reason being to US military had spent the last 10+ years training in the desert to fight a Soviet style army. What are they facing? A Soviet Style army in a desert. This is going to be more like a live fire exercise than a real war.

[@1337penguinman]

Not only that, but they weren't even Russians. It was like an NFL team vs your local Community College football squad.

[@ggeiser3]

We trained for desert war in 1963.

[@stevenwiederholt7000]

@@ggeiser3 Oh Oh! I may have learned something new! I'm SCARED...HOLD ME! :-)

[@stevenwiederholt7000]

@@ggeiser3 Do you have a source/link? Thank you.

[@cpthrki5852]

That's a stupid take considering that if the Iraqis had contemporary tanks, these battles would have been much more bloody for the US.

[@jeffg1524]

I remember the attack back then. The one thing that infuriates me even to this day is the inability of higher command to seize the imitative and move at lightning speed to overwhelm Iraqi forces much sooner than was done. The whole purpose of coalition strategy was move fast before the enemy could react, and they squandered it. Thankfully, our forces were so technically superior it didn't matter, but it could have been much more bloody than it was. We might not be as lucky next time.

[@miguelmontenegro3520]

It seems to me that the Blitz is one of those tactics that work the most perfectly when the army performing it was in fact pushed into it's development due to it's own reality (Manpower, equipment, objectives, available time...). Like the Napoleon who needed fast moving to ensure quick victories and prevent enemy forces from uniting.

[@Nasser_b]

@Karl Lentz The plan to destroy and occupy Iraq by the Zionists began in the 80's when they pushed Iraq to war with Iran to weaken the two countries

[@samhouston1673]

Blame George H. W. Bush for that! He was a globalist who did not wish to upset the oil markets any more than need be. He was an agent for the House of Saud.

[@kevinpfeiffer4464]

@Karl Lentz I agree. America has lost face many times. As a vet I hope never again.

[@learoast]

"Higher command" is directed by men that wear panties. Checks and balances is intended for those with intelligence - but with direct knowledge and balls.

[@MrTimboy40]

They forgot to mention KFFs. Killed by Friendly Fire. My buddy was in an M2 that took a direct hit from an M1A1. He had a massive scar where he was hit by shrapnel, 4 guys dead, others wounded.

[@prmayner]

A lot of that over the decades, unfortunately.

[@timothymunyon7292]

Majority of armored vehicle losses in DS were from friendly fire. They've advanced those systems now so you can tell who is friendly, but it is a great tragedy.

[@StayProteus]

The operations room on KZbin has a great animated documentary on the whole war and it’s divided into several parts with half of them being the ground war and then the other half is the air war and maybe the naval aspects of it but regardless it goes into insane detail and I think there were more deaths due to friendly fire the first few days of the main assault than the by the hands of the enemy but I could be wrong I just know there were several friendly fire incidents but when you look at the scale of the whole operation and how many nations were involved it’s insane we didn’t have more, terrible that it happened to begin with but those boys laid down some hate on the enemy and I think it was a total of like 130 allies killed and tens of thousands of enemy killed so still a massive success overall

[@jonnyblayze5149]

Part of war, always has been , always will be . Quit crying and deal with it

[@mikerzisu9508]

Imagine spending decades building this amount of tanks and artillery just to have it all destroyed with very little effort.

[@brianbutlerbk]

Not true. A lot of effort went into that war. The Training years prior at NTC, The National Training Center in the Mojave/29 Palms the Desert scenario was what we concentrated on. I did two rotations at NTC in 1988 with the 9th INF. Division. The 24th INF. Division (took on the Republican Guard) rotated into a training cycle there as well as did almost all of our armor (Heavy Divisions with Tanks i.e. M1A(1)(2) Abrams. So, we truly did put a LOT of effort in training for that type of war in that particular type of theater. We trained like we wanted to fight and the results were we fought like we trained!

[@blueonblack83]

@@brianbutlerbk I am pretty sure he is talking about the Iraqis, who pretty much got curb-stomped by you guys.

[@E3742O]

@@blueonblack83 yeah and he’s saying we put in a lot of effort to destroy them like that

[@jrus690]

Iraq's military was supplied by foreign power who did not give it piles of ammunition. This is the joke of this war, the USA is a fully equipped and backed military, whereas Iraq might have oil wealth but no industry. Iraq had lots of equipment but not good ways to fix it, supply it properly (except the Republican Guard which had everything), in other words a steadily purchased armed forces. Iraq had little armaments manufacturing.

[@husseinali-ei6ft]

Saddam was a dumb stalin at least stalin actually fought in a war he buried tanks and converted it into anti armor artillery we lost everything because of this dumb insecure dictator, invading a weak neighbor and not even letting comptenent generals dictate the battle

[@theoneandonlycharliechill363]

That was the biggest field training ever for the US forces.

[@JoeyDavies777]

Their technology was 30 years more advanced then the Iraqis. Don’t kid yourself into thinking you are such great warriors.

[@JoeyDavies777]

@Don't Trigger Me No where near as the 22 American veterans who off themselves everyday. :)

[@inigobantok1579]

@@JoeyDavies777 that's kinda not the problem of those who are in the battlefield mate also these tanks were designed during the cold War against a soviet armored armada

[@cornondajakob]

@@JoeyDavies777 we probably beat you in a war at some point

[@Thwarptide]

Thats why the USA strives to keep technology ahead of the curve you moron. Its called having the advantage or do you think that wars should be equal and fare?

[@beyondbackwater4933]

The only thing I dislike about the documentary is how the animations depict the tanks engaging at such close range

[@huydang5955]

It’s actually not that uncommon in war. In WW2, a Sherman once rammed a King Tiger into a deep ditch. In Ukraine, Ukrainian armor have been known to engage Russian tanks at almost point blank range. Plus, with how fast the American tanks were with their element of surprise,

[@generaltom6850]

@@huydang5955 Of course, although in this war engagements took place over a very long range.

