| [ military ] in KIDS 글 쓴 이(By): Raptor (오공) 날 짜 (Date): 2003년 3월 31일 월요일 오전 07시 31분 09초 제 목(Title): Re: 2차대전때 사용 소총으로 아파치 격추 잠시 immobile이 아니라 catastrophic losses랍니다. 미국인들은 이라크 꼬진 무기로 M1A1 Abrams 절대 못잡는다고 우길지도 몰라도 탱크란 것은 항상 아킬레스건이 있기 마련이죠. TOW 스타일 성형작약탄 으로 후장쑤기기 당하면 M1 아니라 M1 할아버지라도 가게 되어 있습니다. 밀리터리 보드니 바보 기자들이 써대는 기사는 걸러내야죠. Tuesday, March 25, 2003 Iraqis destroy 2 Abrams tanks; loss is first in its 20-year history By Sean D. Naylor | Army Times EAST BANK OF THE EUPHRATES RIVER, Iraq - Two American M1A1 Abrams tanks were destroyed Tuesday by fire from what officers believe was an Iraqi truck-mounted anti-tank gun. It was the first time an Abrams has been destroyed by enemy fire in its 20-year history. But the Abrams preserved one important record: All eight crewmen survived without serious injury. No crew member has ever died in an Abrams because of enemy action. The two tanks were lost as the 3rd Infantry Division's 3rd Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment pushed to within 80 miles of Baghdad Tuesday night. The squadron had been in a running, 24-hour battle, crashing through repeated ambushes as it raced north. Along the way, another Abrams rolled into a ditch and was lost. The two tanks saw tracers from behind them and were maneuvering to return fire when, within seconds of one another, each took hits from their rear and burst into flames. As ammunition exploded, the crewmen of Troop B scrambled to safety. Officers at the scene described the tanks as ``catastrophic losses.'' During the first Persian Gulf War, nine Abrams tanks were damaged by mines but were repaired. Charles Lemons of the Patton Museum of Cavalry and Armor at Fort Knox, Ky., said that two or three Abrams were "put out of action" by friendly fire during that war. |