[@steventolliver9371]

Our typical engagement ranges during Desert Storm was 2400-2700 meters. Of course I was in an M60A1 tank with Task Force Ripper. We fired depleted uranium sabot rounds, and a lot of HEAT-MP rounds. Look up Task Force Ripper Desert Storm.

[@coreypatterson5827]

It's a visual medium. In order to make it actually look like a battle and not a clipshow of tanks firing at (apparently) nothing, they have to animate the combatants in the same frame with some frequency - even if they're fighting at the edge of visual range.

[@phrayzar]

Republican Guard - We are warriors, our tanks are amazing America - Just keep pressing that button until there's none left.

[@omarfx9818]

Should we laugh or what?

[@DOI_ARTS]

​@@omarfx9818I want to laugh but is confuse AF too 😂😂😂

[@timlane9746]

We lost more people to friendly fire than the enemy!!! True as the wind blows!

[@davecraft8753]

25% were lost to Blue on Blue during the war.

[@jed-henrywitkowski6470]

Yep, some of our guys in an HMMWV got wasted by a Brit fighter jet. I think we wasted some Brits as well. We also lost an Abrams to a mobility kill and another Abrams crew to drowning, when they went into an aqua duct.

[@aydenwapasha3380]

@@noahbagel177 2 crew members to friendly fire with apfsds

[@benhaney9629]

I don’t think that’s technically true. And in any case, the only reason we proportionally lost so many to friendly fire is because we lost so few to enemy fire. Key word is proportionally.

[@rgygduysdgyuygsduysd]

I remember that story friendly fire incident involving the Brit jet that killed Americans. One American soldier said he had to use a shovel to get the remains of a dead gunner, his body was literally turned into bloody goo.

[@kenc9265]

1st Infantry Div. Mechanize - I was so young back then. The Mother of all Battle

[@twilightzone7824]

That was more like the Massacre of 73 Easting. Iraq had either completely and hopelessly obsolete MBT'S or ones which were downgraded to a level they were absolutely useless. They didn't even have ammunition (which the Soviets otherwise had just didn't sell them any) that could have at least in theory penetrate an M1A1 from any direction and at any range.

[@jayaugustus4373]

Not correct

[@twilightzone7824]

@@jayaugustus4373 Correct

[@cpthrki5852]

Yep, their tanks lacked the most basic features like composite armor, laser rangefinder and ballistic computer and their sabot was 20 years old. Those T-72s were on the level of tanks from the late 50s.

[@samhavoc1066]

​@@twilightzone7824 Knock out a M1A1 "from any direction and at any range"? Hardly. T72's 125 mm gun could penetrate about 600 mm of armor at 2,000 meters against old style armor plating, but not the composite armor of the M1A1. As for ammunition, Saddam's Republican Guard were well supplied with ammo and hadn't been using it up to that point as they hadn't been engaged in any fighting. Or did you miss the part where they described the ammo cooking off and blowing the turrets off the T72's? The Republican Guard were simply outclassed in every way.

[@twilightzone7824]

@@samhavoc1066 by "any" I meant the the theoretical existence of any direction/range at all from whence an Iraqi T-72 (given the ammunition they had at their disposal) would have stood a chance to achieve penetration against a US M1A1 The Soviets at that time did have ammunition for the T-72 that was capable of that (including depleted uranium shells) but they did not supply Iraq with a single one of those. The ammunition the Iraqis did have was outdated and even in perfect working condition completely incapable of penetrating modern composite armour.

[@dogbones4592]

During that battle my squadron was grounded, he said 15 yards, that was a damn sight further than i could see. After the sand storm cleared we were literally in a mine field of unexploded cluster bombs, amazingly no one was killed.

[@Dra741]

I love it when Colonel MacGregor said I looked through the eyepiece and I was finally impressed😂😂😂

[@scottroberts1854]

Served in Eagle Troop 98-01. Command taught us a lot of the Regiments history but surprisingly this battle wasn’t part of it. Toujours Pret!

[@mikematthews7166]

Fox Troop 83-85. Always Ready 👍

[@rayanderson286]

2d Cav 80-85 and 88-92

[@Joelontugs]

Thank you all for your service

[@michaelrunnels7660]

As a soldier, I NEVER want a fair fight. I want to dominate my enemy so much that he will never even consider going against me in the future.

[@alexm566]

A fair fight means someone screwed up.

[@generaltom6850]

Yeah, I remember a quote I heard somewhere “Soldiers train how to win a fair fight, Generals train to make sure they don’t get a fair fight”.

[@anthonymanchild9591]

This was my unit. This is the battle and war I fought in. For all those here that where there...Salute my brothers. TOUJOURS PRÊT! Always Ready!

[@artmontesa1]

Thank you all for your service. God bless you always.

[@johnsullivan2262]

Second to none! Lol

[@joeramos4460]

I was there also SgtP Ramos of E Trp 2/3 ACR Always Ready

[@natsune09]

When I went to Iraq in 2005, I was assigned to 3rd ACR under then Colonel H.R. McMaster. He was serious and personal, he had a gift for explaining complex issues in simple terms and cared for the soldiers under him. Best officer I ever served under.

[@thatgingerguy6666]

He should have made 4 star

[@jamessasson5982]

I would liked to have served with you guys.

[@georgemallory797]

He ended up becoming D.C. swamp creature.

[@valuedhumanoid6574]

My boss was a lieutenant with a platoon of M1's. He lost not one tank to enemy fire. He lost 3 out of his 12 tank unit to our own Airforce. Friendly fire scared him more than any Iraqi. They didn't take the time to identify targets, many didn't speak English well enough to understand what was being told to them.

[@arifinipin2559]

Killer. A great sin that God will not forgive. People who claim to be civilized nations destroy the civilizations of other nations. Thousands were killed, houses were destroyed, people were driven away like flies, hungry, poor, while their wealth was robbed, looted, the leader was just a puppet of the West. Stop this cruelty. Not only in Iraq, Syria, Libya, Afghanistan, Palestine, Yugoslavia, Bosnia, Ukraine, Yemen, Somalia, Mali. Enough with the blood of these capitalist hands, they will go down in history as murderers, destroyers, rapists, robbers. No pride in that.

[@chraanakhxattanach1639]

there is no "friendly" fire. may god save you all and thanks

[@jaed2630]

​@@chraanakhxattanach1639 what's that suppose to mean?

[@Yeahmanyup]

@@jaed2630friendly fire ain’t so friendly.

[@Tofu1998]

I went into the channel and searched for this tank battle in particular. I love this kind of devastating victory by a technologically advanced USA. Hope America keeps the lead by keeping its military great, well into the 22th century.

[@eddy2fast260]

Well if your lucky, one day you might be on the receiving end of it and know what it's realy like you fool.

[@FirstNameLastName-qx8ii]

@@eddy2fast260 America bad, you’re not allowed to be a powerful country or win a war without being called evil

[@eddy2fast260]

@@FirstNameLastName-qx8ii If Tonga won a war with China it wouldn't be called evil. It would be called a mirical. Defending American foreign policy is a no win battle. Your own Ron Paul calls it a shambles. If you chose to support American foreign policy after all the misery it causes well I see no good in you.

[@RTenjoyer]

@@eddy2fast260 🤣🤣🤣 continue losing to the great powers of the west, we will steam roll all enemies. Even when we lose we manage to control the country years after.

[@kkkkk5890]

Hopefully. We usually do not see the need to upgrade until we get into more wars. Abrams is predicted to still be in service for at least 30 more years iirc

[@ataxpayer723]

Iraqi conscripts quickly proved that they were very good at kneeling down. During the "surrender" ceremony, the Iraqi Generals were surprised when the Coalition Forces asked for their 26 prisoners of war to be returned, in exchange for the 70,000 Iraqi prisoners that they were feeding.

[@jimbo5973]

Makes you wonder what would of happened to those 70 000 in the hands of the Iranians.

[@JohnRodriguesPhotographer]

@@jimbo5973 I think we saw what those '70000 and men would do against the Iranians. The biggest problem for the Iraqi conscripts was they weren't getting food and water. Their logistic systems completely broke down under the relentless pounding of the air offensive.

[@jimbo5973]

@@JohnRodriguesPhotographer The Iranians engaged in mass frontal assaults with largely infantry against entrenched defenders. I am not so convinced they would of done the same damage to western led forces and equipment. Supply is an essential part of war though that point is valid.

[@JohnRodriguesPhotographer]

@@jimbo5973 the Iranians at the beginning of the war actually had a formidable armored Force combining British chieftains and I believe m60a1's. Due to the decapitation of their military they didn't understand combined arms and lost a lot of their vehicles in the first 6 months. Then they were embargoed by various governments from getting more. This force them into human wave tactics.

[@jimbo5973]

@@JohnRodriguesPhotographer Yes indeed. But massed infantry attacks were their 'modus operandi' for the majority of the battles.

[@misfit7024]

Imagine being a 25 year old and driving and firing one of these tanks in an actual combat operation....

[@mikeflo6459]

Man most the kids driving are under 23. Young men are always the backbone of any war or conflict. We called them cherry’s

[@RaulPerez-pc1jl]

I was a 21yr old !

[@seancrowley1065]

​@@RaulPerez-pc1jlI was 19 !

[@save_the_night]

When the sound editor is the last man in the production chain ...

[@leewood331]

He is deaf.

[@lorcis1]

@@leewood331 oh, that's a relief, i thought it was my computer

[@vectorifix3218]

Almost ruined otherwise very well made doc 😡

[@gerhard6105]

I like he had a picture of Erwin Rommel in his vehicle. One of my former collegae's was on a Dutch submarine as a sailor. He said they had Opa (grandpa in Dutch) hanging in the submarine. He said they have a picture from Karl Dönitz hanging. Rommel for the tank tactics and Dönitz for the submarine tactics.

[@lucas82]

Nope, Guderian was the mastermind behind German armoured warfare tactics of WW2, not Rommel. He even wrote a book about it.

[@gerhard6105]

@@lucas82 o, sorry Lucas. Next time i will drink some more coffee : )

[@valleking3366]

Great stuff!

[@bruceperkins7253]

Guderian may have wrote a book on combined arms but Rommel wrote the book on dessert warfare & especially the art of tank warfarin the dessert. Even Patton said that he respected Rommel for His mastery of tank warfare

[@petekalle565]

Respecting Rommel, Dönitz or Guderian i understand. Calling them opa or having their picture on the wall is admiration, not respect! All 3 were 100% pure dedicated Nazis and sitting at the very top of the most disgusting evil regime responsible for the most horricfic warcrimes and worst crimes against humanity ever commited. Infact, having their picture on the wall, calling them opa or even telling anecdotes About them is disrespectful to the millions upon millions murdered and massacrated by their hands. Brilliant Tank or submarine tacticts do not erase who they were and what they believed in!

[@somersetcace1]

One of the more interesting takeaways from this was the American tank commanders coming through those dust storms, black smoke, etc and seeing all those vehicles didn't hesitate to engage. That's what allowed our technology to be the most effective. They just basically blitzkrieged them without really intending to. They couldn't have planned it any better in relation to our equipment vs theirs.

[@internetcensure5849]

How to win a war with a 3rd world country!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Richard-wp8ty]

​@@internetcensure5849 nah at this point in time iraq had the 4th best army in the world

[@50STONEhW]

I was in the VII CORPS during the Gulf War. 3RD ARMORED DIVISION. Also I was in the unit 2nd ACR from Bamberg Germany from 1984-1986 before Operation Desert Shield Desert Storm and personally know the soldiers narrating this video.

[@betaboyelvis7386]

SALUTE!

[@50STONEhW]

@@betaboyelvis7386 thank you for your support.

[@betaboyelvis7386]

@@50STONEhW Thanks USAR 1972-78 11 Bravo & Drill Sgt.

[@50STONEhW]

@@betaboyelvis7386 HOOAH! Brother and thank you for your service. May God Bless America And Those Who Defend It. Good to chat with a Veteran especially a Drill Sergeant. Soldiers in that position are who makes the way for all new recruits to be proficient when they get to their first duty station.

[@bricktopmedic]

I, too, am a Green Goose Veteran stationed at the best Kaserne in the FRG!

[@dustynewman1]

30 years later, I still remember the news coverage.

[@dannyh8288]

30 years later, I am still trying to get laid.

[@occamsrazor1285]

21:03 The greatest strength of the American military has always been our ability to learn from our enemy and integrate their best ideas into our tactics. There's an old saying: "War is chaos, and the Americans practice it on a daily basis." But what that saying doesn't take into account is we practice it to the point that its a choreographed dance to us, and chaos to our enemies. When you fight the US military, you're not fighting just us. You're fighting the French. You're fighting the British. You're fighting the Native Americans, the Imperial Germans and the Nazis, the Italians and the Japanese. And in this particular battle, that force came in the form of a 120mm, 60 ton rolling Rheinmetall canon encased in composite armor and powered by a jet turbine. If someone told me one of 1st Cav officers decided to slash the burned out husk of what used to be a Soviet T72 export missing a turret with a calvary saber, my only thought would be, "yeah. That tracks." Pun intended.

[@jasonhutter7534]

America has no peer in these types of set piece battles. Russia and China might be somewhat close but I still believe America would have the edge over both of those nations (although the financial toll would be crippling). Where the US flounders is guerilla and insurgent wars since industrial might is not such an advantage and insurgent wars are usually fought over several years and US public doesnt like long drawn out wars. Furthermore, the first Gulf War was an actual coalition war with equal partners, not just in name and we have forgotten how Sec of State James Baker (probably best Sec of State in last 50 years) kept Israel out of this war even after being hit by SCUD missiles. Too bad we don't have statesman like him and George Bush Sr. anymore. I thought Junior would be like his father but I was wrong.

[@ourcountrynotourselves3933]

I wish I had taken a pic but where we crossed the berm into Iraq there was a sign that read "Welcome Iraq, the 51st state, home of the 24th IN DIV"!!!

[@ebenezer1690]

Huzzah!

[@rafiqibrahimnathanie1739]

Your recollections are horrific for those you murdered. Now reminiscence with gleefully cherished memories. I dearly wish. It was all on American soils. Then you guys will get the lessons you deserve. Long overdue. Interference in affairs of countries worldwide. America is the Real Terrorist Country. The C. I. A. Established and Chartered for this evil misdeeds. Cause overt and covert strifes. Bomb the targets mercilessly. You presently doing in Yemen and Syria. Wait when China bombs Washington. New York. Boston. Clinton Arkansas. Obama Illinois. Bush Texas. The only decent President. Donald J, Trump. When these terrifying and horrific realities happen in U.S.A. The Ghosts of The Red Indians come to REVENGE. The Children of Iraq. Libya. Afghanistan. Congo. Angola. Pakistan. Yemen. Syria. Iran. Plus many others. Where U. S.A. Had illegally entered and caused murderous mayhem and killings. The same should be done on and in U.S.A. Then you can recollect your vain and stupid memories.

[@inigobantok1579]

@@rafiqibrahimnathanie1739 are you finish or gonna spout more bs

[@toniabramovic2604]

@@rafiqibrahimnathanie1739 you are wrong they liberaded your country they helped you by destroying tirany Of sadam hussein

[@angrydoggy9170]

@@rafiqibrahimnathanie1739 Indeed, the audacity. How dare they, defend a country from being invaded by a much larger neighbour. Ruining the plans of a dictator. Naughty Americans.

[@justinscheidt1655]

*GPS* „In the next 200m Turn left“ *Driver* Turns left *Tank drives over a object* *Commander* „Did we just drive over an Enemy Tank?“

[@charlenepoulsen494]

Good eye

[@benelliherstal9772]

lmao i cant stop laughing

[@getredytagetredy]

Go back to sleep.

[@charlessmith8679]

Gps: I said turn the turrets 200 degrees...

[@yowmemperor]

you have arrived at your destination

[@The2ndFirst]

Every single Cavalry officer sounded like these guys. As a medic I was always up on the troop command net and it was amazing to hear cavalry officers talk to each other.

[@keldonmcfarland2969]

I was in a Marine infantry battalion and was responsible for testing the TOW missile systems for safety. I got to go on a few live fires. Good stuff

[@keldonmcfarland2969]

@Dave Smith It's 99% training and preparing. Less than 1% of time is in an actual firefight. That joke in "Spaceballs" is true: Lord Helmet: Drive forward. Colonel Sanders: Driver, prepare to drive forward. LH: "Preparing, preparing!" You're always "preparing"! Just GO!! CS: Driver just go! Sir? Shouldn't you sit down? *LH is thrown to his seat as the hovercraft takes off. ___ That's pretty much the military. Preparing, preparing, preparing; training, training, training; retraining the basics; "hurry up and wait."

[@STYLEE-T]

My wife and I were stationed in The 25th Fwd. Supp. Batt., and our units were going. Strange thing we knew what was going on but it didn't seem like a big deal to worry about. Turn on TV, and it's over! It was VERY exciting to see.

[@M60Tanker]

To all my brothers that fought in this battle I salute you.

[@woiace]

There have been several versions of this History Channel's "Greatest Tank Battles' episode on KZbin. This is the best so far.

[@MustangVirtualAerobatics]

the video is in HD instead of 360P like the previous versions. the uploaders of those versions likely did that resolution so they wouldn't get copyrighted until its posted onto History channel's KZbin channel, one example you can look at recently is all 10 of Battle 360's episodes being posted onto Their Channel.

[@Akumaa2000]

I was a 63E10- H8…….M1A1-M1A2 Tank engine mechanic and tank recovery specialist in the Army, I remember when my maintenance team went to go fix tanks on the battlefield during the ground war phase, we saw so many T-72 tanks and support trucks destroyed it was mind boggling. The bodies in the support trucks were black and burned to a crisp and what ever they were doing or movement they did before getting destroyed is what the burned bodies were still positioned at, I even saw a guy who was still alive with his lower body completely cut off and he was pulling himself forward with his arms.

[@AntiCommunistAlliance]

Jesus Christ, ty for serving man, glad you got home.

[@tyleredwards5643]

This is like a grand version of a game of World of Tanks, except one team is tier 7, and the other is tier 10.

[@hunters36forgingwoodworkin73]

War music: ride of the Valkyries. A good choice.

[@warrenwhitaker8498]

Flight of the Valkyrie

[@hunters36forgingwoodworkin73]

@@warrenwhitaker8498 thank you.

[@txgunguy2766]

That part was hilarious. Should have been immediately followed by 'We will rock you'.

[@theannoyingrabbit7507]

Can somebody give me the time stamp please

[@1563ckg43]

Thunder Struck

[@alantoon5708]

The late 1980's/early 1990's Army was the best America has ever put in the field.

[@tdtvegas]

And the best it ever will unfortunately...

[@ripvanwinkle1819]

This is a joke right?

[@wooflessdelta]

@AT Then they bring the Amazon drones into the mix.

[@angloirishcad]

@AT But so can others...

[@AlexanderJScheu]

@AT thank you, damned right, US soldiers do not have fighting moral, only mass of material are garant of existence. All battles, wars, Airforce bombing and napalm - then comes the Heroes... Last but not least - US army - until today in brain of own Sezzesion-war time, NO Modern Strategie or Tactic.... NO - political Concept *even HillyBillies - even - mass only. - is writing a German - Retired Reserve-Offz; participated, several Nato-Manoevers, as - L/O to 7th-US-Army-HQ's -Europe, Heidelberg. Thank's for Attention,

[@rickuyeda4818]

I spent an afternoon in an Abrams Tank Simulator and you can't imagine the team work t takes to operate a modern Tank. My hats are off to those guys.

[@kevinhealey6540]

29:00 This sounds very familiar to the scene in "Saving private Ryan" where Captain Miller is firing his 45 pistol to ward off a tiger tank and then a P 51 destroys the tank. Wondering if the Spielberg put this in the film. 35:00 A tanker told me it was a like a video game. All he had to do to track and lock up the target was to look at it and press a button. He said that if the T72 could get a round off at them, the round would hit them and bounce off.

[@scottessery100]

wonder how well the usssr would have done in western Europe if the cold war went hot ... not too well i guess against the centurions leopard 2's and abrams

[@kevinhealey6540]

@@scottessery100 That would have been a catastrophy for everyone and anyone. I was stationed in Europe in the 70s. They said, at that time, nuclear weapons would have to be used to fend off the attack.

[@joelwillems4081]

@@scottessery100 Like Americans not selling their top weapons to foreigners, the T-72s in Iraq did not have the same armor of those in Europe. Someone else said that the Iraqis didn't train that much in gunnery because ammo was expensive to buy and couldn't be made in country. In 1973 the Syrian tanks did better against the Israeli then Iraq against NATO here (seriously, it really wasn't the UN) and those were T-55s and some -62s. The T-55s had minimal turret roof armor though and would have been easy prey for any planes. Tom Clancy's "Red Storm Rising" is a pretty fair book about tactics and forces in a conventional war in Cold War Europe.

[@deangrifin7551]

Not a movie

[@jc.1191]

@@scottessery100 Interesting. I think it's possibly the same situation. We may have kicked their butts by outperforming our low expectations.

[@marvinwilliamson811]

I was there. 101st airborne division. 18th airborne corps. C co. 3/187th reg. Combat team. Air assaulted into the Euphrates river valley.

[@ScubaFreq113]

RAKKASANS HOOAH !!! I was in B co. 3/187 during the early 1980s

[@joeramos4460]

I Sgt P Ramos was watching your back. I was assign to E trp 2/3 ACR. Then at 73 Easting you were watching our backs. Thanks.

[@victorfinberg8595]

The segment from 24:00 to 30:30 No disrespect to the Americans, who are insanely brave, superbly trained, and have some of the best armour in the world, but if the best Iraqi units allow a pair of Bradleys to just drive right into their position, pick off 5 of their tanks, and get away, it tells you something about the state of the Iraqi army.

[@karimtemri1664]

It happened the next day. 2 lost bradleys were picked off by t55s

[@dumbplane3355]

Trading 2 IFVs for 5 tanks seems like a good deal

[@user-ym9wb2mk5e]

The Iraqi soldiers were starving, tired of the war, lice and fleas were a constant issue so they were demoralized. We spent time just driving around picking up stragglers who did not want to go back to Iraq.

[@josephhewes3923]

"Part of a multinational force..." In other words, Eight and a half parts US, one part British, and a half part a bunch of other countries observing the US and British.

[@limonbattery]

US is the guy who does all the work on a project and everyone knows it, but it doesn't stop the others from talking to the teacher as if they did just as much as him.

[@questionableiq2337]

@@limonbattery yeah sorry for not being interested in your middle east affairs

[@chaosXP3RT]

@@questionableiq2337 Then why did you join?!

[@questionableiq2337]

@@chaosXP3RT my country sure did not, but i guess that the countries that did sent the bare minimum to stay in nato

[@chaosXP3RT]

@@questionableiq2337 IF the Middle East isn't your affair, you shouldn't be a member of NATO. Simple as

[@mikethemechanic7395]

Desert storm made me join at 18 in 1993. My Squad leader was in Desert storm and had a CIB from fighting. My platoon sgt was in a wrecker and was given a M3 grease gun with 5 rounds of ammo.

[@txgunguy2766]

A greasegun with 5 rounds of ammo? That's pert near useless. Least they coulda done was give him a full magazine.

[@curious5887]

I hope you become a good general

[@macdom24]

They don't mention the air war before the land war? That is one of the main reasons they surrendered so readily - they had been bombed back to the stone age.

[@doyoulikeduckmeat]

Did you not read the title of the video?

[@macdom24]

@@doyoulikeduckmeat I know that's not the point of the video, but they made it a point that the Iraqi soldiers immediately surrendered without a fight. I feel like if you're going to bring that up you should probably mention they were bombed mercilessly from an unopposed air Force for several weeks

[@ldkbudda4176]

@@macdom24 Indeed!

[@donlove3741]

Hahahaha back to the stone age. That's where they were before the war started.

[@DB-yj3qc]

Some of them was surrendering but not quite like your post tries to make it. But then again what do I know??? I was there on the ground as a Infantryman. Spearhead. one of the units not pushed out in the media. Yes the "Air War" part did effect a large number of the concript forces but not the professional forces of the Iraqis military the same.

[@phased-arraych.9150]

This was one of the most one sided battles in history.

[@ephraimgarrett4727]

The best kind if you're on the winning side.

[@TheGypsyTurtle]

Would have been different if Gps wasn't a thing and the royal guard was in the mix

[@ferguscurran1193]

@@TheGypsyTurtle well the royal guard while better than the normal soldiers still did not have the equipment to stand up the the coalition forces.

[@lenkautsugi5747]

Even with out GPS t72 can't do anything to m1a1

[@ripvanwinkle1819]

Something to definately not hang your hat on. Almost goes against a mans warrior code really....unless you are kinda a crack head who just like blood

[@carmelitako1936]

One of the American commanders seem like telling a story about his escapade from school. So cool and relax. Well he lived to tell the tales.!

[@MichaelJohnson-fe8tm]

Every American soldier, sailor, airman and marine, of any rank, will take the initiative to bring the fight to the enemy. Nuff said!

[@minhmeo9506]

One of the most one-sided victory ever in modern warfare history

[@christopherbeckford3102]

With 28 nation assembled against 1 country how could the Iraqi military stand a chance

[@Bullet-Tooth-Tony-]

@@christopherbeckford3102 Well they did have the 4th largest army in the world.

[@timoilonen1926]

@@Bullet-Tooth-Tony- Quantity doesn't mean quality

[@vaporhtrail4350]

@@timoilonen1926 Well, they did have advanced technology and numbers. So it was pretty overwhelming. Considering that the Bradlys have anti tank missiles capable of knocking out even the best of the best the enemy had. It overwhelmed them.

[@ralfweber4346]

Not really the most one-sided victory.. In the battle of Prochorowka the german army destroyed around 300 soviet tanks and lost only 4

[@richochett404]

When I was Iraq I came up on a tank battle that was just over .i seen so many Iraq tanks destroyed,but never saw any American losses. Every Republican guard i saw alive had there hands up surrendering.what they had was n no match against m1 Abrams and Bradley's.i saw countless at4's laying on the ground,so it wasn't all tanks and Bradley's.

[@Heretic123456]

They used T-72s and T-55s. Just saying.

[@richochett404]

@@Heretic123456 they all look the same to me,but they were the enemy.

[@rayanderson286]

@@Heretic123456 This battle had T72s on the Iraqi side.

[@Historylord15]

Think: The thousands of Americans that think they’re badass in killing some old rostet tanks

[@sandwichdepescado6442]

@@Historylord15 who wouldn't think like that, old tanks, new tanks can still kill if use correctly

[@bbrenddon]

Imagine seeing a tank commander completely unfazed by incoming artillery. Totally badass 😎

[@hscollier]

Really enjoyed this one. The initiative of the individual American unit commanders was superb.

[@LILKRANKIN]

So, this is the war that made the Abrams one of the most feared tanks in the world. Pretty badass.

[@Rick-vp1vx]

Awesome My Brothers. 🇺🇲🦅

[@americanpatriot3344]

I will just say that in 2003 we were cut-off from all others and ended up in a sandstorm in Iraq heading towards our next objective and if we had become ambushed in the middle of it all to add insult to injury, well, it would've been interesting. I think, looking back on it all, there might have been many more losses in the field by us veteran's who were serving in the 3ID. I know this is about the Gulf War (D.S.) but the 2nd fight in Iraq involved the same elements like the sandstorms where you could barely see anything & in the case of the unit I served in, we had no comm's or anything with anyone for awhile. I am always thankful we survived and fought on. Stay safe brother's!

[@animula6908]

I believe a battalion did find itself flanked by tanks and an arsenal they were trying to move as the sandstorm was just about to kick off. It was one of the few battalion-strength battles, and they captured 7 scuds. The Airforce destroyed God knows what else. When people say there were no wmd’s, I always marvel that it’s assumed nothing got destroyed in the war before it could be inventoried.

[@guntherultraboltnovacrunch5248]

I hate how after every break for commerical you have to get a recap of what you just watched.

[@eTraxx]

I remember seeing one hand held GPS. My unit .. C Co 3/32 AR traveled across the desert with our tanks in a wedge formation and our FIST tucked inside .. the FIST track had GPS and would say .. "... Left ... Left ... Left . .OK .. straight .." over the company freq .. and that is how we navigated

[@redmustangredmustang]

The unsung story that was never told is how the US and the defense industry were able to upgrade around 900 tanks within a year from M1's to the M1A1's. That's around 5 tanks a week that it's depleted uranium mesh in the front and upgrade the gun from the 105 m to the 120 m gun that is there today. Along with it being painted in desert colors, it got done and a big reason why better armor protected the crew. When an M1A1 did get hit, the shells just bounced off the tank.

[@chaosXP3RT]

The USA has a lot of problems, but people underestimate how good the US Army is at a conventional conflict.

[@heavydutyrepair64]

You're so right ,a us army heavy corps has a lot of firepower

[@briannat1086]

Understatement of the year. The last thing ANY military on the Planet wants to hear is "the Americans are coming".

[@hibob841]

This was great; I especially liked that it rested so much on interviews with some of the men who were there. The analysis of the T-72's inferiority was flawed, I thought. It was developed in the _60's_ , not the 70's (introduced 1972, of course). The Abrams was developed in the 70's (introduced 1980). Neither was obsolete, as a platform, in 1991. It's the M1's thermal imaging, advanced fire control with laser ranging, and the men inside that made all the difference. In the Abrams, if you can see it, you can most likely hit it. That's not so in the comparatively crude T72 of the time-and for much of the engagement, without thermal imaging they were comparatively blind anyway. The T-72's gun was no slouch, and with no reactive armor yet it would've been very bad news for anyone hit by one (Bradleys in particular may as well have been soda cans for this purpose, and they knew as much-incredible bravery). The Iraqis just weren't able to get hits for all the reasons above. Mostly they were taken by surprise and wiped out quickly by decisive, aggressive action.

[@justsomeguy697]

Abrams tank is just too good. They can target and hit them farther back and faster.

[@aspinthereddragon9302]

but the abrams does have large weaknesses

[@ismiismael]

@@aspinthereddragon9302 what

[@bananabanana485]

@@aspinthereddragon9302 what

[@jrus690]

Turbine engine, creates a big heat signature, always nice for those heat seekers.

[@tajbowman8662]

Compared to Iraqi t72's? 100%. not against Russian ones.

[@allans7281]

This brings a tear to my eye. God bless our US troops! Thank you for defending freedom

[@matovicmmilan]

Really? Keep it you'll need it! For when your children/grandchildren take their tablets for ADHD or depression - only to, when they fail to show up for breakfast be found pale, excruciating pain on their faces and riger mortis already present? Or perhaps when your demented parents take their meds for blood pressure or prescription sleep meds or analgesics and similarly end up as just another victims of "opioid epidemic"? You see - those tablets "accidentally" contain fentanyll & middazolam mix instead of what they should because tons of these medications are entering your country at this very moment! The packages manage to pass unnoticed by DEA officials on import terminals.

[@liseperk7752]

1.5 million civilians bombed to death by the US Army, just to steal oil and gold. Vietnam 2.0. USA is pure evil.

[@joshuazafe1247]

I watched things likes this when I was on 3rd grade no joke, history channel was a go to for me!

[@williamfrench8184]

Damn straight. Pretty sure I watched all of season 1 when I was 10, because that was the only available season at the time.

[@bravestbullfighter]

I was stationed at Ft Irwin NTC as the OPFOR in the late 1980s to early 1990s where we trained for this scenario over and over with countless rotations. Glad the training paid off and it was quick with minimal loss to our side.

[@_Ladiesman217]

US Military Strategy And Tactics Are Outmatched !

[@wolfdogs6013]

I served as a Combat Medic at that Time. I worked NON-STOP on the enemy!

[@mob1662]

Just stumbled upon this page and I absolutely love it!! 👊🏾

[@Jacmac1]

It wasn't a battle, it was an execution.

[@bigdaddytrips6197]

A slaughter

[@aleksander5279]

They could have surrendered, but since they did not...

[@karimtemri1664]

@@aleksander5279 they believed surrendering was for cowards

[@screenwriter44]

I was there on Ghost Troop's left flank, 4-7 CAV/3AD. 73 Easting was the beginning of a 12 hour fight along a 50 mile front. Essentially, it was a fight from 1600 to about midnight. It turned into a deep strike annihilation after that. The next morning we drove through the ruins of the Tawakalna for a couple hours, never seen anything like it and I try not to think about it. The worst was that the Iraqis had dogs out there with them. Hundreds of dead, wounded animals littering the battlefield, dead men everywhere, vehicles burning, equipment everywhere. I saw a dog with its guts hanging out eating a soldiers's leg. No idea where the rest of the body was, but the boot was spit shined. That's war and I hope most people never see it, even a 100 Hour War. Garryowen.

[@Mhmd-fv9ss]

@@screenwriter44 my dad was in the war he said that the morale was low nobody wanted to fight cuz the iraqi army had already fought many wars and also he said that the us air force did more damage than the abrams tanks

[@robertthomas888]

I was there, and it is amazing how we cut through the RG of Iraq, as I have grown older, I realize that these men did not want to fight us, but Saddam made them fight, and we took him down, I live with these memories every day.

[@dormandavis2767]

I was in the national guard at the time this went down. We were the next unit to be called up to go but the war didn’t last long. I was going to Iraq in 2004 but my wife said ‘ you have 26 years in your not going. Retire now or I’m gone’ I ended up retiring. As it turned out my platoon lost 3 guys.

[@randalmontgomery4595]

Thank your wife

[@mikeflo6459]

Man I escorted national guard guys into iraq. Combat doesn’t make you a better person or worse it just changes you. Stay retired and never feel like you didn’t do your part. You did plenty.

[@cleetorishanns5116]

Excellent video."Rommel,you magnificent SOB,i read your book"...:) (George C. Scott in "Patton".!!

[@Ramblinrabbit24]

I remember when I was deployed to Iraq. We landed in Kuwait and drove to an Air Force in northern Kuwait. I remember looking out of the window during the drive and seeing huge berms and old bunkers. The berms and bunkers were left over from desert shield/storm from like 15 years before. I remember being in awe and also realizing that I am fixin to go into the fight. Remember it like it was yesterday.

[@Teaamery]

How old are you now?

[@Teaamery]

How old are you now?

[@brothercaptainwarhammer]

The BMP doesn't Have a 76mm Gun, its a 73mm Gun, is a Variation of the 73mm SPG-9 Recoilless Rifle Later Variations, the BMP-2 and BMP-3 have a 30mm and 100mm + 30mm Main Guns Respectively

[@Alex-mu8yf]

Thank you. I was thinking about writing the same comment

[@brothercaptainwarhammer]

@@Alex-mu8yf No Problem Comrade, just Stating some Facts is all, being an Armored Fighting Vehicle/Tank Nut or Military Nut and All... I Just Can't Help but Make a Correction

[@1563ckg43]

Now they have an upgraded 120mm portal window view version or a valued desert insurance Road Side T.O.W.

[@brothercaptainwarhammer]

@@1563ckg43 Pardon?

[@brothercaptainwarhammer]

@@1563ckg43 I didn't understand a Single Thing in your Message... But If your Referring to BMP Armament Upgrades, Current Upgrades Include Increased Firepower via Additional ATGM Launchers for Both BMPs 2 and 3, the Tank Destroyer Light Tank Variant, Aka The Sprut SD and SDM1 (Modernized Ver.) Is Armed with a 125mm Gun, that can Fire ATGMs and a Remote Controlled MG Turret or RCWS, for the SDM1, there is also a Remote Controlled 57mm Auto. Cannon for the BMP, which is Used as an Air Defense Weapons or Anti Tank Gun

[@MrAitraining]

The U.S Air force and navy had this war won before the first tank ever started moving. Air superiority within hours and revolutionary precision bombing. It was over when it started.

[@danteh2555]

these documentaries are just fire to watch,,,,,best documentary for the day

[@jordiegundersen1465]

Much respect for the US military strategy in this campaign 🏆

[@rafiqibrahimnathanie1739]

Respect? My foot! You are murdering killers.

[@raysteigerwalt5272]

@@rafiqibrahimnathanie1739 STFU lol.

[@rafiqibrahimnathanie1739]

@@raysteigerwalt5272 : The Truth is bitter. I am delighted my message has hit you. Abuse me. But whatever. The facts cannot change. Have a nice day. Finish the bottle if I have rattled you🧨🌹🤫

[@johncee853]

@@rafiqibrahimnathanie1739 iraq should have not invaded Kuwait. They brought it on themselves.

[@rafiqibrahimnathanie1739]

@@johncee853 Study history. Kuwait and Kurdistan. Integral part of Iraq. Your despotic President Harry S. Trumen. Killer of Nagasaki and Hiroshima. Got it carved , aiding and abetting his counterpart. The perpetual alcoholic. Winston Spencer Churchill. Who toxified potable oasis and wells. You guys stealing oil worldwide. Looters

[@billm3210]

Saddam forgot about technology. Apparently the Russian's didn't tell him satellites exist, GPS, jammers, and that his tanks had no reach and were sitting ducks. Plus he thought having no air force was a good idea. Only threat he had was chemical weapons card.

[@touchgrass7078]

GPS was new back then

[@jasonhatez3287]

The best was the GPS was called a Magellan 1 tank in every company had 1. They were awful. No one really knew how to read it. They were big.

[@jorgevillegas6855]

all the history is untruth...Saddam knew he HAD to be defeated....remember that the coalition ddint destroy the saddam army when they were able to do it fast and efficiently.....

[@williamt.sherman9841]

US 7th Corps did not use GPS they used an older system called Loriene or something like that. It was used by Oil companies to navigate the Saudi waste land.

[@williamt.sherman9841]

@@jorgevillegas6855 to bad you don't know what you are talking about.

[@daveconlin8342]

How great is it the 2nd soldier commenting on playing "Ride Of The Valkyries" at 5:58 is named Kilgore.

[@gary19222]

26:00 the sweetest thing I've ever seen

[@yowmemperor]

He was probably fine, but the pea shooter woke the tank inhabitants up lol

[@vincegedeon6583]

M1 tank is sick such a beast 🤢😮🤘

[@afg2987]

Leopard 2s are cooler in my opinion.

[@Rick-vp1vx]

Exactly Jeff. We were getting our hands tied . 🇺🇲🦅

[@jonathanbair523]

Few years back in a show called "79 easting" (The grid line what ever number it was) They had a interview with a few tank commanders. One was a Bradly commander. Him and another Bradly was sent to link up with the next unit, but the two Bradly's found a number Like 12 Iraq's tanks.. Needless to say the Bradly smoked them with the rockets mounted on the side.... I knew we stomped them as a kid watching it "live" on the news back then, but hearing how bad we really did... WOW!!!! Something to keep in mind... The M1 was made to kill the T-72 tanks, M1= late 80's tanks, and the T line is 40's idea upgraded....

[@lukeskinner6997]

Well done you just explained what you’ve seen in this👍

[@barrycrawford7326]

One thing that troubled me about our invasion and conquest of Iraq, was that almost immediately after we completed the mission, our generals were all too eager to be interviewed for documentaries about the strategy and tactics used, as if this was the last war we would ever fight. Then we paraded around like we just won the Superbowl. Dumb and low class. We should have honored the dead on both sides. Bush 41 should have given a solemn speech about the tragedy of war. I mean, let's act like we've been in the end-zone before and that we are a Superpower. I think we've let too much Hollywood BS infect our public perception of how our military should operate and how foreign policy should be conducted.

[@jasonhutter7534]

I remember that time well and the patriotism in America was the highest I have ever seen it except for right after 911. I do believe the patriotism was well founded since Saddam was the embodiment of evil but I also agree with you about the US becoming too well accustomed to warfare and belligerency. Warfare deserves more solemnity than it gets these days and US foreign policy is way too bullish. But even with its faults it still the promised land for many. I just wish we werent so ready to send in the guns all of the time.

[@dagoorey3534]

Full of lies. There were 48 countries fighting the Iraqis, and THE AIR STRIKES AND COVER FOR THE TANKS, TANKS WERE SHOOTING AT DEAD TARGETS. What a jock...

[@DOI_ARTS]

Bragging rights for the winner, respect for the dead.

[@jc.1191]

They wanted the opposite of Vietnam. It maybe clouded judgement.

[@THE1THEONLYBODACIOUS]

AS A YOUNGE MAN GROWING UP IN CFB PETAWAWA CANADAS LARGEST MILITARY BASE WHERE MY FAMILY RAN THE AMBULANCE SERVICE AND PRE 911 EMS COMUNICATIONS SYSTEM I WAS BLOWN AWAY AT THIS PROGRAM. 1991 WOW THATS 33 YEARS AGO. TIME FLY'S BABY

[@rumpleforeskin5698]

Playing “Ride of the Valkyries” while riding a tank into battle is the most gangster move I’ve ever seen

[@DannyBoy777777]

Its an incredibly stupid thing to do.